London Symphony Orchestra | Nadia Boulanger: Modéré from Three pieces for cello and piano // Principal Cello David Cohen @LondonSymphonyOrchestra | Uploaded December 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Programme Note

1 Modéré

Nadia Boulanger is now most famous for teaching almost every important male American composer of the first half of the 20th century. But before she began teaching her daily lessons at the French Music School for Americans, she was a composition student at the Paris Conservatoire. Here she studied under Gabriel Fauré and was desperate to be the first woman to win the prestigious Prix de Rome. Her efforts were in vain. Her younger sister actually achieved the honour in 1913 and soon after Nadia gave up composing forever stating ‘I wrote useless music’. Three pieces for cello from 1914 prove otherwise. Modéré is dreamy, floaty, and reminiscent of Debussy.

Note by Rachel Leach

David Cohen cello
Alina Pritulenko piano

Recorded at LSO St Luke's 29 September 2023

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