2/5. In 1880 Emmanuel Chabrier finally gave up his day job as a civil servant to compose full-time. By then he was a well-established and popular character in all the leading salons of the day.
Professionally too his reputation was beginning to grow. With Donald Macleod.
Duo a la Chartreuse Vert (L'ttoile) Soloists, Lyons Opera Orchestra, conductor John Eliot Gardiner Finale: L'Étoile, Act Soloists, Lyon Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conductor John Eliot Gardiner Trois Valses Romantiques Kathryn Stott and Elizabeth Burley (piano duet)
Suite Pastorale Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor John Eliot Gardiner
Faisons-Nous Petits (Une Education Manquee) Soloists, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, conductor Jean-Claude Hartman
Repeated on Monday at 12 midnight