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Bach from Paris

A week of music from France Bach’s great Mass in B Minor, performed by the Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio France.

Hannah French presents a celebration of highlights from recent concerts by great French orchestras and ensembles. Today, Bach’s great Mass in B minor performed by the Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio France, along with French ballet favourites, played by the Orchestre National d’Île-de-France.

Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232
Mariana Flores, soprano
Marianne Beate Kielland, mezzo-soprano
Paulin Bündgen, countertenor
Julian Prégardien, tenor
Andreas Wolf, bass
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus
Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor

Recorded last November in the Auditorium, Radio France Broadcasting House, Paris

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 1
Roussel: Bacchus et Ariane, op. 43, Suite No. 2

Orchestre National d’Île-de-France
Fabien Gabel, conductor

Recorded in January 2019 in the Philharmonie, Paris.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Mon 13 Apr 2020 14:00
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mass in B minor

    Performer: Mariana Flores. Performer: Marianne Beate Kielland. Performer: Paulin Bündgen. Performer: Julian Prégardien. Performer: Andreas Wolf. Orchestra: Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus. Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 1

    Conductor: Fabien Gabel. Orchestra: Orchestre national d'ÃŽle-de-France.

  • Albert Roussel

    Bacchus et Ariane

    Conductor: Fabien Gabel. Orchestra: Orchestre national d'ÃŽle-de-France.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Eugene Onegin (Act 3 Polonaise)

    Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Virgin Classics.

Broadcast

  • Mon 13 Apr 2020 14:00
    ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3