Francis Poulenc - Nocturnes [With score]

[@philippecirse4872]

Francis Poulenc était beauté, message, violence et rêve, mais surtout l'instrument puissant d'une volonté formidable. Ce compositeur disait "Je veux" quand beaucoup d’autres marmonnaient "je voudrais" Il a atteint son but sans se plier à la plus infime compromission, comme une charrue accrochée à une étoile.

[@catherineloriotahahah6614]

Tendresse ❤

[@catherineloriotahahah6614]

délicaatesse❤

[@dexblue]

@philippecirse4872 Philip the true poet with a pen attached to a star ...

[@philippecirse4872]

@@dexblue 🤠💫

[@MegaCirse]

L'un des tous meilleurs compositeurs contemporains du siècle dernier . La totalité et les nuances de cette architecture sonore est comme une envolée dans le Sublime, c’est l’une des musiques les plus divines et évocatrices qui m'aide à m'endormir paisiblement. Et c'est heureux parce que mes névroses envahissantes, grignotent ma raison.……

[@hunterac45]

Where has this been all my life

[@PeterLunowPL]

delightful and charming and with the ever present" melancholie" of the composer

[@organboi]

Well said

[@carolworthey2067]

Love this and so does my husband Ray Korns. Poulenc is under-rated in my opinion. Lovely performance too --- it's so great to see the score as you listen. Thank you!

[@UtsyoChakraborty]

An utterly beautiful set of Nocturnes.

[@david57strat]

What a brilliant composer. I wish I could have met this man, in person (I've been playing the piano, on and off, since I was eight - I'm now fifty-five). Superbly melodic and lyrical writer, but with a twist. His music always transports me somewhere else. Just amazing. The more I've listened to his work, over the years, the more I've come to appreciate the genius that he was. It all started with Trois Mouvements Perpétuels. I learned them many years ago, but need to brush up on them, some time this year - the sooner the better. Thank you for posting this :-)

[@Mezzotenor]

See if you can still get the DVD "Francis Poulenc and Friends," which includes some footage of public performances. His ease as a raconteur is evident, as is his knack for speaking to nonmusicians about his craft. Composer and author Ned Rorem recalled a time when Poulenc sat at a bar and, when the bartender politely initiated a conversation, started describing how just that morning he had worked out a modulation scheme between unrelated keys in his current work.

[@stexup55]

"This music always transport me somewhere else". You have depicted my state of mind when listening to Poulenc.

[@mournmoon]

00:00 - I. Sans traîner 03:05 - II. Très animé [Bal des jeunes filles] 04:22 - III. Modéré mais sans lenteur [Les cloches de Malines] 08:16 - IV. Lent, très las et piano [Bal fantôme] 09:49 - V. Presto misterioso [Phalènes] 11:06 - VI. Très calme mais sans traîner 14:40 - VII. Assez allant 16:38 - VIII. Très modéré [Pour servir de coda au cycle]

[@kartoffelsalatxxx93]

man hört was

[@igwilo421]

0:17 c'est Magnifique with the baroque-influenced sequence mixed with his own style

[@Salvejohnny93]

Number 8 will always have my heart. So soothing yet moving, the perfect end to a cycle.

[@ruslan.denshaev]

Such gentle, yet vivant, music. The third one is outstandingly beautiful.

[@twillert-organ-projects]

great composer Poulenc and very nice played with a nice rubato.

[@gerardbegni2806]

This series is something like a neo-classic liquidation of the Romantic aspect of Nocturne, with a very simlple language, which could be compared to Satie's. The third nocturne joins a collection of "bells" muqics, with 'les cloches de Geve' by Lisat, a lyric piece by Grieg, (Cloches à travres les feuilles' by Debussy, 'La vallée des cloches' by Ravel, and more recently a tribute paid to Debussy: " Feuilles à travers les cloches" by Tristan Murail.

[@laurenth7187]

Nope, it's rather close to the "cathedrale engloutie" (Debussy), because of the left hand, you have also such an Ostinato.

