Afternoon on 3 - Towards Messiaen: The Stage
Music placing Messiaen's music in the context of important themes in French musical history, with a focus on opera and ballet performances
Afternoon on 3 - Towards Messiaen: The Stage - Episode 1
A focus on the music of Messiaen in the context of French opera and ballet, with works by Lully, Offenbach, Berlioz, Charpentier, Bizet, Massenet and Debussy.
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Afternoon on 3 - Towards Messiaen: The Stage - Episode 2
A focus on French opera and ballet, with music by Rameau, Delibes, Messager, Ravel and Milhaud, plus the first act of Messiaen's Saint Francis of Assisi.
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Afternoon on 3 - Towards Messiaen: The Stage - Episode 3
A focus on French opera and ballet, with a celebrated Proms 2008 performance of the second act of Messiaen's Saint Francis of Assisi.
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Afternoon on 3 - Towards Messiaen: The Stage - Episode 4
A focus on French opera and ballet, with works by Gluck, Philidor, Monsignor and Gossec, plus the final act of Messiaen's Saint Francis of Assisi.
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Afternoon on 3 - Towards Messiaen: The Stage - Episode 5
Focusing on French opera and ballet, with excerpts from Rameau's Hippolyte et Aricie, Gounod's Romeo et Juliette and Roussel's Bacchus et Ariadne, plus Rameau's Castor et Pollux.
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