Poulenc
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noun
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Born in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, he began his career on BBC radio, and interviewed composers and musicians as varied as Francis Poulenc, Count Basie, Oscar Hammerstein and Glenn Gould in 1950s and 60s.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2025
“The Paris Diary” covers his stay there and is filled with famous names of people he met — Jean Cocteau, Francis Poulenc, Balthus, Salvador Dali, Paul Bowles, John Cage, Man Ray, and James Baldwin.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 18, 2022
“Pasadena Presents” Pasadena Symphony’s spring season concludes with a program that features Beethoven’s Triple Concerto plus pieces by Poulenc and Mark Saltzman.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2021
St. Thomas’s new Miller-Scott organ, named in part after the former director of music John Scott, is heard here in two concertos, by Poulenc and Barber.
From New York Times ● Oct. 11, 2018
Francis Poulenc neatly summed up the prevailing French ambivalence towards Wagner by saying that, after listening to him, it was necessary to cleanse one’s spirit and ears by listening to Mozart.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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