Afternoon
Live from Aldeburgh, Pierre-Laurent Aimard plays four movements from Messiaen's Catalogue d'Oiseaux: The Buzzard, The Short-Toed Lark, The Golden Oriole and The Blue Rock Thrush.
Continuing his journey through Messiaen's "Catalogue d'Oiseaux" today, pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard moves to the Britten Studio at Snape Maltings in Suffolk to perform another four movements of this piano masterpiece: La Buse variable (buzzard), L'Alouette calandrelle (short-toed lark), Le Loriot (golden oriole) and Le Merle bleu (blue rock thrush)
Presented by Tom McKinney.
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Olivier Messiaen
La Buse Variable
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Olivier Messiaen
L'Alouette Calandrelle
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Olivier Messiaen
Le Loriot
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Olivier Messiaen
Le Merle Bleu
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Ottorino Respighi
Preludio [Gli Uccelli]
Orchestra: I Solisti Veneti. Conductor: Claudio Scimone.- APEX.
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Ottorino Respighi
La Colomba [Gli Uccelli]
Orchestra: I Solisti Veneti. Conductor: Claudio Scimone.- APEX.
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Ottorino Respighi
La Gallina [Gli Uccelli]
Orchestra: I Solisti Veneti. Conductor: Claudio Scimone.- APEX.
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Ottorino Respighi
L'Usignuolo [Gli Uccelli]
Orchestra: I Solisti Veneti. Conductor: Claudio Scimone.- APEX.
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Ottorino Respighi
Il Cuccu [Gli Uccelli]
Orchestra: I Solisti Veneti. Conductor: Claudio Scimone.- APEX.
Broadcast
- Sun 19 Jun 2016 13:00大象传媒 Radio 3
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