NICOLE V. GAGNÉ

This show, first broadcast on July 6, 2014, features the music of four unique and important international composers, all of whom, again, died way too young: Claude Vivier, Canadian composer of original and personal works, who was murdered at age 34 in 1983; George Butterworth, English composer of superb songs and lovely instrumental scores, killed in combat during World War One at age 31 in 1916; Lilli Boulanger, French composer and younger sister of teacher/composer Nadia Boulanger, who produced inspired and haunting works for instruments and voices, only to succumb to tuberculosis in 1918 at age 24; and Julian Scriabin, son of the great Russian composer Alexander Scriabin, a prodigious child who was composing advanced piano music by the age of 10, but drowned in a swimming accident at age 11 in 1919. The compositions heard are:

CLAUDE VIVIER

Shiraz (1977)

Wo bist du, Licht! (1981)

Glaubst du an die Unsterblichkeit der Seele (1983)

GEORGE BUTTERWORTH

Two English Idylls (1911)

Six Songs from “A Shropshire Lad” (1911)

LILI BOULANGER

Nocturne (1911)

Psalm 24 (1916)

Vielle Prière Bouddhique (1917)

Pie Jesu (1918)

JULIAN SCRIABIN

Prelude in C major, Op. 2

Prelude in B major, Op. 3, No. 1

Prelude Op. 3, No. 2

Prelude in D flat major

Link to:

Music: SFCR Radio Shows 2012–2018

For more on these composers, see:

Music Book: Historical Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Classical Music, Second Edition

More Cool Sites To Visit! – Music

For more on Lili Boulanger, see:

Music: KALW Radio Show #4, Women’s History Month