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This week, Afternoon Concert features concerts from the city of Paris. Today's programme includes the Orchestre de Paris and conductor Paavo J盲rvi in music by Tchaikovsky, Debussy and Ravel at the city's Philharmonie in September last year. There's also music by Berlioz from the Orchestre National d'脦le de France and a saxophone concerto composed by jazz pianist Martial Solal in 2014.

Presented by Tom McKinney.

Berlioz: Overture 'Le Corsaire', Op.21; Les Nuits d鈥櫭﹖茅
Karine Deshayes (soprano)
Orchestre National d'脦le de France
Fabien Gabel (conductor)

c.2.35pm
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35
Debussy: La Mer
Ravel: Daphnis & Chloe Suite No.2
Gil Shaham (violin)
Orchestre de Paris
Paavo J盲rvi (conductor)

c.4.00pm
Martial Solal: Saxophone Concerto
Jean-Charles Richard (soprano & baritone saxophones)
Orchestre National de France
Jesko Sirvend (conductor)

The series also features the acclaimed period-instrument ensemble Les Si猫cles with their founder-conductor Fran莽ois-Xavier Roth (programme 2) and the forces of the Paris Opera: you can hear their 2020 Bastille Day concert in programme 3 and their staging of Massenet's 'Manon' as Opera Matinee (programme 4).