[@gerardbegni2806]

@@laurenth7187 Well..... yes and no. You are probably right if you think of the central chordal passage in the right hand, with an ostinato of arpeggio of tonic and dominant with an added second degree to embellish the upper tonic. But in other parts, the right hand is written in a much more complex way and even unpleasant to play; these parts are quite far from Poulenc's thinking and writing.

[@gerardbegni2806]

To b honest, I do not think that these 'Nocturne' rank among Poulenc's masterworks, but they are valuable since first they are quite simple but nice and very well written, proving that such a thing can be made, and second they are short pieces (we have similar pieces in Borodin's or Grieg's suites), but here the eight short pieces are not scattered in several books with other different pieces, they form an unique boo, which as far as I know is the only case in nusical story).

[@erwinschulhoff4464]

​@@gerardbegni2806you know alot of stuff about music wow

[@bobschaaf2549]

I like that the first and last end with music which would turn up again in Dialogues, associated with Sœur Blanche. A lovely set.

[@Highinsight7]

YUP ...! It's her main theme... "Good Lord one jumps into danger, just like into the ocean. First it takes the breath from your body... then it becomes most refreshing, after you gone up to your neck"... Constance also has this theme... in her opening scene...

[@carnivalcruiserbill]

Such sensitivity to the many colours!

[@Nooticus]

So damn beautiful. The first and last movements are especially stunning.

[@jimstokes6742]

Has a French composer, in general, familiarity. God Bless KZbin for making this available. & to our room host.

[@sage4nowty129]

I love Poulenc's music! These nocturnes are quite beautiful and at times quite subtle.

[@Prometeur]

God, these are gorgeous. So nostalgic!

[@giorgiociomei5030]

Sempre bellissima musica di Poulenc, grazie mille!

[@bulgun32]

OMG, I love No. VII, thats very beautiful

[@dora_the_explorer5323]

I’m learning that for my level 10 exam ;,) it’s so hard but such a beautiful and fantastic piece to play tho

[@SCRIABINIST]

Sounds Ravel with the extensive use of 7ths, which kinda permeates this whole set along with French 6ths.

[@hyseo1121]

Poulenc is Mozart of 20th century.

[@phillaysheo8]

08:16 this is hauntingly beautiful

[@Stitch87654]

Oh yay! Someone finally uploaded the whole set as one video! Thanks so much :D

[@seanbutler8122]

So glad I listened to the whole set. Absolutely beautiful.

[@stephencarletti5373]

Brilliant compositions and playing!

[@kpokpojiji]

Not to overlook the fact that the performance and interpretation are amazing!

[@s22s55s88]

Absolutely perfect!

[@theophilephanoune9176]

The first one is perfectly fitted for being the theme of a Final Fantasy town.

[@jimstokes6742]

What is Final Fantasy town? Is that something your created for movies or the stage?

[@looney1023]

@@jimstokes6742 Final Fantasy is a long running video game series highly regarded for it's music. The composer makes extensive use of leitmotivs and classical influences. The town themes in those games are typically peaceful and happy with simple harmonies and melodies reminiscent of a folk song.

[@jimstokes6742]

@@looney1023 Thanks for such a scholarly and informed explanation.

[@EmdrGreg]

Brilliant. They share a similar flavor and mood with some of the works of Mompou. Delightful.

[@organboi]

Um, no they don't. Totally the opposite. The vast majority of these.

[@EmdrGreg]

@@organboi To my ear they do; it's ok for us to disagree. I'm not saying that they are the same as Mompou; only that there is a certain mood that reminds me of him. Maybe we can agree that they are great.

[@brianbethea3069]

The couple of bars ~17:52 has to be one of the warmest sounds I've ever heard.

[@SCRIABINIST]

Poulenc has eargasmic harmonic resolution and modulations

[@musicalbean894]

No. 7 is so beautiful

[@demariomusic968]

This is great stuff. I feel ashamed to admit I'm not as familiar with this composer's music. Now I wamt to dive in and hear a lot more. Thanks for posting this.

