The poetry and music of Henri Dutilleux in five key works

Ahead of Saturday’s BBCSO Total Immersion festival, conductor Pascal Rophé picks five pieces that reveal Dutilleux’s magical and unique soundworldThis weekend, the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s Total Immersion festival is dedicated to Henri Dutilleux, marking what would have been his centenary. Dutilleux was composing right until the end of his long life (he died in 2013, aged 97), his deeply human music providing a vital link between the worlds of Debussy, Ravel, Bartók, S...

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