Janet Baker sings "Les Nuits d'Été" (Boston, 1972)

Dame Janet Baker performs the cycle of six poems by Théophile Gautier set to music by Hector Berlioz in this concert from Symphony Hall, Boston, on 24 November 1972. Sir Colin Davis conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra. I. Villanelle 0:00 II. Le spectre de la rose 2:43 III. Sur les lagunes 10:26 IV. Absence 17:27 V. Au cimetière 23:17 VI. L'île inconnue 29:02 Link to my Janet Baker playlist:    • Janet Baker (b. 1933)