Performance on 3 - Edinburgh International Festival 2008 - 17/09/2008

Petroc Trelawny introduces a performance given by Les Arts Florissants in the Usher Hall as part of the Edinburgh International Festival 2008. The programme features French arias and orchestral music from the French Baroque, including works by Rameau, Lambert and Charpentier. William Christie's ensemble is considered to be at the forefront of baroque music groups worldwide and they are joined in this concert by leading soprano Anne Sofie von Otter. Anne Sofie von Otter Les Arts Florissants William Christie (conductor) Charpentier: Ouverture de Medee Lambert: Ma bergere est tendre et fidele; Ombre de mon Amant Charpentier: Concert pour quatre parties de violes; Ruisseau qui nourris dans ce bois; Aupres du feu l'on fait l'amour; Celle qui fait mon tourment; Medee (excerpts from Act 3) Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie and Les fetes d'Hebe (excerpts) Followed by a look into the BBC Archives for highlights of past Edinburgh Festivals, including, from 1978: Falla: Cuatro Piezas Espanolas Alicia de Larrocha (piano).