Nocturne and Cortège – Lili Boulanger

Nocturne and Cortège – Lili BoulangerFor the November December 2023 issue, Strings magazine's Editor Megan Westberg writes about cellist Alexander Hershs new project, Absinthe, which raises a glass to that particular verdant spirit. All of the repertoire on the album including an arrangement of Lili Boulanger's Nocturne (1911) was written around the time in which bans of absinthe were sweeping Europe and, indeed, the world. Nadia and Lili Boulanger werent only tied to the time period but

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