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Messiaen in Context - Episode 4

Louise Fryer presents music by composers Messiaen admired, including Gounod, as well as Lutoslawski's Piano Concerto and Dukas's Ariane et Barbe-Bleu.

Louise Fryer presents music by composers Messiaen admired as well as pieces by his contemporaries. Plus John Milton's poem Lycidas read by Robert Glenister.

Messiaen: Oraison (for ondes martenot)
Ensemble d'Ondes de Montreal

Gounod: Fantasy on the Russian National Hymn
Ian Tracey (organ)
大象传媒 Philharmonic
Rumon Gamba (conductor)

Lutoslawski: Piano Concerto
Paavali Jumppanen (piano)
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

2.55pm
Dukas: Ariane et Barbe-Bleue
Ariane ...... Lori Phillips (soprano)
La Nourrice ...... Patricia Barcon (mezzo-soprano)
Barbe-Bleue ...... Peter Rose (bass)
Selysette ...... Laura Vlasak Volen (mezzo-soprano)
Ygraine ...... Ana James (soprano)
Melisande ...... Daphne Touchais (soprano)
Bellangere ...... Sarah-Jane Davies (soprano)
大象传媒 Singers
Stephen Betteridge (chorus master)
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Leon Botstein (conductor)

Guilmant: Meditation sur le Stabat Mater, Op 63
Ian Tracey (organ)
大象传媒 Philharmonic
Rumon Gamba (conductor).

3 hours

Broadcast

  • Thu 11 Dec 2008 14:00