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Last broadcast on Thu, 26 Jan 2012, 19:00 on BBC Radio 3.
Synopsis
Live from the Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris
Tonight we join with Radio France in Paris as Daniele Gatti and the Orchestre National de France perform masterworks by Schubert and Berg.
Two works by Schubert open the concert - his sublime 'Unfinished' 8th Symphony is followed by Carl Reinecke's orchestration of his 'Shepherd on the Rock' a song of a lonely shepherd high in the mountains which swings from despair to hope and which is sung tonight by soprano Chen Reiss. She returns in the second half to perform the suite Berg made from his opera Lulu, a dark tale of seduction and murder with richly scored music.
Tonight's concert takes place in the Theatre des Champs-Elysees which has been the home to the ONF since 1944 and was famously the venue for the riotous first performance of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. The orchestra itself is run by Radio France and tonight's conductor Daniele Gatti is the latest in a long line of distinguished Music Directors including Charles Munch, Sergiu Celibidache, Lorin Maazel, Charles Dutoit and Kurt Masur.
Schubert: Symphony no.8 in B minor D.759 'Unfinished'
Schubert arr.Reinecke: 'The Shepherd on the Rock' D.965
8.10 Interval - Martin Handley explores the illustrious history of the Orchestra National de France and its home.
Berg: Symphonic Pieces from 'Lulu'
Chen Reiss (soprano)
Patrick Messina (clarinet)
Orchestre National de France
Daniele Gatti (conductor).
The interior of the Théâtre des Champs Elysées
The interior of the Théâtre des Champs Elysées showing the cupola lights by René Lalique and the frieze devised by composer Vincent d'Indy and artist Maurice Denis which depicts the history of music.
Music played
Timings are shown from the start of the programme in hours and minutes.
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Orchestre National de France part 1
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00:00
Franz Schubert
— Symphony no. 8 in B minor D.759 (Unfinished)Conductor: Daniele GATTI Performer: French National Orchestra
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00:22
Franz Schubert — Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (D.965), arr. Reinecke for voice, cl & orchestra
Conductor: Daniele GATTI Performer: Chen REISS - Soprano Performer: Patrick MESSINA - Clarinet Performer: French National Orchestra
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Interval
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00:33
Igor Stravinsky
— The Rite of SpringConductor: Pierre MONTEUX Performer: French National Orchestra
Music & Arts, CD-1182 -
00:34
Albéric Magnard — Hymne a la justice Op.14
Conductor: Manuel ROSENTHAL Performer: French National Orchestra
from the French National Radio archive -
00:36
Olivier Messiaen
— Turangalila-symphonieConductor: Roger DESORMIERE Performer: French National Orchestra
INA Memoire Vive, IMV078 -
00:36
Pierre Boulez
— Le Soleil des eaux - cantata for soloists, STB chorus and orchestra vers. revised [1958]Conductor: Roger DESORMIERE Performer: Irene JOACHIM - Soprano Performer: French National Orchestra
INA Memoire Vive, IMV041 -
00:37
Albert Roussel
— Bacchus et Ariane - ballet Op.43Conductor: Jean MARTINON Performer: French National Orchestra
Erato, 5050466610126
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Orchestre National de France part 2
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00:33
Alban Berg
— Symphonic pieces from 'Lulu' (Lulu suite)Conductor: Daniele GATTI Performer: Chen REISS - Soprano Performer: French National Orchestra
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Broadcast
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Thu 26 Jan 201219:00
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