N Boulanger reviews
Mon ami, mon amour
Matt Haimovitz (cello), Mari Kodama (piano) (Pentatone)
Dear Mademoiselle...
Nathanäel Gouin (piano), Astrig Siranossian (cello), Daniel Barenboim (piano) (Alpha Classics)
Boulanger Sisters: Clairières and Mélodies Double Review
Nicholas Phan (tenor), Myra Huang (piano) (Avie) and Cyrille Dubois (tenor), Tristan Raës (piano) (Aparte)
Mademoiselle - Premiere Audience: unknown music of Nadia Boulanger
Lili was the talented composer out of the two Boulanger sisters. At least, that was the conviction of Nadia Boulanger, who stopped writing music a few years after the death of her younger sister. While Nadia became one of the great pedagogues, whose advice was sought by numerous figures including Stravinsky, her harsh judgment on her own music warrants challenging.
Nadia Boulanger: Mademoiselle
This compelling film on the extraordinary figure of Nadia Boulanger was Bruno Monsaingeon’s first documentary. Rather than a biographical portrait, he wanted ‘viewers to sense for themselves the force and flavour’ of this woman who was formidable, in both the English and French. It captures Boulanger as she approached ninety, a living legend, and showing few signs of age.