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      • Don Quixote, Lost illusion, choreography by Rui Lopes Graça

        DON QUIXOTE, LOST ILLUSION; Choreography by Rui Lopes Graça after Marius Petipa - Deanna Blacher (Fadango); Music by Léon Minkus + music from the seventeenth century to the present day; Sets and costumes by Bruno de Lavenere; Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra; Musical direction Myron Romanul; With the Opéra National du Rhin Ballet; Between his dreams of adventure and his nostalgia for the past, Don Quixote's genius lies in his courage, in his noble ardor and audacity. Two choreographers try to capture his duality: in Act One, Rui Lopes Graça, a young Portuguese choreographer, presents a modern version of Don Quixote and explores the more contemporary issues in Cervantes's masterpiece. In Act Two, our singular hero is catapulted into the classical world of Marius Petipa. This bravura piece is not so much a reference to classical ballet, rather an invitation to imagine the future. TV Director, Isabelle Soulard; Recorded at La Filature in Mulhouse, 12 February 2013 (74 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (18 min)

      • The Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra plays Prokofiev, Liszt and Lutoslawski with Denis Matsuev

        Tatarstan State Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Sladkovsky (conductor); Denis Matsuev (piano); Franz Liszt; Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra; Witold Lutoslawski; Variations on Paganini's theme for Piano and Orchestra; Sergei Prokofiev; Concerto No.3 for Piano and Orchestra; Sergei Rachmaninov; Symphony No.1; Recorded on March 10th, 2014 at the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory; TV Director, François Goetghebeur (115 min)

      • Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra: Glinka, Tchaikovsky and Moussorgsky

        Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Sladkovsky (Conductor); Denis Matsuev (piano); Mikhail Glinka; Ouverture to Ruslan and Lyudmila; Piotr Tchaikovsky; Piano Concerto no. 2 in G major op. 44; Modest Mussorgsky (orch. Maurice Ravel); Pictures at an exhibition; Recorded on December 6, 2016 at the Musikverein, Vienna (85 min)

      • Richard Galliano and Sylvain Luc - Tribute to Edith Piaf - Montreal Jazz Festival

        RICHARD GALLIANO and SYLVAIN LUC - Tribute to EDITH PIAF; Richard Galliano, one of the greatest accordionists of the modern era, and unimpeachable jazz guitarist Sylvain Luc collaborated in the '90s before going their separate musical ways. The two musicians now reunite their talents for this duo project dedicated to the grande dame of French chanson. The result is a virtuoso jewel, showcasing and reawakening the freshness of the Piaf repertoire in this, the 100th anniversary of her birth. (60 min)

      • Kurt Rosenwinkel Solo - Montreal Jazz Festival

        KURT ROSENWINKEL SOLO; As a perfect closer to a trio of concerts in the Invitation series, Kurt Rosenwinkel invites his audience to take the full measure of his talent in his favourite format: solo performance. It's a unique opportunity to enjoy a tete-a-tete with a virtuoso guitarist who has previously shared the stage with Eric Clapton. He's a player renowned for his stunning and original approach, and the contagious pleasure he brings to broadening musical horizons, here to unveil pieces from a solo album. (52 min)

      • Nels Cline and Julian Lage - Montreal Jazz Festival

        NELS CLINE AND JULIAN LAGE; Two guitar masters land at the Festival: Nels Cline, a key member of alternative rock group Wilco, ranked by Rolling Stone as one of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time, and Julian Lage, a jazz child prodigy who was the subject of the Oscar-nominated documentary Jules at Eight. It's a strange combination of influences superbly blended on the album Room, at the crossroads of free jazz and blues. Unexpected and intoxicating! (52 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (68 min)

