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      • InterMezzo

        (68 min)

      • Tigran, Festival International de Jazz de Montreal

        Tigran, Festival International de Jazz de Montreal; Tigran, Hamasyan, piano; With pianist/composer Tigran Hamasyan, potent jazz improvisation fuses with the rich folkloric music of his native Armenia. Turning 30 in 2017, he's one of the most remarkable and distinctive jazz-meets-rock pianists of his generation. A piano; virtuoso with groove power, Tigran's latest adventurous project is 2017's An Ancient Observer, his second solo album, his; eighth overall as a sole leader, and his sophomore recording for Nonesuch. (Overall, this is his eighth recording as a sole; leader.) Conceptually, An Ancient Observer is a poignant album focusing on the art of observing. Tigran's career has included; an impressive number of accolades, including top piano award at the 2013 Montreux Jazz Festival and the grand prize at the; prestigious 2006 Thelonious Monk Jazz Piano Competition. Recorded on 2017, July 1st at the Maison Symphonique of the Montreal Jazz Festival; TV Director, Mathieu Mastin (60 min)

      • Shabaka and the Ancestors, Montreal Jazz Festival

        Shabaka and the Ancestors; Shabaka Hutchings, saxophone, tenor; Hutchings was born in 1984 in London. He moved to Barbados at the age of six, began studying classical clarinet aged nine; and remained until sixteen. Shabaka's primary project is the group Sons of Kemet, which won the 2013 MOBO Award for; Jazz Act of the Year. In June 2014 Shabaka was invited to join the Sun Ra Arkestra, performing with them and recording a; session for BBC Radio 3. He has performed and recorded with Courtney Pine's Jazz Warriors, Mulatu Astatke and the; Heliocentrics, Polar Bear and Soweto Kinch. Some of the many notable musicians he has shared the stage with include Jack; DeJohnette, Charlie Haden and the Liberation Music Orchestra, Louis Moholo, Evan Parker, King Sunny Ade and Orlando; Julius to name a few. Recorded on, 2017, June 29 at Gesu, Montreal Jazz Festival; TV Director, Mathieu Mastin (80 min)

      • Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet, Montreal International Jazz Festival

        Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet; Mark Guiliana, drums; Chris Morrissey, bass; Shai Maestro, piano; Jason Rigby, saxophone; One of the most highly esteemed young drummers on Planet Jazz, heralded for his innovative play and creative use of electronics, Mark Guiliana assembled Chris Morrissey on bass, Shai Maestro on piano and Jason Rigby on tenor sax for this new 100% acoustic project. The quartet's most recent album, Family First (2015), earned a coveted 4 stars from Downbeat magazine. Recorded on 2017, July 1st at Gesu, Montreal Jazz Festival; TV Director, Mathieu Mastin (70 min)

      • The creation (Die Schöpfung), Opéra national du Rhin ballet

        Choreography, set & costume, Uwe Scholz; Music, Joseph Haydn; Conductor, Vincent Monteil; Projected set design, Francesco Clemente, cycle «?CVIII Watercolours Adayer?»?; Light, Michael Roeger; Choreology, Tatjana Thierbach; Soprano, Hanne Roos; Tenor, Mark Van Arsdale; Bass, Norman Patzke; Opéra national du Rhin ballet; Opéra national du Rhin chorus; La Follia, Chamber Orchestra from Alsace; TV Director, Stéphane Lebard; TV Director, Stéphane Lebard; Recorde at the Opéra National du Rhin onMarch 29 et 30 2014 (107 min)

      • Stephan Thoss: The Darkroom, The Rite of Spring - Ballet de l'Opéra national du Rhin

        LA CHAMBRE NOIRE (The Darkroom); Choreography, set, costume, lights, Stephan Thoss; Music, Jean-Sébastien Bach, Hans Zimmer, Javier Naverette, Kronos Quartet, Kimmo Pohjonen, Samuli Kosminen, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy; Choreography assistant, Mia Johansson; With The corps de ballet de l'Opéra national du Rhin; LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS (The Rite of Spring); Choreography, set, Stephan Thoss; Music, Igor Stravinsky; Costume, Katharina Meintke; Choreography assistant, Mia Johansson; Created by the Ballet du Théâtre national de Wiesbaden; With The corps de ballet de l'Opéra national du Rhin; Recorded on November 2015 at the Opéra national du Rhin; TV Director, Stéphane Lebard (67 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (57 min)

