This song was recorded live in The Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, St Hilda’s College as part of the Oxford Lieder Festival in 2006.
Click here to listen to this song performed by Sophie Daneman and Julius Drake.
Voyage à Paris
French source:
Guillaume Apollinaire
Quitter un pays morose
Pour Paris
Paris joli
Qu’un jour
Dut créer l’Amour
Trip to Paris
English translation ©
Richard Stokes
To leave a dismal
Place for Paris
Charming Paris
That one day
Love must have made
Oh! how delightful
To leave a dismal
Place for Paris
Translation © Richard Stokes, author of A French Song Companion (Oxford, 2000)
Voyage à Paris
French source:
Guillaume Apollinaire
Trip to Paris
English source:
Richard Stokes
Ah! la charmante chose
Oh! how delightful
Quitter un pays morose
To leave a dismal
Pour Paris
Place for Paris
Paris joli
Charming Paris
Qu’un jour
That one day
Dut créer l’Amour
Love must have made
Composer
Francis Poulenc
Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (F7 January 1899 – 30 January 1963) was a French composer and pianist. His compositions include mélodies, solo piano works, chamber music, choral pieces, operas, ballets, and orchestral concert music. Read the full…
Poet
Guillaume Apollinaire
Guillaume Apollinaire (26 August 1880 – 9 November 1918) was a French poet, playwright, short story writer, novelist, and art critic of Polish-Belarusian descent. Apollinaire is considered one of the foremost poets of the early 20th century, as…
Performances
Previously performed at:
- Mastercourse: Concert 28 Oct 2023
- Parfums et Paroles 14 Oct 2023
- She Represents 14 Oct 2023
- Song at Wolfson: Ted Black & Sholto Kynoch (second performance) 15 Jul 2021
- Song at Wolfson: Ted Black & Sholto Kynoch (first performance) 15 Jul 2021
- Oxford Lieder at Fairlight Hall: Ted Black & Sholto Kynoch 04 Jul 2021
- Oxford Lieder at Rye Creative Centre: Ted Black & Sholto Kynoch 26 Jun 2021
- Song at Wolfson / Joshua Owen Mills: Beethoven, Fauré, Poulenc and Quilter 09 May 2019
- Oxford Lieder at Fairlight Hall: Joshua Owen Mills sings Fauré, Poulenc and Quilter 05 May 2019
- Le Chat Noir: Raphaela Papadakis & William Vann 24 Oct 2018