Episodes
| Episode | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20080915 | Presented by Louise Fryer. Including: Guilmant: Marche-fantaisie sur deux chants d'eglise, Op 44 Ian Tracey (organ) BBC Philharmonic Rumon Gamba (conductor) Machaut: Messe de nostre dame Diabolus in Musica Ensemble Messiaen: Les Offrandes oubliees Charpentier: Te Deum a 4, H147 Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Charpentier: Litanies de la Vierge a six voix et deux dessus de violes Claire Debono, Ana Quintans (dessus) Amaya Rodriguez (bas-dessus) Andrew Tortise (haute-contre) Marc Mauillon (basse-taille) Jonathan Sells (bass) Kaori Uemura, Emmanuel Balsa, Anne-Marie Lasla (basse de viole) Les Arts Florissants William Christie (harpsichord/director) Widor: Symphony No 3 for organ and orchestra, Op 69 Faure: Requiem, Op 48 Alex Eager (treble) Gilles Cachemaille (baritone) BBC National Chorus of Wales BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thierry Fischer (conductor). Church and organ music, featuring Messiaen's Les offrandes oubliees, plus music by Machaut |
| 02 | 20080916 | Presented by Louise Fryer. Including: Rameau: Quam dilecta Stephanie Revidat, Hanna Bayodi (soprano) Mathias Vidal (countertenor) Marc Mauillon (tenor) Stephan MacLeod (bass) Le Concert Spirituel Herve Niquet (director) Vierne: Piece de fantaisie (excerpts) Bjorn Gafvert (organ) Berlioz: Grande messe de morts (Requiem), Op 5 Joseph Kaiser (tenor) Swiss Chamber Chorus Tonhalle Orchestra, Zurich Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Marek Janowski (conductor) Messiaen: Messe de la pentecote Naji Hakim (organ) Rameau: In convertendo Herve Niquet (director). Louise Fryer introduces Messiaen's Messe de la pentecote, plus music by Rameau and Berlioz |
| 03 | 20080917 | Presented by Louise Fryer. Including: Poulenc: Concerto for organ, strings and timpani Ian Tracey (organ) BBC Philharmonic Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Messiaen: Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra Myung-Whun Chung (conductor) Messiaen: L'ascension Myung-Whun Chung (conductor). Louise Fryer presents Messiaen's L'ascension and et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum. |
| 04 | 20080918 | Presented by Louise Fryer. Including: Lalo: Le Roi d'Ys (The King of Ys - opera in three acts) Margared - Sophie Koch (mezzo-soprano) Rozenn - Inva Mula (soprano) Mylio - Charles Castronovo (tenor) Karnac - Franck Ferrari (baritone) Saint Corentin - Eric Martin-Bonnet (bass-baritone) Jahel - Andre Heyboer (bass) King of Ys - Paul Gay (basse chantante) Capitole Chorus Orchestre national du Capitole Yves Abel (conductor) Messiaen: 20 Regards sur l'enfant Jesus (excerpts) Martin Helmchen (piano) Dupre: Symphony in G minor for organ and orchestra, Op 25 Jeremy Filsell (organ) BBC Concert Orchestra Barry Wordsworth (conductor). Church and organ music, featuring Messiaen's 20 Regards sur l'enfant Jesus. |
| 05 | 20080919 | Presented by Louise Fryer. Including: Debussy: Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien Mireille Delunsch (soprano) Iris Vermillion, Brigitte Balleys (mezzo-soprano) Swiss Chamber Chorus Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Marek Janowski (conductor) Messiaen: Trois petites liturgies de la presence divine Fredrik Burstedt (violin) Christine Ott (ondes martenot) Martin Virin (celesta) Martin Sturfalt (piano) String Orchestra of the Royal College of Music, Stockholm Women's Voices of the Katarina Chamber Chorus Fable Percussion Quartet: Pontus Langendorf, Tomas Lindberg, Mikael Nilsson, Ulf Stromqvist Hans Vainikainen (director) Nicolas Bernier: Cum invocarem Sarah Szlakmann (soprano) Cyril Auvity (countertenor) Stephan van Dyck (tenor) Sydney Pierro (baritone) The English Concert Harry Bicket (director) Pages et Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque, Versailles Olivier Schneebeli (director) Saint-Saens: Symphony No 3 in C minor (Organ Symphony) Adrian Partington (organ) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Grant Llewellyn (conductor). Louise Fryer presents Messiaen's Trois petites liturgies de la presence divine. |