Afternoon on 3 - Looking East - Episode 3

Music by Western composers looking East to Asia, plus pieces inspired by poetry. Featuring Chinese, Japanese and Balinese inspiration, with an orchestra from Sydney. The sonnet settings use French Renaissance works. Ravel, orch Grainger: Vallee des cloches (Miroirs) Sydney Symphony Orchestra Matthew Coorey (conductor) Ludvig Irgens Jensen: Japanese Spring Ragnhild H Sorensen (soprano) Stavanger Symphony Orchestra Steven Sloane (conductor) 2.30pm Messiaen: Sept Haikai Yvonne Loriod (piano) Philharmonia Orchestra Charles Bruck (conductor) 2.50pm Rameau: Suite (Les indes galantes) Sydney Symphony Orchestra Matthew Coorey (conductor) Marc-Andre Dalbavie: Sonnets Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor) Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Dmitri Slobodeniouk (conductor) 3.30pm Bartok: Suite (The Miraculous Mandarin) Sydney Symphony Orchestra Matthew Coorey (conductor).