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Francis Poulenc | Musical Moments with Philip Brunelle

April 6, 2020

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In this Musical Moment, VocalEssence artistic director and founder Philip Brunelle shares insider information and beautiful music by the composer Francis Poulenc.

Francis Poulenc

Francis Poulenc

1899-1963

Francis Poulenc was a renowned French composer best known for his religious music and compositions of mélodie. He was born into a wealthy, musical family and began studying piano at age five. As a young adult, Poulenc did not attend university, but studied under Ricardo Viñes and Charles Koechlin. He divided his time between performing and composing mostly in France, but made regular trips to the United States, composing mostly secular music until his return to Roman Catholicism in 1936. From that point on, religious music became central to his work as a composer. Poulenc’s personal life was fraught with difficulty and trauma, including the deaths of two of his beloved companions, Raymonde Linossier and Lucien Roubert, and the early deaths of his parents. His compositions capture the complexity of human emotion through poignant melodies and a rich harmonic language. Poulenc employed chromaticism in unique ways, and many singers find that the payoff of the lush chords that this chromaticism creates is well worth the difficulty. 

Suggested choral pieces:

  1. Hodie Christus Natus Est (from “Four Christmas Motets”) (Editions Salabert, Inc. EAS20265)
  2. Laudamus Te (from “Gloria”) (Hal Leonard Corporation 50600012)
  3. Clic, clac, dansez sabots (from “Eight French Songs”) (Editions Salabert, Inc. RL12320)
Posted in: Musical Moments
Tags: Composers of the Early-Mid 20th Century • French Composers

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