Afternoon on 3 - Towards Messiaen: The Stage - Episode 1

Presented by Louise Fryer. The focus on Messiaen's music in the context of significant themes in French music history continues with a selection of French opera and ballet performances, including a whistlestop tour through the last four hundred years of music. Lully: Persee (excerpts) Stephanie d'Oustrac (mezzo-soprano) Le Concert Spirituel Alice Pierot (director) Offenbach: Tyrolienne (La Belle Helene) Michael Schade (tenor) Wiener Virtuosen Berlioz: (Overture) Les Francs-juges BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor) Charpentier: Medee (excerpts) Stephanie d'Oustrac (mezzo-soprano) Le Concert Spirituel Alice Pierot (director) Adolphe Adam: Giselle (excerpts from Act 2) BBC Concert Orchestra Barry Wordsworth (conductor) Bizet: La fleur que tu m'avais jetee (Carmen) Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon National Orchestra Michael Schonwandt (conductor) Massenet: Manon (excerpts) Nathalie Dessay (soprano) Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon National Orchestra Michael Schonwandt (conductor) Chabrier: Fete polonaise (Le Roi malgre lui) Ulster Orchestra Jean-Luc Tingaud (conductor) Francois Colin de Blamont: Egine (Les fetes de Thetis) Egine ...... La Seine Stephanie Pochon (soprano) Thetis ...... Caroline Mutel (soprano) Sisyphe ...... Arnaud Marzorati (baritone) Jupiter/Mercure ...... Jean-Sebastien Bou (baritone) Les Nouveaux Caracteres Sebastien d'Herin (director/harpsichord) Debussy: Jeux Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor).