Le Présent

Le Présent (FR) The Gift. Poulenc's setting (Trois Poèmes de Louise Lalanne #1) for voice and piano of a poem by Apollinaire, the poem is actually by Marie Laurencin. Poulenc writes: » They usually make a rhythmic error in not observing, in ›Le Présent,‹ the absolute equality of the sixteenth notes from the beginning. I could have written the whole thing in 2 / 4, thus using longer note values, but I felt it more sensitive [to the text] to write it in 3 / 8 followed by a breath. It is up to the…