      • Brian Browne Trio - Upstairs, Montreal

        Brian Browne Trio @ 'Upstairs'; Brian Browne, piano; Al Bourgeois, drums; Michel Donato, bass; Brian Browne; The Summer Knows (Summer of '42), solo - Michel Legrand; Baubles Bangles and Beads (Duo) - Robert Wright & George Forrest; Trio; Poinciana - Nat Simon; Drown in my Own Tears - Henry Bernard; How High the Moon - Morgan Lewis; Skating in Central Park - Bill Evans; Sugar Ray - Brian Browne; Georgia on my Mind - Hoagy Carmichael; Just the Way You Are - standard; Django - John Lewis; Girl Talk - Neil Hefti; Scarborough Fair - standard; Happy Little Mothers - Brian Browne; Willow Weep for Me - Ann Ronell; If I Should Lose You - Ralph Rainger; Blue Browne - Brian Browne; Recorded on April 18th 2015 @ Upstairs, Montreal; TV Director, Julien Condemine (62 min)

      • Vincent Peirani Quintet 'Living Being'

        Vincent Peirani, accordion; Emile Parisien, saxophone; Yoann Serra, drums; Tony Paeleman, rhodes; Julien Herne, bass (60 min)

      • Flat Earth Society at Sud Tyrol Jazz Festival in Bolzano

        Peter Vermeersch - clarinet; Stefaan Blancke - trombone; Benjamin Boutreur - saxophone; Berlinde Deman - tuba; Luc Van Lieshout - trumpet; Bart Maris - trumpet; Michel Mast - saxophone; Marc Meeuwissen - trombone; Kristof Roseeuw - double bass; Bruno Vansina - saxophone; Peter Vandenberghe - piano, keyboards; Teun Verbruggen - drums, dustbingrooves; Pierre Vervloesem - guitar; Wim Willaert - accordion, keyboards; Tom Wouters - clarinet, vibraphone, vocal; Even in the 20th century, there's a society which claims that the Earth is flat: the Flat Earth Society. The bizarre society was founded in the 19th century in Great Britain and it still believes that pictures taken from space are false. The eponymous 1998 Big Band from Belgium, however, plays anything but flat music. The claim to fame came for this jazz orchestra, founded by artist and clarinettist Peter Vermeersch in 2004, as he and pianist Uri Caine went on tour. In 2006 they released their first CD, 'Psychoscout', followed by their second CD, 'Clear Me, Perverts!' in 2009. A rebel and anti-conformist ensemble with a lot to offer, from faithful adherence to music rules to intoxicating improvisation. (55 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (110 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)

      • Don Quixote, Lost illusion, choreography by Rui Lopes Graça

        DON QUIXOTE, LOST ILLUSION; Choreography by Rui Lopes Graça after Marius Petipa - Deanna Blacher (Fadango); Music by Léon Minkus + music from the seventeenth century to the present day; Sets and costumes by Bruno de Lavenere; Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra; Musical direction Myron Romanul; With the Opéra National du Rhin Ballet; Between his dreams of adventure and his nostalgia for the past, Don Quixote's genius lies in his courage, in his noble ardor and audacity. Two choreographers try to capture his duality: in Act One, Rui Lopes Graça, a young Portuguese choreographer, presents a modern version of Don Quixote and explores the more contemporary issues in Cervantes's masterpiece. In Act Two, our singular hero is catapulted into the classical world of Marius Petipa. This bravura piece is not so much a reference to classical ballet, rather an invitation to imagine the future. TV Director, Isabelle Soulard; Recorded at La Filature in Mulhouse, 12 February 2013 (74 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (50 min)

      • Iván Fischer conducts Bartók with the Budapest Festival Orchestra

        Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer (conductor); Krisztián Gergye Company, Krisztián Gergye (Choreographer); Béla Bartók; The Miraculous Mandarin; The Wooden Prince; Recorded on 12 May 2017 at the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Budapest; TV Director, Sébastien Glas (120 min)

