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      • InterMezzo

        (98 min)

      • Salonen conducts Stravinsky in Helsinki

        Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen (Conductor); Igor Stravinsky; Symphony of wind instruments; Agon; The Rite of Spring; Recorded on September 16th 2016 from the Musiikkitalo, Helsinki; TV Directors, Anu Holttinen and Hannu Kamppila (73 min)

      • Happy birthday Mr Salonen!

        Orchestra of the Finnish National Opera, Chorus of the Finnish National Opera, Esa-Pekka Salonen (Conductor), Paula Vesala (Conductor), Alan Gilbert (Conductor); Matti Salminen (bass); Korvat Auki collective (Joel Järventausta, Touko Niemi, Matilda Seppälä, Lauri Supponen, Niilo Tarnanen); Massahumu; Heinrich Biber; Battalia; Alexander Mosolov; Iron Foundry; Esa-Pekka Salonen; Pollux; Paula Vesala; New work; Maurice Ravel; Daphnis et Chloé, Suite no. 1; Modest Musorgsky; Coronation Scene from Boris Godunov; Recorded on August 17, 2018, at the Finnish National Opera, Helsinki (69 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (30 min)

      • Eric Truffaz Quartet - Jazz in Marciac

        Erik Truffaz (trumpet); Marcello Giuliani (bass); Benoît Corboz piano (Fender Rhodes); Marc Erbetta (drums); With special guests; Nya (voice); Guillaume Perret (saxophone); The trumpet player of Swiss origin, Erik Truffaz,is one of the first European jazzmen to have successfully approached drum'n'bass. In 1991 he founded a quartet which today is composed of Benoît Corboz (keyboards), Marcello Giuliani (bass) and Marc Erbetta (drums and percussion),he explores electronic jazz-fusion much in the same way as Miles Davis and recorded several albums starting from 1994. After an incursion into into rock at the head of his Ladybird Quartet created in 2001, he returned to the formula which had made him successful. In his world, always deeply influenced by Miles Davis, the stridencies of rock alternate with the poetic respites, the rousing grooves with more calm ballads. Recorded at Jazz in Marciac Festival (Circus top), on August 6, 2018; TV Director, Jean-Marc Birraux (59 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (60 min)

      • La Clemenza di Tito by Mozart at the Glyndebourne Festival

        La Clemenza di Tito; Opera seria in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791); Libretto by Pietro Metastasio; First performance in Prague, National Theatre, 6 September 1791; The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Robin Ticciati (Conductor); The Glyndebourne Chorus; Claus Guth (Stage Direction); Christian Schmidt (Sets), Olaf Winter (Lighting), Ronny Dietrich (Dramaturgy); Richard Croft (Tito); Alice Coote (Vitellia); Anna Stéphany (Sesto); Joélle Harvey (Servilia); Michéle Losier (Annio); Clive Bayley (Publio); Recorded on July 31 & August 3, 2017 at the Glyndebourne Festival; Directed by François Roussillon (138 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (100 min)

      • The Messenger Legacy - Jazz en tete

        Tribute to Art Blakey & Jazz Messengers; Ralph Peterson (drums), Bobby Watson (alto saxophone), Billy Pierce (tenor & soprano saxophone), Brian Lynch (trumpet), Donald Brown (piano), Reggie Workman (doublebass) (59 min)

      • Butler, Bernstein & Hot 9 - Jazz en tete

        Henry Butler (vocal & piano), Steve Bernstein (trumpet), Curtis Fowlkes (trombone), Doug Wieselman (clarinets), Peter Apfelbaum, Erik Lawrence (saxophones), Charlie Burnham (violin), Matt Munisteri (guitar), Brad Jones (double bass), Donald Edwards (drums). (58 min)

      • Hugh Masekela - Paris Jazz Festival

        Hugh Masekela celebrates Mama Afrika; Hugh MASEKELA flugelhorn, vocals / Cameron WARD guitar / Fana ZULU bass / Randal SKIPPERS keyboards / Lee-Roy SAULS drums / Francis Manneh FUSTER percussions; With Abdullah Ibrahim, Masekela is one of the pioneering figures of South African jazz. With his music, the trumpeter, flugelhornist, singer and composer has strongly influenced the political emergence of the anti-apartheid movement which he helped bring to international attention, through noted performances such as the one he gave in Monterey alongside Otis Redding and Jimi Hendrix back in 1967, or his appearance on Paul Simon's multi-million selling Graceland album. Fresh from his presence at Barack Obama's second inauguration ball, Masekela will present his latest project at Parc Floral, a celebration of his late wife, South African diva Miriam Makeba. (55 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (30 min)

      • Poliuto by Gaetano Donizetti at the Glyndebourne Festival

        Poliuto; Tragedia lirica by Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848); Libretto by Salvatore Cammarano after Pierre Croneille's 'Polyeucte'; First performance in Naples, Teatro San Carlo, 30 November 1848; London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Chorus, Enrique Mazzola (Conductor); Mariame Clément (Stage Direction); Julia Hansen (Sets); Bernd Purkrabek (Lighting); Michael Fabiano (Poliuto); Ana María Martínez (Paolina); Igor Golovatenko (Severo); Matthew Rose (Callistene); Timothy Robinson (Felice); Emanuele D'Aguanno (Nearco); Recorded on July 9 and 15, 2015 at the Glyndebourne Festival; Directed by François Roussillon (117 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (91 min)

      • The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Hannu Lintu: Bartók, Lutoslawski

        Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu (Conductor); Christian Tetzlaff (violin); Béla Bartók; Violin Concerto No. 2, Sz.112; Violin Concerto No. 1, Sz. 36; Witold Lutoslawski; Symphony No. 4; Recorded on October 18, 2017, at the Helsinki Music Centre, Concert Hall; TV directors, Anu Holttinen and Teemu Holttinen (85 min)

      • Hannu Lintu conducts Sibelius' Symphony no. 1

        Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu (Conductor); Jean Sibelius; Symphony no. 1 in E minor, op. 39; Recorded in 2015 at the New Helsinki Music Center (Musiikkitalo); Directed by Laura Joutsi and Hannu Kamppila (43 min)

      • Hannu Lintu conducts Sibelius' Symphony no. 2

        Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu (Conductor); Jean Sibelius; Symphony no. 2 in D major, op. 39; Recorded in 2015 at the New Helsinki Music Center (Musiikkitalo); Directed by Laura Joutsi and Hannu Kamppila (48 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (58 min)

      • Le Tour du Monde en 80 minutes by Maurice Béjart - Béjart Ballet Lausanne

        Le Tour du Monde en 80 minutes (Around the world in 80 minutes); Maurice Béjart, choreographer; Béjart Ballet de Lausanne; Gil Roman, Artistic director; Original musical compositions by: Thierry Hochstätter & jB Meier (Citypercussion), Ilia Chkolnik, Stravinsky, Théodorakis, Vivaédi, Hadjidakis. Lebars, Mozart, Strauss, Wagner, Ellington, Warren Harry, Tchaikovsky, Musiques traditionnelle chinoise, Tahitienne, Corée Pérou; Recorded on 2008 at the Palais des Sports de Paris; TV Director, Gil Amado (90 min)

      • Ceci est une Rose by Julio Arozarena - Béjart Ballet Lausanne

        Ceci est une Rose (This is a Rose); Choreography, Julio Arozarena; Béjart Ballet Lausanne; Original Music live, Cytipercussions, JB. Meier; Recorded music form pieces by W.A. Mozart, F. Chopin, C. Saint Saens, F. Schubert & Danzon cubain; With; Clélia Mercier, Chiara Posca, Clara Boitet, Mattia Galiotto, Denovane Victorie, Jaym O'Esso Vito Pansini (Dancers from the Béjart Ballet Lausanne, Artistic Direction by Gil Roman); Recorded on January 27th 2018 at the Théâtre de Cusset; TV Direction, Sonia Paramo (68 min)

      • Aria, a choreography by Gil Roman - Béjart Ballet Lausanne

        ARIA; Concept, choreography & stage direction by Gil Roman; Béjart Ballet Lausanne; Music: excerpts from JS Bach, Nine Inch Nails, Melponem, Inuit chants; Original compositions: Thierry Hochstatter & Jean-Bruno Meier (Citypercussion); A choreography on human relationships, the delicate ties that guide Man in the midst of life's complexities and the struggle to free himself from his own demons. Power, brutality, sacrifice. At the heart of Man, the labyrinth of his own spirit, his tormented free will. A tale on the destiny of the Human being, in turns the manipulator and the object of manipulation, which leaves a lasting impression... long after the curtain has fallen. Recorded on 2009 at the Théâtre de Beaulieu, Switzerland; TV Director, Sonia Paramo (46 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (20 min)

      • La Traviata by Verdi at the Glyndebourne Festival

        La Traviata; Opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901); Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave after La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas; First performance in Venice, Teatro La Fenice, 6 mars 1853; London Philharmonic Orchestra, The Glyndebourne Chorus, Mark Elder (conductor); Tom Cairns (Stage Director); Hildegard Bechtler (Designer); Aletta Collins (Choreographer); Peter Mumford (Lighting); Nina Dunn (Video); Venera Gimadieva (Violetta Valéry); Michael Fabiano (Alfredo Germont); Tassis Christoyannis (Giorgio Germont); Emanuele D'Aguanno (Gastone de Letoriéres); Graeme Broadbent (Doctor Grenvil); Recorded August 2014 at the Glyndebourne Festival; Directed by François Roussillon (132 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (43 min)

      • Monty Alexander - La Seine Musicale

        Monty Alexander, piano; Born in Jamaca on D-Day- a sign of destiny? - Monty Alexander rapidly left his native country for the United States. In New York, he regularly accompanied Frank Sinatra and performed in the jazz clubs of Manhattan (including the famous Minton's which was the birthplace of bebop) where Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Miles Davies did not miss a chance of hearing him play. After more than fifty years of a career crowned with collaborations with Tony Bennett, Nathalie Cole, Clint Eastwood, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, Quincy Jones, Ernest Ranglin and Barbara Hendricks the pianist travelled around the globe thrilling audiences with his vibrant personality, which communicated an original musical message, in which the heady beat of reggae is mixed with the contagious rocking of swing. Recorded on November 23, 2018 at the Seine Musicale; TV director, Julien Faustino (57 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (60 min)

      • The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Hannu Lintu: Bartók, Lutoslawski

        Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu (Conductor); Christian Tetzlaff (violin); Béla Bartók; Violin Concerto No. 2, Sz.112; Violin Concerto No. 1, Sz. 36; Witold Lutoslawski; Symphony No. 4; Recorded on October 18, 2017, at the Helsinki Music Centre, Concert Hall; TV directors, Anu Holttinen and Teemu Holttinen (85 min)

      • Hannu Lintu conducts Sibelius' Symphony no. 1

        Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu (Conductor); Jean Sibelius; Symphony no. 1 in E minor, op. 39; Recorded in 2015 at the New Helsinki Music Center (Musiikkitalo); Directed by Laura Joutsi and Hannu Kamppila (43 min)