Lili Boulanger: Songs (Hyperion French Song Edition)

Featuring

Martyn Hill
Andrew Ball
Amanda Pitt
James Wood
Jeanette Ager
Ian Townsend

Peter Johnson
New London Chamber Choir
Lili Boulanger

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Composition History

Lili Boulanger was the first woman to win the prestigious Prix de Rome in 1913, a significant achievement in her career.

Composer Biography

Lili Boulanger, a French composer, died at the young age of twenty-four, leaving behind a significant body of work.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Lili Boulanger's Clairières dans le ciel song cycle sets poems by Francis Jammes, a symbolist poet whose work she identified with.

Composer's Artistic Vision

For Lili Boulanger, the key of B flat minor was associated with profound emotions of abyss, mourning, and despair.

Composer Biography

Lili Boulanger's older sister, Nadia Boulanger, was a highly influential teacher who taught at Fontainebleau and whose life was profoundly shaped by Lili's death.

Composer Biography

Lili Boulanger suffered from chronic illness, contracting bronchial pneumonia at age two and later succumbing to intestinal cancer.

Compositional Technique

Despite limited opportunities to hear her orchestrations performed, Lili Boulanger's scores required few changes, demonstrating her masterful technique.