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
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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´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3