The cover painting for this album is "LA Rue Montorgueil" by Claude Monet.
Recording & Production
This album, "French Connection A", was recorded in two sessions: November 21-22, 2013, and March 22-23, 2015, at Ingram Center for the Performing Arts, Blair School of Music, Vanderbilt University.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Eugène Bozza's musical outlook was heavily influenced by Jean Cocteau's insistence that music should move towards wit, eclecticism, and jazz.
Performer Biography
Thomas E. Verrier, the conductor, is the Director of Wind Studies and Associate Professor of Music at Vanderbilt University's Blair School of Music.
Composition History
Serge Lancen's Rapsodie symphonique was commissioned by the French Broadcasting System for the European Radio Composition contest in 1976 and won a First Prize.
Composer Biography
Serge Lancen, a French composer, was immersed in music from a young age, giving a recital of his own piano compositions by age 15.
Performer Biography
Jeremy Wilson, the trombone soloist, was a member of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and its sister organization, the orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, joining at age 25.
