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      • The Béjart Ballet Lausanne dances at Château de Versailles

        Béjart Ballet Lausanne; Gil Roman, direction; 7 Greek dances; Maurice Béjart, choreographer; Mikis Theodorakis, music; Bhakti III; Maurice Béjart, choreographer; Traditional music; Study for A Lady of the Camellias (Etude pour une dame aux camélia); Maurice Béjart, choreographer; Frédéric Chopin, Francesco Cilea, music; Boléro; Maurice Béjart, choreographer; Maurice Ravel, music; Recorded on June 18th et 19th 2014 at the Orangerie Gardens of Versailles; TV Director, Stéphane Lebard (79 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (60 min)

      • The Tsar's Bride, by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov at the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow

        The Tsar's Bride, by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908); Libretto by Ilia Tyumenev based on the drama of the same name by Lev Mey. First performance 3 November 1899, Solodovnikov Theatre, Moscow; Orchestra & Chorus of the Bolshoi Theatre, Tugan Sokhiev (musical direction); Valery Borisov (Chorus Master); Julia Pevzner (Stage Direction); Alyona Pikalova (Sets), Elena Zaitseva (Costumes), Damir Ismagilov (Lighting), Ekaterina Mironova (Choreography); Stanislav Trofimov (Vasily Stepanovich Sobakin); Olga Seliverstova (Marfa); Elchin Azizov (Grigory Grigorevich Gryaznoy); Vyacheslav Pochapsky (Grigory Lukiyanovich Malyuta Skuratov); Ilya Selivanov (Ivan Sergeyevich Lykov); Agunda Kulaeva (Lyubasha); Roman Muravitsky (Yelisey Bomelius); Irina Rubtsova (Domna Ivanovna Saburova); Anna Bondarevskaya (Dunyasha); Anna Matsey (Petrovna); Recorded 15 November 2018, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow; TV Director, Jean-Pierre Loisil 11.02.2020 (153 min)

      • John Scofield Quartet - D'Jazz Nevers

        John Scofield @ D'Jazz Nevers; John Scofield, guitar; Larry Golding, organ, piano; Steve Swallow, electric bass; Bill Stewart, drums; Mr Fool (Darrell Edwards - George Jones - Herbie Treece); The Gambler (Don Schlitz); Jolene (Dolly Parton); Just a girl I used to know (Jack Clement); I'm lonesome I could cry (Hank Williams); You're still the one (Shania Twain - John Robert Lange); 'Sco' brilliantly continues his exploration of swing and country music. Brought into the limelight by Miles Davis in the 1980's, John Scofield explores all forms of jazz, including the blues, funk and country music. The American musician teams up with Steve Swallow, who now plays electric bass, and Bill Stewart on drums. John Scofield began playing the guitar as a teenager, discovered the standards of jazz before being drawn to jazz-rock and studying at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. In the 1970's, his career started as a side man with trumpeter and singer Chet Baker and pianist George Duke, among others. In the 1980's the general public discovered his swing, when he played for three years alongside the legendary Miles Davis. Later, Sco's brand of jazz fusion absorbed elements of soul and of the 'New Orleans Spirit', as he played with the greatest musicians of his generation, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock and Jim Hall. Recorded on November 12th at the festival D'Jazz Nevers (Nevers, France) - (Maison de la Culture, hall); TV Director, Samuel Thiebaut (60 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (60 min)

      • François-Xavier Roth and the London Symphony Orchestra: Wagner, Lalo, Debussy, Massenet

        London Symphony Orchestra, François-Xavier Roth (conductor); Edgar Moreau (cello); Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883); Overture to Tannhäuser; Edouard Lalo (1823 - 1892); Cello Concerto; Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918); Premiére Suite; Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912); Le Cid - Suite; Recorded at the Barbican Hall, London, 21 January 2018; TV Director Corentin Leconte; 11.02.2020 (90 min)

      • The London Symphony Orchestra and Antonio Pappano: Sibelius, Bernstein, Nielsen

        London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano (Conductor); Janine Jansen (violin); Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957); The Oceanides; Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990); Serenade; Carl Nielsen (1865 -1931); Symphony No 4 ('The Inextinguishable'); Recorded at the Barbican Hall, London, 5 February 2017; TV Director Corentin Leconte 11.02.2020 (83 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (64 min)

      • The Tsar's Bride, by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov at the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow

