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Afternoon Concert

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Afternoon on 3: Towards Messiaen: The Stage

Afternoon Concert: Towards Messiaen: The Stage: Episode 1

Episode 1

Towards Messiaen: The Stage

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Towards Messiaen: The Stage, Episode 1

A focus on French opera and ballet, with music by Lully, Offenbach, Berlioz and Bizet.

A focus on the music of Messiaen in the context of French opera and ballet, with works by Lully, Offenbach, Berlioz, Charpentier, Bizet, Massenet and Debussy.

Presented by Louise Fryer.

The focus on Messiaen's music in the context of significant themes in French music history continues with a selection of French opera and ballet performances, including a whistlestop tour through the last four hundred years of music.

Lully: Persee (excerpts)
Stephanie d'Oustrac (mezzo-soprano)
Le Concert Spirituel
Alice Pierot (director)

Offenbach: Tyrolienne (La Belle Helene)
Michael Schade (tenor)
Wiener Virtuosen

Berlioz: (Overture) Les Francs-juges
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

Charpentier: Medee (excerpts)
Stephanie d'Oustrac (mezzo-soprano)
Le Concert Spirituel 
Alice Pierot (director)

Adolphe Adam: Giselle (excerpts from Act 2)
BBC Concert Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth (conductor)

Bizet: La fleur que tu m'avais jetee (Carmen)
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor)
Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon National Orchestra
Michael Schonwandt (conductor)

Massenet: Manon (excerpts)
Nathalie Dessay (soprano)
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor)
Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon National Orchestra
Michael Schonwandt (conductor)

Chabrier: Fete polonaise (Le Roi malgre lui)
Ulster Orchestra
Jean-Luc Tingaud (conductor)

Francois Colin de Blamont: Egine (Les fetes de Thetis)
Egine ...... La Seine Stephanie Pochon (soprano)
Thetis ...... Caroline Mutel (soprano)
Sisyphe ...... Arnaud Marzorati (baritone)
Jupiter/Mercure ...... Jean-Sebastien Bou (baritone)
Les Nouveaux Caracteres
Sebastien d'Herin (director/harpsichord)

Debussy: Jeux
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Towards Messiaen: The Stage

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Music placing Messiaen in the conxtext of French musical themes: With opera and ballet

Music placing Messiaen's music in the context of important themes in French musical history, with a focus on opera and ballet performances

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