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      • Christian Arming, Mihoko Fujimura and the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liége: Wagner, Mahler, Schumann

        Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liége, Christian Arming (conductor); Mihoko Fujimura (mezzo-soprano); Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883); Tristan und Isolde, Prelude and Liebestod; Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911); Kindertotenlieder; Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856); Symphony no. 2 in C major, opus 61; Recorded on May13th, 2016, at the Salle Philharmonique, Liége; Directed by Frédéric Caillierez (91 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (43 min)

      • Ambrose Akinmusire Quartet - Jazz á Vienne

        Ambrose Akinmusire Quartet; Ambrose Akinmusire (trumpet); Sam Harris (piano), Harish Raghavan (bass guitar), Justin Brown (drums); This young trumpet player (aged 36), an American of Nigerian heritage, has an impeccable background (from Berkeley High School to the first prize in the Thelonious Monk competition in 2007), but is much more than an impressive academic CV. He aims to create a personal world 'dedicated to beauty'. Akinmusire was born and raised in Oakland, California and first attracted the attention of the saxophonist Steve Coleman, who asked him to join Five Elements. Ambrose Akinmusire was then 19. He released his first album, 'Prelude (To Cora)', and moved to New York, where he played with Vijay Iyer, Aaron Parks, Esperanza Spalding and Jason Moran. In 2010, he worked with Terri Lyne Carrington, Ron Carter, Wallace Roney, Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter. Everyone could see that this creative and surprising trumpet player would be a name to watch in contemporary jazz. This view was shared by the Blue Note label, who signed him up. The albums 'When the Heart Emerges Glistening' and 'The Imagined Savior is Far Easier to Paint' were released in 2011 and 2014. The artist draws his landscapes, visions, ideas and states of mind - pure grace! Akinmusire explores the two sides of his temperament: introspection and lyrical ebullience. In summer 2017, he released 'A Rift in Decorum - Live at the Village Vanguard', a double CD recorded at the legendary club in New York, featuring 16 new compositions in two wide-ranging sets, in defiance of gravity. Recorded on July 9, at the Festival Jazz á Vienne; TV Director, Fabien Raymon (60 min)

      • Ron Carter, Golden Striker Trio - Jazz á vienne

        Golden Striker Trio; Ronald L. Carter (bass guitar ); Russel L. Malone (guitar); Donald Vega (piano); A hugely talented double bassist, gifted with a remarkable sense of melody and widely recognised for the finesse and elegance of his playing style, the American Ron Carter is a living legend. A musician of genius, he started out playing with Gil Evans, Lena Horne, Bill Evans, B.B. King, Dexter Gordon, Wes Montgomery, Eric Dolphy and Bobby Timmons. He then went on to win fame alongside Cannonball Adderley and Thelonious Monk and, of course, from 1963 to 1968, in the famous quintet formed by Miles Davis. Closer to us in time, Ron Carter became a respected musical leader in his own right in the Golden Striker Trio with Russell Malone and Mulgrew Miller ('Golden Striker' album, 2003) and opted, like Ray Brown towards the end of his life, for the legendary trio of piano/guitar/bass, first used by Nat King Cole and Art Tatum. This classical tradition is fully assumed by Miles' former bassist. In concert, the emotion often reaches a climax with one of his favourite songs, the standard 'My Funny Valentine'. A native of Michigan (born in 1937), Ron Carter won a Grammy Award in 1998 for the instrumental 'Call Sheet Blues' from the soundtrack of the film 'Round Midnight'. In 2010, he was made a Commander in the Order of Arts and Letters in France. Last year, his virtuoso association with the accordionist Richard Galliano enjoyed great success in France. A musical sense forged with tungsten, like the strings on his bass, and with all his elegance and freshness intact, the legend is back. Recorded on July 5, at the Festival Jazz á Vienne; TV Director, Fabien Raymond (60 min)

