I’ve just made a right prat of myself
At boulangerie I bought 8 chocos (I can’t bring myself to call them pain au chocolat but that’s another story)
As I was walking home I realised he’d only charged me for 6
I returned, much to boulanger’s amusement
Madame, c’est 2 gratuits
Bonne journée y’all
At boulangerie I bought 8 chocos (I can’t bring myself to call them pain au chocolat but that’s another story)
As I was walking home I realised he’d only charged me for 6
I returned, much to boulanger’s amusement
Madame, c’est 2 gratuits
Bonne journée y’all
April 14, 2026 at 8:01 AM
I’ve just made a right prat of myself
At boulangerie I bought 8 chocos (I can’t bring myself to call them pain au chocolat but that’s another story)
As I was walking home I realised he’d only charged me for 6
I returned, much to boulanger’s amusement
Madame, c’est 2 gratuits
Bonne journée y’all
At boulangerie I bought 8 chocos (I can’t bring myself to call them pain au chocolat but that’s another story)
As I was walking home I realised he’d only charged me for 6
I returned, much to boulanger’s amusement
Madame, c’est 2 gratuits
Bonne journée y’all
Now listening to Boulanger's Clairières dans le ciel recorded by Jean-Paul Fouchécourt and Alain Jacquon. One of the most beautiful and moving of all song cycles I think. An amazing composition.
November 14, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Now listening to Boulanger's Clairières dans le ciel recorded by Jean-Paul Fouchécourt and Alain Jacquon. One of the most beautiful and moving of all song cycles I think. An amazing composition.
If you can read music and want to follow along:
April 8, 2025 at 5:27 AM
If you can read music and want to follow along:
There was a particular reason for this. They had played a 16-second piece by Poulenc (for Nadia Boulanger’s birthday) earlier on in the show, and two listeners contacted them to suggest the 1.13-second You Suffer. Which Petroc duly played.
Words I never thought I'd hear : "And that was Napalm Death on BBC Radio 3."
February 6, 2025 at 8:16 AM
There was a particular reason for this. They had played a 16-second piece by Poulenc (for Nadia Boulanger’s birthday) earlier on in the show, and two listeners contacted them to suggest the 1.13-second You Suffer. Which Petroc duly played.
Three days after the rorchestra.bsky.social concert and I'm still buzzing about it. Searing Franck Symphony. Ellen Baumring-Gledhill's beautiful, passionate Lalo cello concerto. And the extraordinary magic of Lili Boulanger's Matin de Printemps, a whole world in 5 minutes. Bravo to all.
December 3, 2024 at 8:42 AM
Three days after the rorchestra.bsky.social concert and I'm still buzzing about it. Searing Franck Symphony. Ellen Baumring-Gledhill's beautiful, passionate Lalo cello concerto. And the extraordinary magic of Lili Boulanger's Matin de Printemps, a whole world in 5 minutes. Bravo to all.
#MusicSky #LiliBoulanger
Lili Boulanger's death at 25 is one of the great tragedies in classical music in the 20th century. What might she have given us?
Boulanger: D'un matin de printemps ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ Delyana Laza... youtu.be/FA7HeZz9Yag?... via @YouTube
Lili Boulanger's death at 25 is one of the great tragedies in classical music in the 20th century. What might she have given us?
Boulanger: D'un matin de printemps ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ Delyana Laza... youtu.be/FA7HeZz9Yag?... via @YouTube
Boulanger: D'un matin de printemps ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ Delyana Lazarova
YouTube video by hr-Sinfonieorchester – Frankfurt Radio Symphony
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
#MusicSky #LiliBoulanger
Lili Boulanger's death at 25 is one of the great tragedies in classical music in the 20th century. What might she have given us?
Boulanger: D'un matin de printemps ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ Delyana Laza... youtu.be/FA7HeZz9Yag?... via @YouTube
Lili Boulanger's death at 25 is one of the great tragedies in classical music in the 20th century. What might she have given us?
Boulanger: D'un matin de printemps ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ Delyana Laza... youtu.be/FA7HeZz9Yag?... via @YouTube
Today is Lili Boulanger’s 193rd birthday.
If I could give 5 more years of life to any composer (just thinking of their additional musical output), it would have to be her.
She died at just 24 but still wrote some of the best music of the early 20th c.
If I could give 5 more years of life to any composer (just thinking of their additional musical output), it would have to be her.
She died at just 24 but still wrote some of the best music of the early 20th c.
August 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Today is Lili Boulanger’s 193rd birthday.
If I could give 5 more years of life to any composer (just thinking of their additional musical output), it would have to be her.
She died at just 24 but still wrote some of the best music of the early 20th c.
If I could give 5 more years of life to any composer (just thinking of their additional musical output), it would have to be her.
She died at just 24 but still wrote some of the best music of the early 20th c.
- Rachmaninoff piano concerto no. 2 (just saw this one live last night)
- Verdi’s Requiem
- Pines of Rome
- Literally anything piazzolla
- Khachaturian’s Gayaneh, Spartacus, Masquerade suite
- Firebird Suite
- Lili Boulanger’s psalms
- Sibelius’s Violin Concerto
- Sleeping Beauty
- Verdi’s Requiem
- Pines of Rome
- Literally anything piazzolla
- Khachaturian’s Gayaneh, Spartacus, Masquerade suite
- Firebird Suite
- Lili Boulanger’s psalms
- Sibelius’s Violin Concerto
- Sleeping Beauty
August 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
- Rachmaninoff piano concerto no. 2 (just saw this one live last night)
- Verdi’s Requiem
- Pines of Rome
- Literally anything piazzolla
- Khachaturian’s Gayaneh, Spartacus, Masquerade suite
- Firebird Suite
- Lili Boulanger’s psalms
- Sibelius’s Violin Concerto
- Sleeping Beauty
- Verdi’s Requiem
- Pines of Rome
- Literally anything piazzolla
- Khachaturian’s Gayaneh, Spartacus, Masquerade suite
- Firebird Suite
- Lili Boulanger’s psalms
- Sibelius’s Violin Concerto
- Sleeping Beauty
#MusicSky #Boulanger
My good friend Freebird1967 introduced me to Boulanger's masterpiece yesterday. I've listened to it 3 times already. Enjoy it like I do.
Boulanger: Faust et Hélène - Radio Filharmonisch Orkest o.l.v. Karina Ca... youtu.be/uVy5SWwRbDQ?... via @YouTube
My good friend Freebird1967 introduced me to Boulanger's masterpiece yesterday. I've listened to it 3 times already. Enjoy it like I do.
Boulanger: Faust et Hélène - Radio Filharmonisch Orkest o.l.v. Karina Ca... youtu.be/uVy5SWwRbDQ?... via @YouTube
Boulanger: Faust et Hélène - Radio Filharmonisch Orkest o.l.v. Karina Canellakis - Live concert HD
YouTube video by AVROTROS Klassiek
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
#MusicSky #Boulanger
My good friend Freebird1967 introduced me to Boulanger's masterpiece yesterday. I've listened to it 3 times already. Enjoy it like I do.
Boulanger: Faust et Hélène - Radio Filharmonisch Orkest o.l.v. Karina Ca... youtu.be/uVy5SWwRbDQ?... via @YouTube
My good friend Freebird1967 introduced me to Boulanger's masterpiece yesterday. I've listened to it 3 times already. Enjoy it like I do.
Boulanger: Faust et Hélène - Radio Filharmonisch Orkest o.l.v. Karina Ca... youtu.be/uVy5SWwRbDQ?... via @YouTube
Just got to the Royal Albert Hall to do the radio interval for tonight's prom! Tune in to BBC Radio 3 at 6pm tonight to hear Alexandra Dariescu give the Proms premiere of Nadia Boulanger's Fantasie Variée with the Hallé, and Rachmaninoff & Ravel
August 5, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Just got to the Royal Albert Hall to do the radio interval for tonight's prom! Tune in to BBC Radio 3 at 6pm tonight to hear Alexandra Dariescu give the Proms premiere of Nadia Boulanger's Fantasie Variée with the Hallé, and Rachmaninoff & Ravel
So sorry I missed the performance of this tremendous CAT CIRCUS in 1888 starring "Boulanger" and "Blondin". Poor Boulanger's singed tail fur!
October 18, 2023 at 7:10 PM
So sorry I missed the performance of this tremendous CAT CIRCUS in 1888 starring "Boulanger" and "Blondin". Poor Boulanger's singed tail fur!
Lili Boulanger's Psalm 130 is great! But already over 100 y old:
youtu.be/gYj3nP6l6DA?...
youtu.be/gYj3nP6l6DA?...
Lili Boulanger - Psalm 130 "Du fond de l'abîme" (1917)
YouTube video by Cmaj7
youtu.be
November 25, 2024 at 10:05 PM
Lili Boulanger's Psalm 130 is great! But already over 100 y old:
youtu.be/gYj3nP6l6DA?...
youtu.be/gYj3nP6l6DA?...
The first version was for violin and piano. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALJ5...
