Lili Boulanger

Peter is delighted that he will conduct a rare performance of Lili Boulanger's powerful setting of Psalm 130 on 21 September in London.  It is one of her most powerful pieces, a setting of "From the depths I cry to Thee, O Lord". Boulanger wrote this work aged just 23 and yet it is full of both emotional and musical maturity, with complex harmonies representing, for example, the abyss, and she uses the choir in a unique way, as part of the overall sound, giving it less immediate focus than many composers.  She dedicated the piece to her beloved father, who died when she was just 6 - an event which her sister Nadia said was at the root of her talent.

Don't miss this rare opportunity to hear one of the finest pieces of early 20th century music!