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Switch up your listening with classical music

Take time out with a 30-minute all-French soundscape of classical treasures, from Jean-Philippe Rameau to Lili Boulanger.

A sequence of French music beginning with Rameau, and an atmospheric depiction of a Spring morning from the 20th century composer Lili Boulanger. Other music includes works by Jacques Ibert, Charlotte Sohy, and Pauline Viardot's short and playful violin sonatina, alongside the music of Francis Poulenc, paying homage to an icon of French Chanson, Edith Piaf.

Producer: Julien Rosa

30 minutes

Last on

Thu 19 Jan 2023 19:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Dardanus - suite, Act 4; Bruit de guerre pour entr'acte (1744)

    Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Music at the Court of Versailles: Charpentier/Delalande/Lully/Rameau.
    • Erato.
    • 14.

  • Lili Boulanger

    D'un matin de printemps

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

  • Pauline Viardot

    Violin Sonatina in A minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Reto Kuppel. Performer: Wolfgang Manz.
    • Paul and Pauline Viardot: Violin Sonatas & Violin Sonatina.
    • NAXOS.
    • 02.

  • Jacques Ibert

    Matin sur l'eau (6 Pieces)

    Performer: Kyunghee Kim-Sutre.
    • La Harpe Consolatrice.
    • Hortus.
    • 1.

  • Charlotte Sohy

    Tryptique champetre, Op. 21 - III. Danse au crepuscule

    Performer: Mathilde Caldérini. Performer: Omer Bouchez. Performer: Yung-Hsin Lou Chang. Performer: Yan Levionnois. Performer: Constance Luzzati.
    • La Boîte à Pépites.

  • François Couperin

    Quatrième Concert: Forlane. Rondeau - Gayement

    Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • François Couperin: Les Concerts Royaux, 1722.
    • ALIA VOX.
    • 25.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Improvisation No 15 in C minor, 'Hommage à Edith Piaf' (15 Improvisations)

    Performer: Pascal Rogé.
    • Poulenc Les Soirees De Nazelles 3 Mouvments Perpetuels 3 Novlettes 9 Improvisati.
    • Decca.
    • 25.

  • Mel Bonis

    Ophélie (Trois femmes de legende)

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.

  • Jacques Offenbach

    Gaîté parisienne, No. 6: Valse

    Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
    • Offenbach: Gaité Parisienne.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 06.

Broadcast

  • Thu 19 Jan 2023 19:00
    BBC Radio 3

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