Lili Boulanger's "D’un Matin de Printemps" - Laura Colgate (violin) and Andrew Welch (piano)
YouTube video by Laura Colgate
www.youtube.com
April 13, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The first version was for violin and piano. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALJ5...
French music Proms highlights include Betsy Jolas, Berlioz Damnation of Faust, Nadia Boulanger's Fantaisie variée (with Alexandra Dariescu, yay!) and Edith Canat de Chizy - an underrated composer www.bbc.co.uk/events/rpgwr...
BBC Proms
The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning concerts and collaborations.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 21, 2026 at 9:27 AM
French music Proms highlights include Betsy Jolas, Berlioz Damnation of Faust, Nadia Boulanger's Fantaisie variée (with Alexandra Dariescu, yay!) and Edith Canat de Chizy - an underrated composer www.bbc.co.uk/events/rpgwr...
Opera time again! Boulanger's La Ville Morte at Skirball
April 21, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Opera time again! Boulanger's La Ville Morte at Skirball
Today, #Boulanger's 'Faust et Hélène' and #Bizet with Arquez, Bettinger and Cavallier from #Paris www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/... #wch
Boulanger's 'Faust et Hélène' and Bizet with Arquez, Bettinger and Cavallier from Paris - Schedule 21/5/2026 - www.worldconcerthall.com
Gaëlle Arquez (Hélène & Carmen), Thomas Bettinger (Faust & Don José), Nicolas Cavallier (Méphistophélès & Escamillo), and the Radio France Choir and the Orchestre National de France conducted...
www.worldconcerthall.com
May 21, 2026 at 6:25 AM
Today, #Boulanger's 'Faust et Hélène' and #Bizet with Arquez, Bettinger and Cavallier from #Paris www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/... #wch
Tonight is the long-delayed NY premiere of Nadia Boulanger's opera La Ville Morte
April 20, 2024 at 11:20 PM
Tonight is the long-delayed NY premiere of Nadia Boulanger's opera La Ville Morte
Let me alert people to this rather fine event.
November 29, 2024 at 11:40 AM
Let me alert people to this rather fine event.
Oh hey it's Lili Boulanger's 133rd birthday! What a fantastically talented composer she was - one of the saddest early deaths in music IMO, she died at just 24yo. Go stuff some Lili Boulanger down your ears! Here's her older sister conducting some.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmJ2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmJ2...
Lili Boulanger Psalm 130
YouTube video by atsusiueno
www.youtube.com
August 21, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Oh hey it's Lili Boulanger's 133rd birthday! What a fantastically talented composer she was - one of the saddest early deaths in music IMO, she died at just 24yo. Go stuff some Lili Boulanger down your ears! Here's her older sister conducting some.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmJ2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmJ2...
I'm sure you know Nadia Boulanger's post-show line? She'd take your hands, look into your eyes, and say, conspiratorially, "You know what I think." (I think I read this in q Charles Rosen book.)
April 1, 2025 at 3:50 AM
I'm sure you know Nadia Boulanger's post-show line? She'd take your hands, look into your eyes, and say, conspiratorially, "You know what I think." (I think I read this in q Charles Rosen book.)
A wonderful early evening concert yesterday by the Halle Orchestra playing Shostakovich 9th Symphony … but first the audience was blown away by the sheer magnificence of Lili Boulanger’s Psalm 130 … breathtaking! #Halle
November 15, 2024 at 8:24 PM
A wonderful early evening concert yesterday by the Halle Orchestra playing Shostakovich 9th Symphony … but first the audience was blown away by the sheer magnificence of Lili Boulanger’s Psalm 130 … breathtaking! #Halle
D’un matin de printemps (Of a Spring Morning) began as a piece for violin & piano in 1917, when Boulanger’s health was already deteriorating. The orchestral version, and its much darker companion, D’un soir triste, was the last work she completed in her own hand, just 2 months before her death. 2/3
August 21, 2026 at 6:12 AM
D’un matin de printemps (Of a Spring Morning) began as a piece for violin & piano in 1917, when Boulanger’s health was already deteriorating. The orchestral version, and its much darker companion, D’un soir triste, was the last work she completed in her own hand, just 2 months before her death. 2/3
Excellent Mahler 1 at the Philharmonic tonight, with a new viola concerto by Donghoon Shin, and Lili Boulanger’s ‘D’un matin du printemps’. Tugan Sokhiev conducting. (Berlin.)
January 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Excellent Mahler 1 at the Philharmonic tonight, with a new viola concerto by Donghoon Shin, and Lili Boulanger’s ‘D’un matin du printemps’. Tugan Sokhiev conducting. (Berlin.)