      • Rhoda Scott's Lady Quartet + Special Guest Bernard Purdie - Jazz á vienne

        Lady Quartet; Rhoda Scott (organ), Airelle Besson (trumpet), Lisa Cat-Berro (saxophone alto), Géraldine Laurent (saxophone alto); Sophie Alour (Saxophone tenor); Julie Saury (drums); Special guest; Bernard Purdie (drums); Since 2004, the organist Rhoda Scott has been at the helm (sparked by an idea from Jazz á Vienne) of the torrid and well-named Lady Quartet, in the company of her Amazons Lisa Cat-Berro, Julie Saury and Sophie Alour. As euphoric and punchy as her young companions in the heat of the action, Rhoda Scott is one of the few still to use the pedals on her Hammond organ. Hence her nickname, 'the barefoot organist' (or 'the absolute toe' in the words of Luigi Trussardi!). After helping to raise the temperature in French jazz venues for the past 50 years, Lady Scott will be celebrating her eightieth birthday this year. She'll be blowing out the boogie candles and setting the gospel cake and soulful chorus on fire. The organist is the daughter of a travelling pastor from New Jersey and grew up in religious communities. She graduated with a master's degree from the Manhattan School of Music and set off for France to complete her studies with Nadia Boulanger. Back in New York, she began by playing with Count Basie. But then she decided to try her luck in Paris, where she arrived right in the month of May 1968. Featuring original compositions and covers ranging from Trenet to Wayne Shorter, 'We Free Queens' (2017), with the title proudly adapted from 'We Free Kings' by Roland Kirk, was recorded live. For Vienne a Lady All-Stars is billed, with Airelle Besson (trumpet), Géraldine Laurent (tenor saxophone) and Anne Pacéo (drums), plus the drummer Bernard Purdie. Recorded on July 3, at the Festival Jazz á Vienne; TV Director, Fabien Raymond (59 min)

      • Richard Bona & Mandekan Cubano - Montreux Jazz Festival

        Richard Bona & Mandekan Cubano @ Montreux Jazz Festival 2016; Richard Bona, bass & voice; Mandekan Cubano; Dennis Hernandez, trumpet; Luis Bonilla, trombone, Osmany Parades, piano, Luisito Quintero, timbal & percussion; Robert Quintero, congas & percussion; Born in Cameroon, singer-composer Richard Bona has enjoyed twenty years of an international career taking him from Paris to New York, from recordings studios to the most prestigious concert halls. Musical partners have included Pat Metheny, Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock, Paul Simon and Chick Corea. Admired by fellow musicians and considered to be one of the best bass players in the world, Richard Bona brings jazz and African music ever more closely and universally together. Recorded on July 7th 7 2016 at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux Jazz Club; TV Director, Marc Schütrumpf (63 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (40 min)

      • Christian Arming, Rocío Márquez and the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liége: Falla, Albéniz

        Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liége, Christian Arming (Conductor); Rocío Márquez (cantaora); Manuel de Falla (1876 - 1946); El amor brujo; Isaac Albéniz (1860 - 1909); Iberia, suite for orchestra orchestra (orch. Enrique Fernández Arbós); Recorded on January 29, 2016 at the Salle Philharmonique, Liége; Directed by Nicolas Foulon (79 min)

      • Philippe Herreweghe conducts Bach's Mass in B minor at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

        Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Philippe Herrreweghe (Conductor); Collegium Vocale Gent, Dorothee Mields (Soprano), Hana Blazikova (Soprano), Damien Guillon (Counter Tenor), Benjamin Hulett (Tenor), Kresimir Strazanac (Bass); Johann Sebastian Bach; Mass in B minor, BWV 232; Recorded on December 25th at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam; Directed by Joost Honselaar (107 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (50 min)

      • Shoot the Moon chorégraphie de Sol León & Paul Lightfoot - NDT

        Shoot The Moon; Sol León & Paul Lightfoot (choreography); Philip Glass (Music), Movement II from Tirol Concerto for piano and orchestra; Tom Bevoort (Ligth design); Sol León & Paul Lightfoot (sets & costume); Nederland Dans Theater company; With; Chloé Albaret, Olivier Coëffard, Jorge Nozal, Roger van der Poel, Meng-Ke Wu; Recorded from February 11 to 16, 2019 at the Lucent Theater, The Hague; TV Director, Tommy Pascal (24 min)

