Episodes
| Episode | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20081117 | Presented by Penny Gore. Radio 3's Messiaen centenary celebrations continue with a programme featuring music looking to far-away places, from the deserts of Africa to the strange sounds of the far East. Bizet: Carmen Suite No 1 BBC National Orchestra of Wales Josep Cabelle-Domenech (conductor) Felicien-Cesar David: Le desert, for tenor, narrator, chorus and orchestra Mario Joao Alves (tenor) Diogo Doria (narrator) Sao Carlos National Theatre Chorus Portuguese Symphony Orchestra Nader Abbassi (conductor) Messiaen: Oiseaux exotiques Garrick Ohlsson (piano) MDR Symphony Orchestra Jun Markl (conductor) Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe - Suites Nos 1 and 2 Quebec Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Yoav Talmi (conductor) Messiaen: Poemes pour Mi arr. for soprano and orchestra Yvonne Naef (mezzo-soprano) SWR Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden and Freiburg Sylvain Cambreling (conductor) Debussy: Nocturnes for orchestra Women of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus Richard Hickox (conductor). Penny Gore presents music by Bizet and Ravel plus Messiaen's Oiseaux exotiques. |
| 02 | 20081118 | Presented by Penny Gore. Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade: Three poems for mezzo-soprano and orchestra Ailish Tynan (soprano) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Tadaaki Otaka (conductor) Messiaen: 3 Petites liturgies de la presence divine Roger Muraro (piano) Valerie Hartmann-Claverie (ondes martenot) Radio France Children's Chorus Morgan Jourdain (director) Ibert: Concertino da camera for saxophone and 11 instruments Nobuya Sugawa (saxophone) BBC Philharmonic Yutaka Sado (conductor) Maurice Delage: Four Indian songs Aneta Ilic (soprano) Soloists of the Belgrade Philhamonic Orchestra Poulenc: Le bal masque, cantata for baritone and ensemble Martijn Sandersn (baritone) Jolivet: Fantaisie-impromptu for saxophone and piano Francaix: 5 danses exotiques for alto saxophone and piano Milhaud: Scaramouche Federico Mondelci (saxophone) Paolo Biondi (piano) Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne (selection) Helene Guilmette (soprano) Quebec Symphony Orchestra Yoav Talmi (conductor) Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade - symphonic suite, Op 35 Stavanger Symphony Orchestra Alan Buribayev (conductor). Penny Gore with music by Ibert, plus Messiaen's Petites liturgies de la presence divine. |
| 03 | 20081119 | Penny Gore presents a work by Milhaud as well as Messiaen's Des canyons aux etoiles. |
| 04 | 20081120 | Presented by Penny Gore. The programme focuses on Puccini's Turandot, set in China, a work Puccini did not live to complete. Although the libretto was handed to another composer to complete, this performance is of the original incomplete opera, using Puccini's music only. Puccini: Turandot Princess Turandot - Giovanna Casolla (soprano) Timur - Marco Spotti (bass) Calaf - Antonello Palombi (tenor) Emperor Altoum - Aldo Bottion (tenor) Liu - Norah Amsellem (soprano) Ping - Giorgio Caoduro (baritone) Pang - Aldo Orsolini (tenor) Pong - Stefano Pisani (tenor) A Mandarin - Andrea Porta (baritone) San Carlo Theatre Chorus and orchestra Pinchas Steinberg (conductor) Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) Soloists of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Penny Gore introduces Puccini's Turandot and Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time. |
| 05 | 20081121 | Presented by Penny Gore. Saint-Saens: Havanaise for violin and orchestra, Op 83; Danse macabre, Op 40 Francesco Ugolini (violin) Stavanger Symphony Orchestra Alan Buribayev (conductor) Messiaen: Harawi - chant d'amour et de mort for soprano and piano Annika Skoglund (soprano) Carl-Axel Dominique (piano) Rec April 20, 2008 Stockholm Cathededral Waxman: Carmen fantasy for violin and orchestra Eldbjorg Hemsing (violin) Debussy: Khamma Ulster Orchestra Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Poulenc: Un soir de neige - cantata for 6 voices Poulenc: 7 Chansons for chorus a 4 Danish National Vocal Ensemble Stephen Layton (director) Debussy: Estampes Rafal Blechacz (piano) Schmidtt: La tragedie de Salome SWR Vocal Ensemble SWR Symphony Orchestra Sylvain Cambreling (conductor). Penny Gore presents music by Saint Saens, Waxman and Debussy, plus Messiaen's Harawi. |