Francis Poulenc - Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra FP 61. Orchestre National de France (ORTF) Francis Poulenc, piano Jacques Février, piano Georges Prêtre, conductor | Legendary Musicians

French composer & pianist Francis Poulenc died on this day in 1963 | Poulenc made multiple unsuccessful attempts to write a violin sonata as early as 1918, he was later approached by French violinist Ginette Neveu who encouraged him to try once more, and in 1943 Poulenc's only surviving Violin Sonata was completed | Here violinist Nikita Boriso-Glebsky and Pianist Kasparas Uinskas perform Poulenc's Violin Sonata | Read more at https://theviolinchannel.com/french-composer-pianist-francis-poulenc-