        The Tsar's Bride, by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908); Libretto by Ilia Tyumenev based on the drama of the same name by Lev Mey. First performance 3 November 1899, Solodovnikov Theatre, Moscow; Orchestra & Chorus of the Bolshoi Theatre, Tugan Sokhiev (musical direction); Valery Borisov (Chorus Master); Julia Pevzner (Stage Direction); Alyona Pikalova (Sets), Elena Zaitseva (Costumes), Damir Ismagilov (Lighting), Ekaterina Mironova (Choreography); Stanislav Trofimov (Vasily Stepanovich Sobakin); Olga Seliverstova (Marfa); Elchin Azizov (Grigory Grigorevich Gryaznoy); Vyacheslav Pochapsky (Grigory Lukiyanovich Malyuta Skuratov); Ilya Selivanov (Ivan Sergeyevich Lykov); Agunda Kulaeva (Lyubasha); Roman Muravitsky (Yelisey Bomelius); Irina Rubtsova (Domna Ivanovna Saburova); Anna Bondarevskaya (Dunyasha); Anna Matsey (Petrovna); Recorded 15 November 2018, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow; TV Director, Jean-Pierre Loisil 11.02.2020 (153 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (53 min)

      • Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra: Messiaen and Bruckner

        London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle (Conductor); Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano); Olivier Messiaen (1908 - 1992); Couleurs de la cité céleste; Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896); Symphony No 8; Recorded on April, 14th 2016 at the Barbican Hall, London; Corentin Leconte, TV director (104 min)

      • Andris Nelsons and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra: Beethoven, Dean, Skryabin

        Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Andris Nelsons (Conductor); Hakan Hardenberger (trumpet), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano); Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827); The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43; Brett Dean (né en 1961); Dramatis personae; Alexander Skryabin (1871 - 1915); Prométhée, le poéme du feu; Recorded on 17 January 2020 at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam (90 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (13 min)

      • Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra: Elgar, Adés, Birtwistle, Knussen, Grime

        London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor); Christian Tetzlaff (violin); Helen Grime (b. 1981); Fanfare (world premiere); Thomas Adés (b. 1971); Asyla; Harrison Birtwistle (b. 1934); Violin Concerto; Oliver Knussen (1950 - 2018); Symphony No 3; Edward Elgar (1957 - 1934); Variations on an Original Theme, 'Enigma'; Recorded at the Barbican Hall, London, 14 September 2017; TV Director François-René Marin; 15.02.2020 (116 min)

      • John Eliot Gardiner and the London Symphony Orchestra: Mendelssohn

        London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor); Monteverdi Choir; Actors: Ceri-Lyn Cissone (Titania), Frankie Wakefield (Oberon), Alexander Knox (Puck); Félix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847); Symphony no. 1; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Recorded on February 16th 2016, at the Barbican Hall, London; TV Director, Corentin Leconte 15.02.2020 (97 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (25 min)

      • Polar Bear - Südtirol Jazz Festival

        Sebastian Rochford - drums; Mark Lockheart - saxophone; Pete Wareham - tenor saxophone; Tom Herbert - double bass; John Leafcutter - laptop, controllers; This quintet, led by Sebastian Rochford, occupies a leading position on the London scene. Nominated in 2003 and 2004 for the BBC 'Rising Star' Jazz Award, in 2005 Polar Bear were nominated for the Mercury Prize. Following their excellent album 'Peepers' (2010), the band took a long break, returning to make it onto the Mercury Prize shortlist in 2014 with 'In Each and Every One'. The tracks on this CD are musical slow food, finely spiced and prepared: minimalism and electronics meet funk, free jazz and complex dance rhythms. Their new CD 'Same as You' was actually conceived of as a single piece, finally resulting in six tracks in which the ensemble develop their sound experiments. (52 min)

      • Troyka - Südtirol Jazz Festival

        Troyka; Chris Montague - guitar, loop; Joshua Blackmore - drums; Kit Downes - organ; Troyka are rooted in the jazz tradition and are at the same time hiply contemporary. Atmospheres often change in a single piece, almost to the point of paradox: hard and aggressive guitar riffs mix with gentle keyboard motifs, while composition and improvisation combine as one. This blend of garage rock, jazz improvisations and dance music defies labelling: the band sound like 'King Crimson for the iPod generation,' as the London listings magazine 'Time Out' put it. One thing is for sure: this trio forms part of a generation of young musicians who reject the limits of genre, with the decisive question no longer 'What is it?' but 'Is it good?'. (44 min)

      • Flat Earth Society - Südtirol Jazz Festival

        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

        (86 min)

