Francis Poulenc

[kyjo]

...and now for my third post in a row in this thread I came across this brief yet insightful video highlighting Poulenc's often uniquely poignant way of writing endings: https://youtu.be/BjZ6QEMy7fc?si=P3VJbDAIO1Kb7YKL

Of course, those are only a few such instances out of many in Poulenc's output. An ending that immediately comes to my mind is that of the Concert champêtre, which is strangely downbeat and enigmatic after the 25-30 minutes of predominantly sunny, tuneful music that precedes it.