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Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites by French composers across the centuries - Charpentier, Dubussy, Lili Boulanger, Ravel, Massenet, Poulenc & Bizet.

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites by French composers across the centuries - Charpentier's majestic Prelude to Te Deum, a strutting cakewalk by Debussy, Lili Boulanger's strident setting of Psalm 24 - "The earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof" and Ravel's evocation of a pavane that a little princess might have danced at the Spanish court in years gone by. These are followed by the "Méditation" from Massenet's opera Thaïs arranged for flute and harp, the slow movement from Poulenc's rustic Concert champêtre and the sublime duet from Bizet's The Pearl Fishers. A French affair to cherish!

Producer: Ian Wallington

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29 minutes

Last on

Thu 28 Nov 2024 19:00

Music Played

  • Marc‐Antoine Charpentier

    Te Deum, H146 (Prelude)

    Orchestra: Musica Polyphonica. Conductor: Louis Devos.
    • Music at the Court of Versailles: Charpentier/Delalande/Lully/Rameau.
    • Erato.
    • 1.
  • Claude Debussy

    Le petit nègre

    Performer: Zoltán Kocsis.
    • Philips.
  • Lili Boulanger

    Psalm 24

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane pour une infante defunte for piano

    Performer: Cédric Tiberghien.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Jules Massenet

    Thaïs (Meditation arr Salzedo)

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Mariko Anraku. Music Arranger: Carlos Salzedo.
    • Beau Soir, French and Japanese melodies: Pahud/Anraku.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 9.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Concert champêtre, FP 49: II. Andante

    Performer: Mark Bebbington. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Poulenc: Piano Concerto & Concert champêtre.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 108.
  • Georges Bizet

    Au fond du temple saint (duet from The Pearl Fishers)

    Performer: Bavarian State Orchestra. Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Singer: Ludovic Tézier. Conductor: Bertrand de Billy.
    • 'é.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.

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  • Thu 28 Nov 2024 19:00

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