16/04/1986 - London, Royal Festival Hall - Barry Tuckwell (horn), London Symphony Orchestra, Michel Plasson (conductor)
Barry Humphries
for Barry Tuckwell
Jean-Michel Damase, who was born in Bordeaux in 1928, belonged to a family of musicians; his mother, the renowned harpist Micheline Kahn premiered works by Fauré, Ravel and Caplet. He died April 21th, 2013.
Precociously gifted, Jean-Michel Damase was only nine when Colette wrote three short poems for him [...]