      • Linda Oh's Sun Pictures at the WINTER JAZZ FEST in New York

        Ben Wendel (tenor saxophone); Linda Oh (bass); Rudy Royston (drums); Matt Stevens (bass); Recorded in January 2015 at the Subculture - New York (47 min)

      • Dhafer Youssef 'Diwan of Beauty and Odd' - Jazz sous les Pommiers

        Dhafer Youssef, Diwan of Beauty And Odd; Dhafer Youssef, oud and voice; Aaron Parks, piano; Ben Williams, bass; Justin Faulkner, drums; Ambrose Akinmusire, trumpet; After the phenomenal success of his previous album 'Birds Requiem', which sold over 50,000 copies, Dhafer Youssef, the master of the oud, an exceptional singer and prolific composer, returns to the concert platform with one of the most anticipated albums of 2016: 'Diwan Of Beauty And Odd'. Dhafer Youssef is definitely one of the most innovative musicians of the decade. An indefatigable explorer, his album 'Diwan Of Beauty And Odd' shows his extraordinary ability to transcend musical genres and experiment with the asymmetry of the off-beat. The result is complex and mesmerising, beautiful and universal. Recorded on April 14th at the Olympia and on May 25th 2017 at Marcel Helie Hall, Jazz sous les Pommiers; TV director, Laurent Hasse (67 min)

      • Steve Swallow Quintet feat. Carla Bley at Junas Jazz Festival

        Steve Swallow (bass) Carla Bley (organ), Chris Cheek (saxophone), Steve Gardenas (guitar); Jorge Rossy (drums) (70 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (102 min)

      • Tigran, Festival International de Jazz de Montreal

        Tigran, Festival International de Jazz de Montreal; Tigran, Hamasyan, piano; With pianist/composer Tigran Hamasyan, potent jazz improvisation fuses with the rich folkloric music of his native Armenia. Turning 30 in 2017, he's one of the most remarkable and distinctive jazz-meets-rock pianists of his generation. A piano; virtuoso with groove power, Tigran's latest adventurous project is 2017's An Ancient Observer, his second solo album, his; eighth overall as a sole leader, and his sophomore recording for Nonesuch. (Overall, this is his eighth recording as a sole; leader.) Conceptually, An Ancient Observer is a poignant album focusing on the art of observing. Tigran's career has included; an impressive number of accolades, including top piano award at the 2013 Montreux Jazz Festival and the grand prize at the; prestigious 2006 Thelonious Monk Jazz Piano Competition. Recorded on 2017, July 1st at the Maison Symphonique of the Montreal Jazz Festival; TV Director, Mathieu Mastin (60 min)

      • Shabaka and the Ancestors, Montreal Jazz Festival

        Shabaka and the Ancestors; Shabaka Hutchings, saxophone, tenor; Hutchings was born in 1984 in London. He moved to Barbados at the age of six, began studying classical clarinet aged nine; and remained until sixteen. Shabaka's primary project is the group Sons of Kemet, which won the 2013 MOBO Award for; Jazz Act of the Year. In June 2014 Shabaka was invited to join the Sun Ra Arkestra, performing with them and recording a; session for BBC Radio 3. He has performed and recorded with Courtney Pine's Jazz Warriors, Mulatu Astatke and the; Heliocentrics, Polar Bear and Soweto Kinch. Some of the many notable musicians he has shared the stage with include Jack; DeJohnette, Charlie Haden and the Liberation Music Orchestra, Louis Moholo, Evan Parker, King Sunny Ade and Orlando; Julius to name a few. Recorded on, 2017, June 29 at Gesu, Montreal Jazz Festival; TV Director, Mathieu Mastin (80 min)

      • Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet, Montreal International Jazz Festival

        Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet; Mark Guiliana, drums; Chris Morrissey, bass; Shai Maestro, piano; Jason Rigby, saxophone; One of the most highly esteemed young drummers on Planet Jazz, heralded for his innovative play and creative use of electronics, Mark Guiliana assembled Chris Morrissey on bass, Shai Maestro on piano and Jason Rigby on tenor sax for this new 100% acoustic project. The quartet's most recent album, Family First (2015), earned a coveted 4 stars from Downbeat magazine. Recorded on 2017, July 1st at Gesu, Montreal Jazz Festival; TV Director, Mathieu Mastin (70 min)

      • Mahler: Symphony No.3 by the Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse and Tugan Sokhiev

        Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.3 in D minor; Anna Larsson, contralto; Orfeon Donostiarria Choir, Les Eclats; Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse; Tugan Sokhiev (108 min)