      • Walk The Demon by Marco Goecke - NDT

        Walk The Demon; Marco Goecke (chorographu); Antony & the Johnsons (Music), The Lake; Everything is new. Pavel Haas (music), From String Quartet no. 2, Opus 7 (Arrangement by Marijn van Prooijen) The Moon and I, Part 3 'From the monkey Mountains'; Pehr Henrik Nordgren (music), From String Quartet, opus 54, Part 2: 'Dance Away your Worries'; Jan Pieter Koch (Musical Advisor ); Udo Haberland (Llgth design); Marco Goecke (sets & costume); Ralitza Malehounova (assistant to choreographer); Nederland Dans Theater Company; With; Lydia Bustinduy. Olivier Coëffard, Prince Credell, Guido Dutilh, Madoka Kariya, Gregory Lau, Jorge Nozal, Roger van der Poel, Luca Tessarini, Meng-Ke Wu; Recorded from February 11 to 16, 2019 at the Lucent Theater, The Hague; TV Director, Tommy Pascal (30 min)

      • Garden choreography by Medhi Walerski

        Garden; for 10 dancers; Choreography by Medhi Walerski; Dramaturgy by Pierre Pontvianne; Music by Camille Saint-Saëns - Quintet for string and piano in A minor op. 14, Andante sostenuto. Sound creation by Pierre Pontvianne; Light creatin and scenography by Theun Mosk; Costume by Medhi Walerski and Joke Visser; World creation on September 22nd 2016, at the Zuiderstrandtheater, The Hague, Netherlands; Nederlands Dans Theater's dancers: Chloé Albaret, Jon Bond, Olivier Coëffard, Chuck Jones, Anne Jung, Marne van Opstal, Sarah Reynolds, Yukino Takaura, Rupert Tookey, Katarina van den Wouwe; Recorded on October 20th & 21st 2016 at the Lucent Theater, The Hague, TV Director, Louise Narboni (24 min)

      • An Evening with the NDT 1

        Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT 1); The Statement (creation on 2016); Piece for 4 dancers; Choreography, Crystal Pite; Lighting, Tom Visser; Sets, Jay Gower Taylor; Costume, Crystal Pite, Joke Visser; Dramaturgy, Jonathon Young; Lyrics, Meg Roe, Colleen Wheeler, Andrew Wheeler, Jonathon Young; Music, Owen Belton; Stop-Motion (creation on 2014); Piece for 8 dancers; Choreography, Sol Le??n et Paul Lightfoot; Lighting, Tom Bevoort; Sets, Sol Le??n et Paul Lightfoot; Costume, Joke Visser et Hermien Hollander; Video Conception, Sol Le??n et Paul Lightfoot; Video direction, Rahi Rezvani; Music, Max Richter; Recorded on May 29 & 30, July 3, 2018 at the Lucent Theater, The Hague, Netherlands; TV Director, Tommy Pascal (58 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (50 min)

      • Ambrose Akinmusire Quartet - Jazz á Vienne

        Ambrose Akinmusire Quartet; Ambrose Akinmusire (trumpet); Sam Harris (piano), Harish Raghavan (bass guitar), Justin Brown (drums); This young trumpet player (aged 36), an American of Nigerian heritage, has an impeccable background (from Berkeley High School to the first prize in the Thelonious Monk competition in 2007), but is much more than an impressive academic CV. He aims to create a personal world 'dedicated to beauty'. Akinmusire was born and raised in Oakland, California and first attracted the attention of the saxophonist Steve Coleman, who asked him to join Five Elements. Ambrose Akinmusire was then 19. He released his first album, 'Prelude (To Cora)', and moved to New York, where he played with Vijay Iyer, Aaron Parks, Esperanza Spalding and Jason Moran. In 2010, he worked with Terri Lyne Carrington, Ron Carter, Wallace Roney, Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter. Everyone could see that this creative and surprising trumpet player would be a name to watch in contemporary jazz. This view was shared by the Blue Note label, who signed him up. The albums 'When the Heart Emerges Glistening' and 'The Imagined Savior is Far Easier to Paint' were released in 2011 and 2014. The artist draws his landscapes, visions, ideas and states of mind - pure grace! Akinmusire explores the two sides of his temperament: introspection and lyrical ebullience. In summer 2017, he released 'A Rift in Decorum - Live at the Village Vanguard', a double CD recorded at the legendary club in New York, featuring 16 new compositions in two wide-ranging sets, in defiance of gravity. Recorded on July 9, at the Festival Jazz á Vienne; TV Director, Fabien Raymon (60 min)

