Orchestre National De Metz Jolas Bonis Boulanger & Holmes: Poetesses CD

Do we need to know, before hearing a work, whether it was composed by a man or a woman? Does this information change the way we listen? Does it influence our judgment? With the works on this recording by Orchestre National de Metz and David Reiland, we enter the realm of so-called 'programme music'. Composers proclaim therein their ability to depict, through purely aural means, a non-musical subject. A poem, a narrative, a painting, a scene from a play or even a sculpture could be used as the basis for the score of a symphonic poem.

1. *** Augusta Holmes (1847 - 1903): Androm?de, po?me symphonique: 2. Holmes: Androm?de, po?me symphonique 3. *** Lili Boulanger (1893 - 1918): D'un matin de printemps: 4. Boulanger: D'un matin de printemps 5. *** D'un soir triste: 6. Boulanger: D'un soir triste 7. *** Mel Bonis (1858 - 1937): Femmes de l?gende: 8. Femmes de l?gende: I. Le Songe de Cl?optre 9. Femmes de l?gende: II. Oph?lie 10. Femmes de l?gende: III. Salom? 11. *** Betsy Jolas (b. 1926): A Little Summer Suite: 12. A Little Summer Suite: I. Strolling away 13. A Little Summer Suite: II. Knocks and clocks 14. A Little Summer Suite: III. Strolling about 15. A Little Summer Suite: IV. Shakes and quakes 16. A Little Summer Suite: V. Strolling under 17. A Little Summer Suite: VI. Chants and cheers 18. A Little Summer Suite: VII. Strolling home