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Programme to include:
BIZET Jeux d'enfants
PERCY FLETCHER Two Parisian Sketches: Demoiselle chic; Bal Masque
ALAN LANGFORD Aubade triste
RAVEL Piano Concerto in G
BENNETT Suite francaise - A l鈥檕mbre d鈥檜n buissonet; Triste est le ciel; Allons gay
FAUR脡 Pavane; Berceuse (Dolly Suite)
RAVEL Jeux d鈥檈au
CHAMINADE Pi猫ce Romantique et Gavotte
PETER HOPE Four French Dances