      • The Merry Widow by Lehár with Renée Fleming at the Metropolitan Opera

        The Merry Widow, by Franz Lehár; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Andrew Davis (Conductor); Susan Stroman (Stage Director); Julian Crouch ( Set Designer); William Ivey Long (Costume Designer); Paul Constable (Lighting designer); Renée Fleming (Hanna Glawari); Kelli O'Hara (Valencienne); Nathan Gunn (Count Danilovitch); Alek Shrader (Camille de Rosillon); Thomas Allen (Baron Zeta); Jeff Mattsey (Vicomte Cascada); Alexander Lewis (Raoul de St. Brioche); Carson Elrod (Njegus); Emalie Savoy (Sylviane); Wallis Giunta (Olga); Margaret Lattimore (Praskowia); Daniel Mobbs (Kromow); Mark Schowalter (Bogdanovitch); Gary Simpson (Pritschitsch); Andrea Coleman (Woman); Jason Simon (Maitre D'); Recorded at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, on January 17, 2015; Directed by Gary Halvorson (138 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (17 min)

      • The Orchestre National de Lyon and Alain Altinoglu: Dukas, Ibert et Ravel

        Orchestre national de Lyon, Alain Altinoglu (Conductor); Emmanuel Pahud (flute); Paul Dukas; L'Apprenti sorcier; Jacques Ibert; Concerto for flute; François Borne; Fantaisie brillante on «Carmen» by Bizet; Maurice Ravel; Alborada del gracioso; Rapsodie espagnole; Boléro; Recorded on April 18th, 2015 at the Auditorium Maurice Ravel, Lyon; Directed by Pierre-Martin Juban (92 min)

      • Leonard Slatkin and the Orchestre National de Lyon: Berlioz, Mantovani, Debussy, Ravel

        Orchestre national de Lyon, Leonard Slatkin (Conductor); Juliette Hurel (flute), Renaud Capuçon (violin); Hector Berlioz; King Lear, overture; Bruno Mantovani; Flute concerto (french creation, co-commissioned by the Philharmonic Orchestra of Rotterdam, the National Orchestra of Lyon and the Symphony Orchestra of Barcelona); Maurice Ravel; Violin Sonata (orchestration by Yann Maresz, world premiere); Tzigane, rhapsodic composition for violin and piano; Recorded on April 9th, 2016 at the Auditorium Maurice-Ravel, Lyon; Directed by Pierre-Martin Juban (82 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (26 min)

      • Tannhaüser by Richard Wagner at the Teatro La Fenice

        Tannhäuser, by Richard Wagner; Chorus & Orchestra of the Teatro La Fenice, Omer Meir Wellber (Conductor); Calixto Bieito (Stage Direction); Michael Bauer (Lighting), Ingo Krügler (Costumes); Stefan Vinke (Tannhäuser); Liene Kinča (Elisabeth); Ausrine Stundyte Venus; Christoph Pohl (Wolfram von Eschenbach); Cameron Becker (Walter von der Vogelweide); Alessio Cacciamani (Biterolf); Paolo Antognetti (Heinrich der Schreiber); Mattia Denti (Reinmar von Zweter); Recorded on 24 & 28 January 2017 at the Teatro La Fenice di Venezia; Directed by Stéphane Vérité (200 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (7 min)

      • The Orchestre National de Lyon plays Saint-Saëns, Ravel and Debussy

        Orchestre National de Lyon, Leonard Slatkin (Conductor); Renaud Capuçon (violin), Jean-Louis Capezzali (oboe); Camille Saint-Saëns; Bacchanale from Samson et Dalila, op. 47; Violin Concerto no. 3 in B minor, op. 61; Claude Debussy; Pagodes, from Estampes (orch. André Caplet); Qigang Chen; Extase, for oboe and orchestra; Maurice Ravel; La Valse, poeme chorégraphique; Recorded at the Auditorium Maurice Ravel, Lyons, on 19 December 2013; Directed by Isabelle Soulard (80 min)

      • Jukka-Pekka Saraste and the Orchestre National de Lyon: Sibelius and Brahms

        Orchestre national de Lyon, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (Conductor); Leonidas Kavakos (violin); Jean Sibelius; The Tempest, opus 109: n°2 Berceuse, n°9 The Oak Tree; Johannes Brahms; Concerto for violin and orchestra in D major, op. 77; Jean Sibelius; Symphony no2 in D major, opus 43; Recorded on March the 10th, 2016 at the Auditorium Maurice-Ravel, Lyon; TV Direction, Pierre-Martin Juban (98 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (52 min)