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      • Une autre passion by Pontus Lidberg, Grand Théâtre de Genéve Ballet

        Une autre passion (Another passion); Ballet after St Matthew Pasion by Johann Sebastian Bach; Pontus Lidberg, choreography; J.S. Bach, music; Johannes Schütz, sets; Reid and Harriet Design, costume; Carolyn Wong, lighting and scenography assistant; Martin Nisser, direction of the photography; Lars Gustafson, editing; Adrian Silver, Dramaturgy and choregraphy assistant; Grand Théâtre de Genéve Ballet; Philippe Cohen, direction; Recorded on April 2017 at the Opéra des Nations of the Grand Théâtre de Genéve; TV Director, Yan Proefrock; 14.02.2021 (82 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (10 min)

      • Verdi's 'Rigoletto' at the Opernhaus Zürich

        Rigoletto; 'Melodramma' in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901); Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave after Victor Hugo's play 'Le roi s'amuse'; First performance in Venice, Teatro La Fenice, 11 March 1851; Philharmonia Zürich, Chor der Oper Zürich, Fabio Luisi (Musical Director); Tatjana Gürbaca (Stage Director); Aleksandra Kurzak (Gilda); George Petean (Rigoletto); Saimir Pirgu (Il Duca di Mantova); Andrea Mastroni (Sparafucile); Judith Schmid (Maddalena); Recorded at the Opernhaus Zürich, 18 & 21 June 2014; Directed by Nele Münchmeyer (125 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (50 min)

      • Pedrito Martinez - Banlieues Bleues

        Pedrito Martinez Live at the Banlieues Bleues 2017; Pedrito Martinez, voice, percussions; Edgar Pantoja-Aleman, voice, keyboards; Alvaro Benavides, voice, bass; Jhair Sala, voice, bongos; The most popular Cuban percussionist in New York brings a fresh new take on latin jazz. For a long time, this drummer-and-singer, brought up on Batá drums and the Santeria cult in Havana, was an ardent sideman with Bruce Springsteen, Meshell Ndegeocello and Sting. The following years in residence at a Manhattan restaurant made him the charismatic leader of a fusion quartet. Deeply attached to the Afro-cuban dance and Yoruba prayers of his youth, Pedrito Martinez fuses them with the soul, pop and rock sounds of New York. A heady Afro-cuban mix. Recorded on 2017, march 15th as part of the 'Banlieues Bleues', Clichy-sous-bois; TV Director, Stéphane Sinde; 10.02.2021 (55 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (60 min)

      • Mahler Chamber Orchestra & Jakub Hrůša: Mendelssohn, Mozart, Schumann

        Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Jakub Hrůša (conductor); Emmanuel Pahud (flute); Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847); The Hebrides or Fingal's Cave. Concert Overture, Op. 26; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791); Flute Concerto in G major, K. 313 (285c); Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856); Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61; Recorded at the KKL Luzern, Concert Hall, as part of the Lucerne Festival, 27 August 2019 (83 min)

      • Herbert Blomstedt and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra: Symphony No.2 by Beethoven

        Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt (Conductor); Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827); Symphony No. 2 in D major Op. 36; Directed by Ute Feudel; Recorded on August 14, 2020 (39 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (105 min)

      • Massenet's 'Werther' at the Opernhaus Zürich

        Werther; 'Drame lyrique' in four acts and five tableaux by Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912); Libretto by Edouard Blau, Paul Millet and Georges Hartmann after Goethe; First performance in Viena, Hofoper, 16 February 1892; Philharmonia Zürich, Cornelius Meister (Conductor); Kinderchor und SoprAlti der Oper Zürich; Tatjana Gürbaca (Stage Director); Klaus Grünberg (Sets), Silke Willrett (costumes), Klaus Grünberg (light design); Juan Diego Flórez (Werther); Anna Stéphany (Charlotte); Audun Iversen (Albert); Mélissa Petit (Sophie); Cheyne Davidson (Le Bailli); Martin Zysset (Schmidt); Recorded at the Opernhaus Zurich en April 2017; Directed by Michael Beyer (136 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (70 min)