      • Marie-Antoinette by Thierry Malandain - Malandain Ballet Biarritz

        Marie-Antoinette; Thierry Malandain (Choreographer); Joseph Haydn, Christoph Willibald Gluck (Music); Orchestre Symphonique d'Euskadi; Mélanie Levy-Thiébaut (conductor); Jorge Gallardo (sets, costume); François Menou (Lighting design); Malandain Ballet Biarritz; (Marie-Antoinette) Claire Lonchampt - (Louis XVI) Mickaël Conte - (Empress Marie-Thérése) Irma Hoffren - (Louis XV) Frederik Deberdt - (Countess du Barry) Miyuki Kanei - (Count de Mercy-Argenteau) Arnaud Mahouy - (Axel von Fersen) Raphaël Canet - (Joseph II) Jeshua Costa) - (Ladies Aunts) Clémence Chevillotte, Allegra Vianello, Laurine Viel - (Perseus) Hugo Layer - (Medusa) Nuria Lopez Cortés - (Three nymphs) Clémence Chevillotte, Allegra Vianello, Laurine Viel - (Boys of the Rococo Queen) Raphaël Canet, Jeshua Costa, Romain Di Fazio, Loan Frantz; Michaël Garcia; Guillaume Lillo; Hugo Layer; Ismael Turel Yagüe - (Marie-Antoinette's familiars) Giuditta Banchetti, Clémence Chevillotte, Clara Forgues, Miyuki Kanei, Nuria López Cortés, Alessia Peschiulli, Patricia Velázquez, Allegra Vianello; Laurine Viel - (Shepherdess & Shepherd) Patricia Velázquez, Arnaud Mahouy; Ensembles: Giuditta Banchetti, Raphaël Canet, Clémence Chevillotte; Jeshua Costa, Frederik Deberdt, Romain Di Fazio, Clara Forgues, Loan Frantz, Michaël Garcia, Irma Hoffren, Miyuki Kanei, Hugo Layer, Guillaume Lillo, Nuria López Cortés, Arnaud Mahouy, Alessia Peschiulli, Ismael Turel Yagüe, Allegra Vianello, Laurine Viel, Patricia Velázquez; Recorded on March 30 & 31 2019 at the Opéra Royal, Château de Versailles; TV Director, Patrick Lauzé (91 min)

      • The Béjart Ballet Lausanne dances at Château de Versailles

        Béjart Ballet Lausanne; Gil Roman, direction; 7 Greek dances; Maurice Béjart, choreographer; Mikis Theodorakis, music; Bhakti III; Maurice Béjart, choreographer; Traditional music; Study for A Lady of the Camellias (Etude pour une dame aux camélia); Maurice Béjart, choreographer; Frédéric Chopin, Francesco Cilea, music; Boléro; Maurice Béjart, choreographer; Maurice Ravel, music; Recorded on June 18th et 19th 2014 at the Orangerie Gardens of Versailles; TV Director, Stéphane Lebard 17.02.2020 (79 min)

      • Laurent Coulondre Trio - Nancy Jazz Pulsations

        Laurent Coulondre Trio at Nancy Jazz Pulsations 2015; Laurent Coulondre, piano, organ; Rémi Bouyssiére, bass, double bass; Martin Wangermée, drums; Laurent Coulondre belongs to a generation of young musicians who take jazz into unexplored territory. With a sharp sense of rhythm and harmony, he plays the piano and the organ with consummate ease and shows, at his young age, breathtaking musicality, technique and flair. Laurent Coulondre has defined the new concept of the 'reversible trio', and a new sound identity. Alternating betweed the classical trio - piano, double bass and drums - and another form comprising organ, 6-string bass and drums, his music is innovative and challenging, without ever losing touch with its audience. Recorded on October 8th 2015, Poirel hall, Nancy Jazz Pulsations; TV director, Sylvain Pierrel (47 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (73 min)

      • Polar Bear - Südtirol Jazz Festival

        Sebastian Rochford - drums; Mark Lockheart - saxophone; Pete Wareham - tenor saxophone; Tom Herbert - double bass; John Leafcutter - laptop, controllers; This quintet, led by Sebastian Rochford, occupies a leading position on the London scene. Nominated in 2003 and 2004 for the BBC 'Rising Star' Jazz Award, in 2005 Polar Bear were nominated for the Mercury Prize. Following their excellent album 'Peepers' (2010), the band took a long break, returning to make it onto the Mercury Prize shortlist in 2014 with 'In Each and Every One'. The tracks on this CD are musical slow food, finely spiced and prepared: minimalism and electronics meet funk, free jazz and complex dance rhythms. Their new CD 'Same as You' was actually conceived of as a single piece, finally resulting in six tracks in which the ensemble develop their sound experiments. (52 min)

      • Troyka - Südtirol Jazz Festival

        Troyka; Chris Montague - guitar, loop; Joshua Blackmore - drums; Kit Downes - organ; Troyka are rooted in the jazz tradition and are at the same time hiply contemporary. Atmospheres often change in a single piece, almost to the point of paradox: hard and aggressive guitar riffs mix with gentle keyboard motifs, while composition and improvisation combine as one. This blend of garage rock, jazz improvisations and dance music defies labelling: the band sound like 'King Crimson for the iPod generation,' as the London listings magazine 'Time Out' put it. One thing is for sure: this trio forms part of a generation of young musicians who reject the limits of genre, with the decisive question no longer 'What is it?' but 'Is it good?'. (44 min)

      • Flat Earth Society - Südtirol Jazz Festival

        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)