      • Ron Carter, Golden Striker Trio - Jazz á vienne

        Golden Striker Trio; Ronald L. Carter (bass guitar ); Russel L. Malone (guitar); Donald Vega (piano); A hugely talented double bassist, gifted with a remarkable sense of melody and widely recognised for the finesse and elegance of his playing style, the American Ron Carter is a living legend. A musician of genius, he started out playing with Gil Evans, Lena Horne, Bill Evans, B.B. King, Dexter Gordon, Wes Montgomery, Eric Dolphy and Bobby Timmons. He then went on to win fame alongside Cannonball Adderley and Thelonious Monk and, of course, from 1963 to 1968, in the famous quintet formed by Miles Davis. Closer to us in time, Ron Carter became a respected musical leader in his own right in the Golden Striker Trio with Russell Malone and Mulgrew Miller ('Golden Striker' album, 2003) and opted, like Ray Brown towards the end of his life, for the legendary trio of piano/guitar/bass, first used by Nat King Cole and Art Tatum. This classical tradition is fully assumed by Miles' former bassist. In concert, the emotion often reaches a climax with one of his favourite songs, the standard 'My Funny Valentine'. A native of Michigan (born in 1937), Ron Carter won a Grammy Award in 1998 for the instrumental 'Call Sheet Blues' from the soundtrack of the film 'Round Midnight'. In 2010, he was made a Commander in the Order of Arts and Letters in France. Last year, his virtuoso association with the accordionist Richard Galliano enjoyed great success in France. A musical sense forged with tungsten, like the strings on his bass, and with all his elegance and freshness intact, the legend is back. Recorded on July 5, at the Festival Jazz á Vienne; TV Director, Fabien Raymond (60 min)

      • Rhoda Scott's Lady Quartet + Special Guest Bernard Purdie - Jazz á vienne

        Lady Quartet; Rhoda Scott (organ), Airelle Besson (trumpet), Lisa Cat-Berro (saxophone alto), Géraldine Laurent (saxophone alto); Sophie Alour (Saxophone tenor); Julie Saury (drums); Special guest; Bernard Purdie (drums); Since 2004, the organist Rhoda Scott has been at the helm (sparked by an idea from Jazz á Vienne) of the torrid and well-named Lady Quartet, in the company of her Amazons Lisa Cat-Berro, Julie Saury and Sophie Alour. As euphoric and punchy as her young companions in the heat of the action, Rhoda Scott is one of the few still to use the pedals on her Hammond organ. Hence her nickname, 'the barefoot organist' (or 'the absolute toe' in the words of Luigi Trussardi!). After helping to raise the temperature in French jazz venues for the past 50 years, Lady Scott will be celebrating her eightieth birthday this year. She'll be blowing out the boogie candles and setting the gospel cake and soulful chorus on fire. The organist is the daughter of a travelling pastor from New Jersey and grew up in religious communities. She graduated with a master's degree from the Manhattan School of Music and set off for France to complete her studies with Nadia Boulanger. Back in New York, she began by playing with Count Basie. But then she decided to try her luck in Paris, where she arrived right in the month of May 1968. Featuring original compositions and covers ranging from Trenet to Wayne Shorter, 'We Free Queens' (2017), with the title proudly adapted from 'We Free Kings' by Roland Kirk, was recorded live. For Vienne a Lady All-Stars is billed, with Airelle Besson (trumpet), Géraldine Laurent (tenor saxophone) and Anne Pacéo (drums), plus the drummer Bernard Purdie. Recorded on July 3, at the Festival Jazz á Vienne; TV Director, Fabien Raymond (59 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (30 min)

