Afternoon on 3 - Messiaen in Context - Messiaen in Context - Episode 4

Louise Fryer presents music by composers Messiaen admired as well as pieces by his contemporaries. Plus John Milton's poem Lycidas read by Robert Glenister. Messiaen: Oraison (for ondes martenot) Ensemble d'Ondes de Montreal Gounod: Fantasy on the Russian National Hymn Ian Tracey (organ) BBC Philharmonic Rumon Gamba (conductor) Lutoslawski: Piano Concerto Paavali Jumppanen (piano) BBC Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins (conductor) 2.55pm Dukas: Ariane et Barbe-Bleue Ariane ...... Lori Phillips (soprano) La Nourrice ...... Patricia Barcon (mezzo-soprano) Barbe-Bleue ...... Peter Rose (bass) Selysette ...... Laura Vlasak Volen (mezzo-soprano) Ygraine ...... Ana James (soprano) Melisande ...... Daphne Touchais (soprano) Bellangere ...... Sarah-Jane Davies (soprano) BBC Singers Stephen Betteridge (chorus master) BBC Symphony Orchestra Leon Botstein (conductor) Guilmant: Meditation sur le Stabat Mater, Op 63 Ian Tracey (organ) BBC Philharmonic Rumon Gamba (conductor).