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Orchestre National de France

Bertrand de Billy conducts the Orchestre National de France in Dutilleux's Second Symphony, 'Double', and Debussy's Pr茅lude 脿 l'apr猫s-midi d'un faune and La Damoiselle 茅lue.

Bertrand de Billy conducts Gallic forces in an all-French concert recorded in March at the Grand Auditorium of the Maison de la Radio, Paris.

To begin, Henri Dutilleux鈥檚 Symphony No. 2 ('Double'). This 1959 commission, premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, makes a feature of the interplay between a 12-part ensemble and a large orchestra (hence the 'Double'), described by Dutilleux as 'a musical play of mirrors and of contrasting colours鈥� and including a lively finale, partly inspired by Count Basie and Duke Ellington.

In the concert's second half, two 19th-century poems are the starting point for Debussy. His sensuous ballet score, Pr茅lude 脿 l'apr猫s-midi d'un faun echoes the overt eroticism of St茅phane Mallarm茅's poem whose title Debussy kept. It begins with a languorous orchestral flute solo which is preceded here by one of the most famous solo flute works in the repertoire, Syrinx. And to end, something considerably less steamy. Debussy's La Damoiselle 茅lue, a cantata for soprano and chorus, sets one of Dante Gabriel Rossetti's best-known poems, The Blessed Damozel.

Introduced by Fiona Talkington

Henri Dutilleux: Symphony No. 2 ('Double')

Saint-Sa毛ns: Mon coeur s鈥檕uvre 脿 ta voix (Samson et Dalila, Act 2)

8.10pm
Interval Music (from CD)
Rameau
Les Indes galantes: Danse des Sauvages; Chaconne
Les Musiciens du Louvre
Marc Minkowski (conductor)

8.20 pm
Debussy: Syrinx
Pr茅lude 脿 l'apr猫s-midi d'un faune
La Damoiselle 茅lue

Silvia Careddu (flute)
Virginie Verrez (mezzo-soprano)
Radio France Children's Chorus

2 hours, 28 minutes

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Mon 6 Jun 2022 19:30
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Music Played

  • Henri Dutilleux

    Symphony no.2 'Double'

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Bertrand de Billy.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix (Samson et Dalila)

    Singer: Sylvie Verrez. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Bertrand de Billy.

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Les Indes galantes - Les Sauvages (Danse du grand calumet de la paix/Chaconne)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • DG.

  • Claude Debussy

    Syrinx

    Performer: Silvia Careddu.

  • Claude Debussy

    Prelude a l'apres midi d'un faune

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Bertrand de Billy.

  • Claude Debussy

    La Damoiselle Elue

    Singer: Sylvie Verrez. Choir: Radio France Children's Chorus. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Bertrand de Billy.

  • Graham Fitkin

    Hard Fairy

    Performer: Graham Fitkin Band.
    • Hard Fairy.
    • Argo.
    • 006.

  • Edward Elgar

    In the South 'Alassio'

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • HYPERION.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Songs of Travel

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Bryn Terfel.
    • DG.

Broadcast

  • Mon 6 Jun 2022 19:30
    大象传媒 Radio 3