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Opera Matinee

A rare chance to hear Reynaldo Hahn's exotic opera The Island of Dreams, plus the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra, live, in Rautavaara, Schumann and Sibelius

A rare chance to hear Reynaldo Hahn's exotic opera The Island of Dreams, plus the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic in Russian and Finnish music

Hahn's compact first opera tells of the love between a young French naval officer and a beautiful Tahitian woman - a love, though, that can only last for as long as he is stationed on the island

To follow, there's an evocative early symphony from Jean Sibelius from the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic, which is joined by Canadian violinist James Ehnes for the spiky first concerto by Prokofiev

Presented by Kate Molleson

2.00pm
Hahn
L'île du rêve (The Island of Dreams), a Polynesian idyll in three acts
Hélène Guilmette, soprano - Mahénu
Ludivine Gombert, soprano - Téria, a woman from Tahiti / Faïmana, a noblewoman
Anaïk Morel, mezzo-soprano - Oréna, a Tahitian princess
Cyrille Dubois, tenor - Pierre Loti, in fact Georges de Kerven, an officer in the French navy
Le Concert Spirituel Chorus
Munich Radio Orchestra
Hervé Niquet, conductor

3.05pm
Arensky
Suite No 3 ‘Variations’ Op.33
´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

3.35pm
Prokofiev
Violin Concerto No.1
James Ehnes (violin)
´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

4.00pm
Sibelius
Symphony No.2 in D, Op.43
´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic
John Storgards, conductor

3 hours

Music Played

  • Reynaldo Hahn

    L'île du rêve (The Island of Dreams)

    Choir: Le Concert Spirituel. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Hervé Niquet.
  • Anton Stepanovich Arensky

    Suite No 3 'Variations' Op.33

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Violin Concerto No 1

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No 2

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic. Conductor: John StorgÃ¥rds.
  • Eric Coates

    Ballad

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic. Conductor: John Wilson.
  • Eric Coates

    By the sleepy lagoon

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic. Conductor: John Wilson.
  • Gustav Holst

    Song of the Fisherman (Japanese Suite, Op 33)

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Holst: Orchestral Works, Volume 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Thu 19 Mar 2020 14:00