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Debussy's La mer from Paris

Cristian Macelaru conducts the French National Orchestra in Debussy's La mer, plus works by Mozart, Bach and Alma Mahler.

Cristian Macelaru conducts the French National Orchestra in Debussy's La mer, plus works by Mozart, Bach and Alma Mahler.

Presented by Fiona Talkington

In the first of this week's programmes celebrating French and Belgian orchestral works, Cristian Macelaru directs a dazzling performance of Debussy's aquatic masterpiece. Plus Philippe Herreweghe conducts Mozart's "Prague" symphony and Vilde Frang plays the first of Bach's exquisite violin concertos

2.00pm
Debussy orch. Colin Matthews
Fireworks (Preludes, Bk.2)
Halle
Mark Elder, conductor

Bach
Violin Concerto no.1 in A minor, BWV.1041
Vilde Frang, violin
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Philippe Herreweghe, conductor

Philippe Manoury
State of Alert for percussion duet and orchestra
Emmanuel Curt, percussion
Florent Jodelet, percussion
Orchestre National de France
Cristian Macelaru, conductor

Handel
Trio Sonata in G minor, HWV 390a
Arcangelo

3.00pm
Debussy
La mer
French National Orchestra
Cristian Macelaru, conductor

Alma Mahler
Three Early Songs
BBC Singers
Grace Rossiter, conductor

Mozart
Symphony no.38 in D, K.504 'Prague'
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Philippe Herreweghe, conductor

2 hours, 31 minutes

Last on

Mon 24 Oct 2022 14:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Franz Schubert

    Ständchen (Schwanengesang D957 No. 4)

    Performer: Christian Lindberg. Performer: Roland Pöntinen.

  • Claude Debussy

    Feux d'artifice (Preludes, Book 2)

    Orchestrator: Colin Matthews. Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • Hallé.

  • Claude Debussy

    De l'aube à midi sur la mer (La Mer)

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.
    • GBBBC.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Voi che sapete, from 'The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492'

    Singer: Julia Lezhneva. Orchestra: Concerto Köln.

  • Philippe Manoury

    Etat d'alerte, for percussion duet and orchestra

    Performer: Emmanuel Curt. Performer: Florent Jodelet. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Cristian Măcelaru.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Trio Sonata in G minor, HWV 390a

    Performer: Clara Blessing. Performer: Paul Kieffer. Performer: Jonathan Manson. Performer: Stéphanie-Marie Degand. Orchestra: Arcangelo. Director: Jonathan Cohen.

  • Claude Debussy

    La Mer, L. 109

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Cristian Măcelaru.

  • Alma Mahler-Werfel

    Drei Frühe Lieder

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Grace Rossiter.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 38 in D, K. 504 ('Prague')

    Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.

  • Ernest Chausson

    Viviane

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Chandos.

Broadcast

  • Mon 24 Oct 2022 14:00
    BBC Radio 3