Poulenc's masterpiece, Priez Pour Paix, always moves an audience. This clip is from a live concert, May 2, 2010, at the 12th century church Notre Dame de La Réal, in Perpignan, France. Mezzo-soprano Robin Hendrix sings, with Michel Prezman accompanying. The 15th century French poet (and hostage of the English) Charles d'Orleans longed for the end of the war of his time. He implores the Virgin to encourage the saints to pray to her son, the Savior. The hostage demands that Christ look on His people, for whom He has already shed His blood, and save them from the ravages of war. The poet-hostage begs the Virgin never to stop praying for peace, which is the true treasure of joy.
Robin Hendrix is a concert artist, author, and teacher. Her book, How to Sing Like the Great Singers, sets out the means by which the Great Singers of the operatic and concert stage created and maintained their beautiful voices, and describes how a motivated singer can arrive at the same results. The book came about by necessity. After “hitting the wall” in middle age, a common event for natural singers, Robin found it increasingly difficult to rehearse her usual concert repertoire and she went looking for answers. Finding no help from gurus or experts, she set out on her own to find the secrets of a free and easy production of the lyric voice. She found the answers and more. Visit www.robinhendrix.com for details. Robin lives with her husband, composer/pianist Michel Prezman, in Serdinya, a little village in the south of France.

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