Les Trois Accords

Malcolm Martineau follows up his acclaimed complete song collections of Duparc, Poulenc and Faure with a double album celebrating the complete songs of Maurice Ravel, performed by a bumper roster of singers: Lorna Anderson, Julie Boulianne, John Chest, Sarah Dufresne Dafydd Jones, Simon Keenlyside, Paula Murrihy, Nicky Spence and William Thomas. French composer Maurice Ravel known for his musical craftsmanship and clear style drew on elements of baroque, neoclassicism, modernism and later on, jazz in his compositions. His vocal works span 4 decades, from 1893 to 1933.

This report presents an overview of country initiatives concerning efficient, effective public services and open and innovative government. It focuses on four core issues: delivery of public services in times of fiscal consolidation; a more effective and performance-oriented public service; promotion of open and transparent government; and strategies for implementation of a reform agenda.

21 février 1970, 9 h 30, dans une rue calme de Choisy-le-Roi. Une villa est le théâtre d'une rencontre qui bouleversera le destin des États-Unis et du Viêtnam. Dans le plus grand secret, le conseiller spécial de Richard Nixon et celui de Hô Chi Minh, deux diplomates que tout oppose, discutent pour la première fois d'une possible paix. D’un côté, Henry Kissinger, intellectuel, professeur à Harvard, homme public habitué à la lumière ; de l’autre, Lê Duc Tho, maquisard torturé par les Français, devenu l'un des cadres de la direction du Parti communiste vietnamien. Alors que la guerre redouble d'intensité, ils continueront à négocier pendant trois ans. Après quarante-cinq réunions secrètes dans trois villes de la banlieue parisienne, les accords de paix seront signés à Paris, en janvier 1973.

After some years as Assistant Organist at Wells Cathedral, and as Conductor of Cheltenham Bach Choir, he studied with the international Bach scholar Peter Williams, being awarded a PhD in French Baroque organ music. For 17 years he was Associate Lecturer at Cardiff University, where he directed courses in Performance Practice and Notation & Editing. During his time at Cardiff, he was conductor of the University Chamber Orchestra and the University Choir. He has also taught organ and harpsichord at Bristol University, Bath Spa University, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, and Wells Cathedral School.

David Ponsford is an organist, harpsichordist, musicologist and conductor, and an authority on keyboard music of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He was extremely fortunate to be able to study organ with Peter Hurford, Lionel Rogg and Piet Kee, and harpsichord with Kenneth Gilbert and Gustav Leonhardt. Since 2021, he has taught organ and harpsichord & organ continuo at the Royal Academy of Music, London. The present CD is volume 8 in the series ‘French Organ Music from the Golden Age’, performed by David Ponsford on French historic organs. This eight disc series emerged from David Ponsford's seminal book French Organ Music in the Reign of Louis XIV (Cambridge University Press, ISBN: 9781316620748) "This book is a must-have for any serious organist." Choir and Organ "Invaluable to understanding and appreciating its subject.' Early Music