[@MFYouTube683]

DeMario Music Tharaud has played for sublime recordings of most of his piano repertoire. Listen to ‘Mélancholie’, it’s on KZbin. It willmake your heart ache and your soul sing. :)

[@s22s55s88]

my dear friend,listen the 1st concert for piano and the concert for clavichord(and this concert in piano Version)

[@Highinsight7]

And don't FORGET his tow MASTERPIECES... Dialogues of the Carmelites and and the GLORIA...

[@Sujkhgfrwqqnvf]

Im glad you feel ashamed.

[@markokassenaar4387]

You hear motives that will be re-used in his Carmelites opera, later on..

[@franckterreaux3828]

Quand des étrangers me demande : c'est quoi le raffinement Français ? Je leur rétorque aussitôt écoutez du Francis Poulenc.

[@kylelandry]

oh yes...!

[@alperenyelkovan5525]

kylelandry Kyle 👋🏻🙈

[@benkogenko]

I'm so glad someone of your virtuosity likes Poulenc as much as me.

[@licoricestic]

check out his toccata!

[@happypiano4810]

This is the correct response to this piece.

[@jeffdawson2786]

Magnifique et triste.

[@rmac1042]

God! I lovePoulenc! His music needs to be more exposed to the world-standard repertoire! (Personally, I wish my favorite pianist, Yuja, would perform Poulenc’s music!

[@matteoboglietti4137]

Thanks for posting it

[@prepcoin_nl4362]

Has really no one mentioned that no. 4 is a clear homage to Chopin's Prelude in A Major, or was it just so obvious that it needed no mention?

[@annaloro18]

un compositore che meriterebbe molte piu esecuzioni nei cartelloni delle associazioni musicali

[@milgaru]

no. 1 is just wonderful

[@hilairejerome5159]

how come the last piece af the cycle sounds like one the most beautiful and final music ever ? Like nothing can be said after that...

[@feneb6497]

I guess it's final in terms of a peaceful, arriving home manner. The other finality that I can think of is the ending of Rachmaninoff's cycle of preludes.

[@catherineloriotahahah6614]

Francis Poulenc innimitable

[@anuskasab]

Poulenc is able to make such masterpieces in C major (see Novelette no.1)

[@alexivanov1211]

I'm learning the set and its just so funny to me how Poulenc threw in a chaotic piece meant to portray moths in the middle of all this beauty, and to top it off asked you to play it at the completely unreasonable speed of 112 bpm to the half note

[@0lexiib0ndar]

The second nocturne sounds like second movement of Poulenc's sonata for two pianos.

[@mlmyburgh]

Delightful. Beautiful. Charming. Ear candy any time any day

[@fredericchopin7538]

Marvelous!

[@SCRIABINIST]

17:51 such a simple yet beautiful turn of things

[@dp53plante95]

Thank you!

[@jihyeooh]

와 ㅅ시 화성 보소 ㅠ 깔끔하고 넘치지도않고 유치하지도않고 세련되고 정갈함..ㅠㅠ

[@mobilephil244]

Hmm. The Poet speaks! Beautiful. I never knew these pieces existed. Interestingly, I'm pretty certain that they have never been in the central classical repetoire but they should have been.

[@rosalbatrentin489]

Meraviglioso !

[@alcyonecrucis]

Nice description. I wouldn’t have known that much about the context

[@marco119w7]

The fifth one almost sounds like Bartok.

[@borbalbuddy]

The interlude in the third nocturne reminds me of Messiaen.

[@aramkhachaturian8043]

i love it

[@toothlesstoe]

The second nocturne sounds reminiscent of Schumann.

[@s22s55s88]

hmm....kind of))

[@subplantant]

I thought the same thing!

[@LandOnBolts]

I can see that

[@antoniomm2879]

Magnifico Poulenc , original y poético.

[@leilani_taneusmiller]

Absolutely beautiful Made me to sleep

[@r0mmm]

OK, can we agree on how cool no. 4 is?

[@guillaumebourgault5532]

Is it just me, but I find that the second nocturne sounds like the Presto?