      • The Orchestre National de Lille plays Berlioz, Parra, Khachaturian and Stravinsky

        Orchestre national de Lille; Nemanja Radulovic (violin); Jean-Claude Casadesus (Conductor); Hector Berlioz; Benvenuto Cellini, Overture; Alexandre Bloch (Conductor); Hector Parra; InFALL; Aram Khachaturian; Violin Concerto in D minor; Igor Stravinsky; Firebird, ballet; Recorded on 29 & 30 September at the Nouveau Siecle, Lille; Directed by Nicolas Foulon (117 min)

      • Tugan Sokhiev and the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse: Janacek, Martinu, Rachmaninov

        Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Tugan Sokhiev (conductor); Antoine Tamestit (viola); Leos JANÁČEK; Sinfonietta, Op. 60; Bohuslav MARTINŮ; Rhapsody-Concerto for viola and orchestra, H337; Sergei RACHMANINOV; Symphony no. 2 in E minor, Op. 27; Recorded at the Halle aux Grains, Toulouse, November 26th, 2014 (104 min)

      • Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Orchestre Métropolitain: Elgar, Ravel, Debussy

        Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (Conductor); Stéphane Tétreault (Cello), Alexandre Tharaud (piano); Edward Elgar; Cello Concerto in E minor, op. 85; Maurice Ravel; Concerto for the left hand; Claude Debussy; La Mer; Recorded on December 2, 2017 at the Philharmonie de Paris (90 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (40 min)

      • Christian Zacharias and the Orchestre National de Lille: Schumann

        Orchestre national de Lille, Christian Zacharias (Conductor and Piano); Robert Schumann; Manfred, Overture op. 115; Piano Concerto in A minor op. 54; Symphony no. 4 in D minor op. 120; Recorded on 6,7 & 8 October 2016 at the Nouveau Siecle, Lille; Directed by Nicolas Foulon (77 min)

      • Schumann - Isabelle van Keulen, Orchestre national de Lille, Christian Zacharias

        Orchestre National de Lille; Christian Zacharias, conductor; Isabelle van Keulen, violin; Robert Schumann; Genoveva, overture; Concerto for violin and orchestra in D minor, op 120; Symphony n° 1, in B flat major, ' fo Spring ', op 38; Recorded on June 16th 2017 at the Auditorium du Nouveau Siecle, Lille; TV Director, Stéphane Vérité (80 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (50 min)

      • René Jacobs conducts King Arthur by Purcell at the Staatsoper Berlin

        King Arthur, by Henry Purcell; Semi-Opera in five, text by John Dryden; Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Staatsopernchor, René Jacobs (Conductor); Martin Wright (Chorus Master); Sven-Eric Bechtolf (Stage Director); Julian Crouch (Sets), Gail Skrela (Choregraphy), Kevin Pollard (Costumes), Olaf Freese (Lighting), Joshua Higgason (Video); Anett Fritsch (soprano / Philidel); Robin Johannsen (soprano); Benno Schachtner (alto); Mark Milhofer, Stephan Rügamer (tenors); Johannes Weisser, Arttu Kataja (basses); Spoken characters; Michael Rotschopf (Arthur), Max Urlacher (Oswald), Axel Wandtke (Conon), Oliver Stokowski (Osmond), Tom Radisch (Grimbald), Steffen Scheumann (Aurelius), Meike Droste (Emmeline), Sigrid Maria Schnückel (Matilda); Live from the Staatsoper Berlin, Schiller Theater, Berlin; King Arthur, de Henry Purcell; Semi-opéra en cinq actes, livret de John Dryden; Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Staatsopernchor, René Jacobs (direction); Martin Wright (chef de ch?urs); Sven-Eric Bechtolf (mise en scene); Julian Crouch (décors), Gail Skrela (chorégraphie), Kevin Pollard (costumes), Olaf Freese (lumieres), Joshua Higgason (vidéo); Annett Fritsch (soprano / Philidel); Robin Johannsen (soprano); Benno Schachtner (alto); Mark Milhofer, Stephan Rügamer (ténors); Johannes Weisser, Arttu Kataja (basses); Rôles parlés; Michael Rotschopf (Arthur), Max Urlacher (Oswald), Axel Wandtke (Conon), Oliver Stokowski (Osmond), Tom Radisch (Grimbald), Steffen Scheumann (Aurelius), Meike Droste (Emmeline), Sigrid Maria Schnückel (Matilda); Enregistré au Staatsoper Berlin, Schiller Theater, le 21 janvier 2017; TV Director, Andy Sommer (170 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (63 min)