Sécheresses, FP 90
Sécheresses (Drought), FP 90, is a cantata by Francis Poulenc for mixed choir (SATB) composed in 1937 on poems by Edward James who commissioned it. It was regarded as a failure when it was premiered in 1938, but a great success when it was performed again in 1953.
Movements
- Sécheresses : I. Les sauterelles
- Sécheresses : II. Le village abandonné
- Sécheresses : III. Le faux avenir
- Sécheresses : IV. Le squelette de la mer