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Ravel - L'enfant et les sortileges

03/03/2016

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Katie Derham presents Ravel's one-act opera L'enfant et les sortileges.

Katie Derham presents Ravel's one-act opera L'enfant et les sortileges conducted by Charles Dutoit and recorded in Geneva in October 2015.

Katie Derham presents Ravel's haunting one-act opera L'Enfant et les sortileges, recorded in Geneva last October, conducted by Charles Dutoit. The plot centres on a naughty child who in a fit of temper breaks his toys and furniture and hurts the animals around him. These characters come to life to reproach the boy for the destruction he's caused. Followed by more for this week's featured orchestra, the Bavarian Radio Symphony.

2pm:
Ravel: L'Enfant et les sortileges

Child......Khatouna Gadeila (soprano)
Mother/Chinese Teacup/Dragonfly/Shepherd.....Hanna Hipp (mezzo-soprano)
Female Cat/Squirrel...... Daniela Mack (mezzo-soprano)
Fire/Nightingale/Princess..... Kathleen Kim (soprano)
Shepherdess/Bat/Owl.....Julie Pasturaud (mezzo-soprano)
Armchair/Cat........David Wilson-Johnson (baritone)
Grandfather Clock/Tree.......Elliot Madore (baritone)
Teapot/Little Old Man/Tree Frog...François Piolino (tenor)
Geneva Grand Théâtre Chorus
Suisse Romande Orchestra
conductor Charles Dutoit

2:50pm:
Lutoslawski: Variations on a Theme of Paganini
Denis Matsuev (piano)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
conductor Mariss Jansons

3.00pm:
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
conductor Mariss Jansons

3.15pm:
Vivaldi: Sonata a 4 in C RV 801
Members of the Bavarian Radio Symphony

3.25pm:
Handel: Two arias
Anna Prohaska (soprano)
Members of the Bavarian Radio Symphony

3.40pm:
Fux: Sonata a 4 in D minor, K342
Telemann: Ach Herr, strafe mich nicht
Anna Prohaska (soprano)
Members of the Bavarian Radio Symphony

4pm:
CPE Bach: Pastorale in A minor
Members of the Bavarian Radio Symphony

4.05pm:
Biber: Mystery Sonata No.15
Members of the Bavarian Radio Symphony.

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