LSO at the 2011 Aix-en-Provence Festival
Featuring the LSO At the 2011 Aix-en-Provence Festival. Valery Gergiev conducts Debussy's La mer and Shostakovich's Symphony No 8. And William Christie directs Rameau's Anacreon.
The London Symphony at the Aix-en-Provence Festival. Penny Gore hears about the orchestra's eighteen day residency at France's most prestigious music festival.
Music includes:
2.00pm Debussy La Mer
2.20pm Shostakovich Symphony No. 8 in C minor, op. 65
London Symphony Orchestra
Valery Gergiev (conductor)
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3.25pm A concert performance from the Salle Pleyel in Paris of one of Rameau's two opera based on the story of the Greek lyric poet, Anacreon. Written in 1757, this 'Acte de ballet', is a blend of extended dance sequences and arias and vocal ensemble pieces in which Anacreon leads a celebration of the power of love and the pleasures of wine.
Rameau Anacreon
Anacreon..... Alain Buet (baritone),
Priestess..... Emmanuelle de Negri (soprano),
Agathocle..... Ed Lyon (haute contre)
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie (conductor).
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Sergey Prokofiev
Romeo and Juliet - ballet Op.64
Conductor: Valery GERGIEV Performer: LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - Promoter
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Claude Debussy
La Mer - 3 symphonic sketches for orchestra
Conductor: Valery GERGIEV Performer: LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - Promoter
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Symphony no. 8 in C minor Op.65
Conductor: Valery GERGIEV Performer: LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - Promoter
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Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau
Anacreon - acte de ballet [ii] [libretto: Gentil-Bernard]
Performer: Alain BUET - Bass Performer: Ed LYON - Tenor Performer: Emmanuelle De Negri - Soprano Performer: William CHRISTIE - Director Performer: Les ARTS FLORISSANTS
Broadcast
- Fri 20 Jan 2012 14:0091热爆 Radio 3