Afternoon on 3 - Towards Messiaen: Hearing Pictures
Music placing Messiaen in the context of significant themes in French music history and examining one of France's most important contributions to Western classical music - Impressionism
Afternoon on 3 - Towards Messiaen: Hearing Pictures - Episode 1
A focus on the music of Messiaen, with an examination of France's contribution to Western classical music - Impressionism. Music by Debussy, Milhaud, Dukas and Messiaen.
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Afternoon on 3 - Towards Messiaen: Hearing Pictures - Episode 2
Presented by Penny Gore. The focus on Messiaen and impressionism continues with music by Caplet, Poulenc, Faure, Schmitt, Messiaen and Schoenberg.
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Afternoon on 3 - Towards Messiaen: Hearing Pictures - Episode 3
Presented by Penny Gore. Towards Messiaen: Hearing Pictures (3/5). Featuring early French vocal music and a late Messiaen work that portrays a vision of life after death.
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Afternoon on 3 - Towards Messiaen: Hearing Pictures - Episode 4
Presented by Penny Gore. Including music by Rameau, Saint-Saens, Ravel and the first part of Rimsky-Korsakov's opera The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh.
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Afternoon on 3 - Towards Messiaen: Hearing Pictures - Episode 5
Presented by Penny Gore. Featuring the second part of a performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh. Plus music by Messiaen, Debussy and Janequin.
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