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Thursday - Lili Boulanger's Faust et Hélène

Ian Skelly presents an afternoon of music, including the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra in a performance of Lili Boulanger's romantic short opera, Faust et Hélène.

Ian Skelly presents an afternoon of music from around Europe, with a focus on concert performances from the Netherlands.

Today at 3pm the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra is joined by soloists for a concert performance of Lili Boulanger's romantic short opera Faust et Hélène, as well as a premiere by the Dutch 'avant pop' composer, Jacob ter Veldhuis. Les Ambassadeurs La Grande Ecurie perform more of a concert of early music recorded at the Utrecht Early Music Festival, and today's concerto is Mozart's Violin Concerto no.5 'Turkish', performed by Timothy Chooi and the Vienna Concert-Verein. Plus Dvorak's symphonic poem about a mischievous water goblin.

Including:

Jacob ter Veldhuis: Paradiddle, for large choir and orchestra
Netherlands Radio Choir
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Karina Canellakis (conductor)

Christian Cannabich: Symphony no.67 in G major
Hofkapelle Munchen
Christian Heiss (conductor)

Dvorak: The Water Goblin
Ulster Orchestra
Jac van Steen (conductor)

c.3pm
Lili Boulanger: Faust et Hélène
Julie Boulianne (mezzo-soprano)
Jean-François Borras (tenor)
Jean-Sébastien Bou (baritone)
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Karina Canellakis (conductor)

Les Ambassadeurs La Grande Ecurie Troisieme Suite in E major
(Jean-Philippe Rameau - Marche (from : les Fêtes de l’Hymen et de l’Amour), Jean-Philippe Rameau - Rondeau gracieux (from : les surprises de l’amour), Jean-Philippe Rameau - Air vif (from : Hippolyte et Aricie), Henri-Montan Berton - Chaconne (air added to à Iphigenie en Tauride, by Desmarets and Campra)
Les Ambassadeurs La Grande Ecurie
Alexis Kossenko (conductor)

Gipps: Wind Sinfonietta
ѿý National Orchestra of Wales
Jonathan Bloxham (conductor)

c.4pm
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe Suite no.2
New England Conservatory Chorus
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado (conductor)

Mozart: Violin Concerto no.5 in A major, K.219 ‘Turkish’
Timothy Chooi (violin)
Vienna Concert-Verein
Pablo Boggiano (conductor)

3 hours, 1 minute

Music Played

  • Josef Strauss

    Pizzicato Polka

    Composer: Johann Strauss II. Performer: Timothy Chooi. Orchestra: Wiener Concert-Verein. Conductor: Pablo Boggiano.
  • JacobTV

    Paradiddle, for large choir and orchestra

    Orchestra: Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Karina Canellakis.
  • Christian Cannabich

    Symphony No. 67 in G

    Orchestra: Hofkapelle München. Conductor: Christian Heiß.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Spiritus sanctus vivificans

    Choir: VOCES8.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    The Water Goblin

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Jac van Steen.
  • Lili Boulanger

    Faust et Hélène

    Singer: Julie Boulianne. Singer: Jean-Francois Borras. Singer: Jean-Sébastien Bou. Orchestra: Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Karina Canellakis.
  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Marche, from 'Les Fêtes de l'Hymen et de l'Amour'

    Ensemble: Les Ambassadeurs ~ La Grande Écurie. Conductor: Alexis Kossenko.
  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Rondeau gracieux, from 'Les Surprises de l'amour'

    Ensemble: Les Ambassadeurs ~ La Grande Écurie. Conductor: Alexis Kossenko.
  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Air vif, from 'Hippolyte et Aricie'

    Ensemble: Les Ambassadeurs ~ La Grande Écurie. Conductor: Alexis Kossenko.
  • Henri-Montan Berton

    Chaconne

    Ensemble: Les Ambassadeurs ~ La Grande Écurie. Conductor: Alexis Kossenko.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Wind Sinfonietta, Op 73

    Conductor: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Jonathan Bloxham.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2

    Choir: New England Conservatory Chorus. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Debussy: Nocturnes / Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suite No.2; Pavane / Scriabin: Le.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 4.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Toccata in D minor, Op.11

    Performer: Lise de la Salle.
    • a portrait.
    • Naive.
    • 8.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Concerto No. 5 in A, K. 219 ('Turkish')

    Performer: Timothy Chooi. Orchestra: Wiener Concert-Verein. Conductor: Pablo Boggiano.

Broadcast

  • Thu 23 Feb 2023 14:00