      • Norma by Bellini - Opéra royal de Wallonie-Liége

        Norma; Tragedia lirica in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835); Libretto by Felice Romani after the play 'Norma, ou L'infanticide' (Norma, or The Infanticide) by Alexandre Soumet; First performance in Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 26 December 1831; Orchestra and choirs et from the Royal Opera of Wallonia-Liége, Massimo Zanetti (conductor); Pierre Iodice (chorus master); Julien Eberhardt (Konzertmeister); Davide Garattini Raimondi (Stage Director); Paolo Vitale (set), Giada Massi (costumes), Paolo Vitale (lighting); Patrizia Ciofi (Norma); Gregory Kunde (Pollione); José Maria Lo Monaco (Adalgisa); Andrea Concetti (Oroveso); Zeno Popescu (Flavio); Réjane Soldano (Clotilde); Recorded on October 28, 2017 at the Royal Opera of Wallonia-Liége; TV Director, Nicolas Foulon (160 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (80 min)

      • The Orchestre National de Lille and Alexandre Bloch: Mozart, Mahler

        Orchestre National de Lille, Alexandre Bloch (Conductor); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 -1791); Le Nozze di Figaro, overture K. 492; Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911); Symphony no 1 in D major 'Titan'; Recorded at the Nouveau Siécle, Lille, 1 February 2019; TV Director, Frédéric Caillierez (64 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 Siécle, Lille; Directed by Nicolas Foulon (117 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (55 min)

      • Varvara Nepomnyashchaya and the Orchestre National de Lille: Rachmaninov Piano concertos Nos. 2 & 4

        Orchestre National de Lille, Yaron Traub (Conductor); Varvara Nepomnyashchaya (piano); Sergei Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943); Piano Concerto no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Piano Concerto no 4 in G minor, Op. 40; Recorded at the Nouveau Siécle, Lille, 7 February 2019; TV Director, Nicolas Foulon (72 min)

      • Varvara Nepomnyashchaya and the Orchestre National de Lille: Rachmaninov Piano concertos Nos. 1 & 3

        Orchestre National de Lille, Yaron Traub (Conductor); Varvara Nepomnyashchaya (piano); Sergei Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943); Piano Concerto no 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 1; Piano Concerto no 3 in D minor, Op. 30; Recorded at the Nouveau Siécle, Lille, 8 February 2019; TV Director, Nicolas Foulon (83 min)

      • Wynton Marsalis Septet - Jazz in Marciac

        Wynton Marsalis Septet with special guest Naseer Shamma; Wynton Marsalis (trumpet), Dan Nimmer (piano), Carlos Henriquez (Double bass), Ali Jackson (drums), Walter Blanding (Saxophone tenor), Jeffery Miller (Trombone), Immanuel Wilkins (Saxophone), Naseer Shamma (oud); Recorded on August 7th 2017 at Jazz in Marciac; TV Director, Jean-Marc Birraux (62 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (56 min)

      • Benvenuto Cellini by Berlioz at De Nationale Opera Amsterdam

        Benvenuto Cellini, opera in two acts by Hector Berlioz (1803 -1869); Libretto de Léon de Wailly and Auguste Barbier; First performance in Paris, Opéra, 10 September 1838; Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder (Conductor); Chorus of the Dutch National Opera; Terry Gilliam (Stage Direction); John Osborn (Benvenuto Cellini); Maurizio Muraro (Giacomo Balducci); Laurent Naouri (Fieramosca); Orlin Anastassov (Le Pape Clement VII); Nicky Spence (Francesco); Scott Conner (Bernardino); André Morsch (Pompeo); Marcel Beekman (Le Cabaretier); Mariangela Sicilia (Teresa); Michéle Losier (Ascanio); Recorded on May 18, 2015 at De Nationale Opera, Amsterdam; Directed by François Roussillon (180 min)