大象传媒

Presented by Penny Gore.

Radio 3's Messiaen centenary celebrations continue with a programme featuring music looking to far-away places, from the deserts of Africa to the strange sounds of the far East.

Bizet: Carmen Suite No 1
大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Josep Cabelle-Domenech (conductor)

Felicien-Cesar David: Le desert, for tenor, narrator, chorus and orchestra
Mario Joao Alves (tenor)
Diogo Doria (narrator)
Sao Carlos National Theatre Chorus
Portuguese Symphony Orchestra
Nader Abbassi (conductor)

Messiaen: Oiseaux exotiques
Garrick Ohlsson (piano)
MDR Symphony Orchestra
Jun Markl (conductor)

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe - Suites Nos 1 and 2
Quebec Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Yoav Talmi (conductor)

Messiaen: Poemes pour Mi arr. for soprano and orchestra
Yvonne Naef (mezzo-soprano)
SWR Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden and Freiburg
Sylvain Cambreling (conductor)

Debussy: Nocturnes for orchestra
Women of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Richard Hickox (conductor).