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Celebrating the rare treat of having two Steinway grand pianos in one room, this concert presents two orchestral reductions of works from France in the 1910s - Lili Boulanger's darkly moving setting of Psalm 130, De Profundis, and Delius's depiction of a mountain trek in A Song of the High Hills, in the arrangement for two pianos by his friend and fellow composer, Percy Grainger. Although written only a few years apart, the Delius is filled with an optimistic longing that is in complete contrast to the Boulanger, which was written during the First World War and is imbued with the misery of the war-time experience. Ravel's Trois Chansons were also written as a response to the First World War, and make for a similar contrast with Debussy's Trois Chansons, which are full of frothy exuberance. We are delighted to be joined by Sam Mitchell and George Herbert who will be summoning up all the colours of the orchestra thanks to their piano virtuosity!