Performance on 3 - Debussy, Poulenc, Connesson, Ravel - Fri, 13th Feb 2009 - Part 1

Presented by Catherine Bott. French conductor Stephane Deneve makes his debut with the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a programme of French works spanning the 20th Century. Debussy's Danse sacree et danse profane, evoking the seductive decadence of early 1900s Paris, contrasts with Poulenc's religious work Stabat Mater. Debussy: Danse sacree et danse profane Poulenc: Stabat Mater Sioned Williams (harp) Janice Watson (soprano) BBC Symphony Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra Stephane Deneve (conductor).