Juliette Hurel

Flutist Juliette Hurel and pianist Hélène Couvert celebrate their 30 years of musical complicity with a new album devoted to nature in the Romantic period. They offer a recital combining the works on this programme with those of other 20th century French composers, also inspired by nature. 

In the Romantic period, nature became the confidant of composers. Through their works, the female duo takes you to meet the miller imagining his near end, surrounded by the flowers given by his lost love and the water nymph Ondine, in search of a human soul. In the second part of the programme, the cycle of nature is presented, from spring morning to the awakening of the Blackbird.

Carl REINECKE 
Sonata "Undine" opus 167 for flute and piano      19' 

Franz SCHUBERT
Introduction, theme and variations on a theme from La Belle Meunière "Trockne Blumen" (dried flowers) for flute and piano     20'

Lili BOULANGER          
D'un matin de printemps for flute and piano     4'30

Claude DEBUSSY     
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune for flute and piano (transcription G.Samazeuilh)     10'

Augusta HOLMÈS 
Clair de lune for flute and piano     3'

Cécile CHAMINADE  
Sérénade aux étoiles for flute and piano     5'

Lili BOULANGER          
Nocturne for flute and piano     3'

Olivier MESSIAEN     
Le merle noir for flute and piano     6'