Sutre/Vanhauwaert - Pens�es Intimes (Les Musiciens et la Grande Guerre)

In the painful, fury�laden atmosphere of the War, the intimate voice of the violin wafts upward, as if by miracle, expressing with restrained dignity (Kelly) the sensations felt upon returning from a horrifying military campaign, as it does the more nostalgic ones of a a drafted composer attemp�ting to find his roots (Antoine). The German Pfitzner, in his own more tempestuous way, seeks to pay homage to his country�s musical past, even while the gentle strains linger from a Nocturne by the young Lili Boulanger whom sickness was soon to claim.