[@gunwookim4047]

Lovely

[@markmcmillan4233]

4:10 Chopin A Major Prélude

[@czeynerpianistproducercomp7155]

Chopin copied many ideas to the Nocturnes of Czerny and John Field and nobody says anything

[@BCscores]

♥♥♥

[@ghmus7]

WonderfulAnd great program notes.

[@RGEOUT]

우울할때면 1번이랑 7번을 듣는것을 추천

[@jordanli2952]

Wow

[@maxabeles]

16:30 why is there a natural AND a flat in front of the B under middle C in second to last bar?

[@ivebarraco]

because right before it (at the begginning of the meassure) there's a B double-flat. the natural afects the double-flat, and then it applies the regular flat. for some people it may be confusing to read a double flat and then a single flat, like if they should play a triple-flat or something... ha

[@GiampaoloTestonicompositore]

Capolavoro di un genio.

[@chidimoseri7563]

8:53 - 8:58 is just so French in nature

[@enricogargano7188]

Io qui dopo la maturità

[@BATTIS94]

I just realised that Francis Poulenc looks exactly like Craig Ferguson!

[@PianistDanielFritzen]

Ads interrupting music in the middle is a crime. I will never watch your channel again.

[@WinrichNaujoks]

Just install Adblock for goodness sake!

[@allcats2473]

I hear the themes that are later referenced in the Sextet

[@jimmywalsh6701]

👌

[@karlpoppins]

1:44 Flute sonata!!

[@skycheng17]

is this neoclassicism? i have an exam soon

[@organboi]

No. It's not. Naming pieces the title "Nocturnes" is not a reflection back to the older styles (classical and baroque, etc). It's simply a title of pieces that would suggest night time. Now if the pieces were written for harpsichord and had distinctive baroque musical traits, such as polyphonic writing, for example, then it could be considered neoclassical. A good example of the style is Prokofiev's Classical Symphony. Although it sort of came before the trend. But it fits the bill for sure.

[@Eomionis.Vow.]

1:43, 11:55, 12:46, 8:21

[@sanatinbuyukevreni]

which u use prgram for score video?

[@alcyonecrucis]

Double plus lent is alla breve I guess

[@lonhodowal8779]

Delicious

[@tozo073]

Дивно.

[@johannreva]

Is Poulenc an Impressionist composer?

[@jackthewilliams]

Most certainly

[@licoricestic]

@@jackthewilliams not quite. Neoclassical is more like it.

[@BARTLET4AMERICA1]

I would say leaning towards an Avant-Garde style but also with a lavish romanticism

[@mariki06]

@@BARTLET4AMERICA1 Late Impressionism with an Avant-Garde base I would say.

[@Fildoggy]

18:05 didnt he use this same ending elsewhere?

[@요엘-s1i]

2:31, and his opera "Dialogues des Carmélites"

[@Fildoggy]

@@요엘-s1i ohh wow yea I heard it in the first nocturne and was looking for it for so long. ty

[@michaelfuria4257]

excellent, but those L.H. leaps are treacherous

[@chessexpert7489]

where are these pizzzas

[@chessexpert7489]

only 24 mins;)

[@ChillinDylan2875]

1:02

[@booriboo6474]

14:40

[@yo3o1n]

0:17 14:40

[@gihongyang]

야상곡

[@humaskmusic]

Hi everyone If you guys are in love with nocturnes, consider to listen to these 6 nocturnes: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fp7Sf2aGeZx2f68 They are really relaxing!

[@oritdrimer4354]

Probably the best nocturnes ever..... Sorry Chopin (actually not, chopin's nocturnes bore me to death)

[@FastGoing247]

That first nocturne has such a beautiful melody, however I found that some of the cadences were random and lacked some impact. Some of the pieces I felt were underdeveloped. Interesting soundscapes nonetheless!

[@chcho00oo]

08:16

[@yaguin.amp4]

2:33 WTF??!!!!

[@dzc46278]

Those are some terribly contrived additions from Mellers.

[@gihongyang]

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[@juanm6910]

el comienzo es delicioso, el resto pierde encanto porque la música se moderniza y pierde pie