Afternoon on 3 - Towards Messiaen: Exoticism
Music placing Messiaen's music in the context of important themes in French musical history, with a focus on exoticism
Afternoon on 3 - Towards Messiaen: Exoticism - Episode 1
Penny Gore presents another part of Radio 3's Messiaen centenary celebrations, with music by Bizet and Ravel plus Messiaen's Oiseaux exotiques and Poemes pour Mi.
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Afternoon on 3 - Towards Messiaen: Exoticism - Episode 2
Penny Gore introduces music by Rimsky-Korsakov, Ibert, Jolivet, Delage and Poulenc, plus Messiaen's Petites liturgies de la presence divine.
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Afternoon on 3 - Towards Messiaen: Exoticism - Episode 3
Penny Gore with Milhaud's Carnaval a la Nouvelle Orleans (Orietta Caianiello, Antonio Sardi de Letto, pianos) and Messiaen: Des canyons aux etoiles (Jean-Frederic Neuberger, piano).
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Afternoon on 3 - Towards Messiaen: Exoticism - Episode 4
Penny Gore introduces a performance of Puccini's Turandot, from the composer's incomplete libretto, and Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time.
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Afternoon on 3 - Towards Messiaen: Exoticism - Episode 5
Penny Gore presents music by Saint Saens, Waxman, Debussy, Poulenc and Schmidtt, plus Messiaen's Harawi, with Annika Skoglund (soprano) and Carl Axel Dominique (piano).
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