      • Sébastien Daucé and the Ensemble Correspondances: The Coronation of Louis XIV

        Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé (Conductor); Les Pages du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles; The Coronation of Louis XIV; Anonymous; Pavane for the wedding of Louis XIII; Antoine Boesset (1587 - 1643); Anna mater matris; Étienne Moulinié (1599 - 1676); Beata Dei genitrix; Anonymous [manuscript Deslauriers]; Virgo Dei genitrix; Tota pulchra es; Anonymous; Pavane for the wedding of Monsieur de Vandome; Jean Veillot (1600 - 1662); Sacris solemniis; Antiphon Ecce mitto Angelum meum; Psalm Domine in virtute tua; Anonymous [manuscript of Tours]; Jubilate Deo; Anonymous [Philidor manuscript]; Pavane for the wedding of Henry IV; Antiphon O pretiosum munus; Anonymous [manuscript Deslauriers]; Benedicite omnia opera; Comfortare and esto vires; Anonymous [manuscript of Tours]; Omnes Gentes Pludite Manibus; Roland de Lassus (1532 - 1594); O rex vivat! Henry Du Mont (1610 - 1684); In lectulo meo; Antiphon Gentem francorum; Francesco Cavalli (1602 - 1676); Dixit Dominus; Anonymous [Philidor]; Pavane for the coronation of Louis XIII; Antiphon Unxerunt Salomonem Sadoch; Étienne Moulinié; Cantate Domino; Thomas Gobert (1630 - 1708); Domine Salvum fac regem; Anonymous [Philidor manuscript]; Pavane La petite Guerre; Anonymous [manuscript of Tours]; Te Deum for 2 choirs; Coronation Mass; Plainsong Factus is dominated protector; Charles d'Helfer (1598 - 1661); Kyrie; Gloria; Francesco Cavalli; Sonata a 12; Charles d'Helfer; Sanctus; Anonymous; O vere digna hostia; Anonymous [manuscript of Tours]; O salutaris hostia; Étienne Moulinié; Agnus; Plainsong Pax domini; Étienne Moulinié; Flores Apparuerunt; Plainsong Ite missa is; Anonymous [manuscript Deslauriers]; Gaudete and exultate; Recorded at the Chapelle Royale, Château de Versailles, 15 June 2019; TV Director, Stephan Aubé (108 min)

      • Lionel Meunier and Vox Luminis: Haendel

        Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier (Conductor); Georg Friedrich Haendel (1685-1759); Nisi Dominus, HWV 238; Dixit Dominus HWV 232; Ode for St Cecilia's Day HWV 76; Recorded at the Chapelle Royale, Château de Versailles, 8 December 2018 (111 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (10 min)

      • Riccardo Chailly and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra: Ravel

        Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (Conductor); Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937); Valses nobles et sentimentales; La Valse; Daphnis et Chloé - Suites Nos. 1 & 2; Boléro; Recorded at the KKL, Lucerne in 2018 12.02.2021 (87 min)

      • Herbert Blomstedt and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig: Symphony No.5 & Triple Concerto by Beethoven

        Gewandhausorchester, Herbert Blomstedt (Conductor); Isabelle Faust (Violin), Jean-Guihen Queyras (Cello), Martin Helmchen (Piano); Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827); Concerto for piano, violin, cello and orchestra in C major op. 56 'Triple Concerto'; Symphony no. 5 in C minor op. 67; Recorded on January 13, 2017 at the Gewandhaus, Leipzig; TV director, Ute Feudel (84 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (60 min)

      • John Coltrane's 'Africa/Brass' Revisited - Jazz á la Villette

        John Coltrane's 'Africa / Brass' Revisited; Dal Sasso Big Band, David El Malek, Sophie Alour & Géraldine Laurent; John Coltrane (saxophone); Christophe Dal Sasso (arrangement, direction); Géraldine Laurent (alto saxophone ); David El Malek (tenor saxophone); Sophie Alour (tenor saxophone, flute); Dominique Mandin (flute, alto saxophone); Thomas Savy (baritone saxophone, clarinet); Julien Alour | Quentin Ghomari (trumpets); Jerry Edward | Daniel Zimmermann (trombones); Pierre de Bethmann (piano); Manu Marchés (double bass); Karl Jannuska (drums); Andy Bérald-Catelo (Ka Drum); Setlist; Tunji (John Coltrane - Christophe Dal Sasso); Green Sleeves (Traditional - Christophe Dal Sasso); Liberia (John Coltrane - Christophe Dal Sasso); Song of the Underground Railroad (Traditional - Christophe Dal Sasso); A concert reviving the spiritual force and humanist message of John Coltrane's legendary Africa/Brass (1961), revisited in big band style under the leadership of Christophe Dal Sasso, with four extraordinary saxophone soloists. Recorded on Septemer 11, 2020, Philharmonie de Paris, Jazz á la Villette; TV Director, Guiseppe de Vecchi (47 min)

      • Archie Shepp All star 'Tribute to John Coltrane'

        Archie Shepp, musical direction, saxophones; Ambrose Akinmusire, trumpet; Jason Moran, piano; Richard Davis, double bass; Billy Hart, drums; With guests: Marion Rampal, voice; Izidor Leitinger, trumpet; Sébastien Llado, trombone; Jean-Philippe Scali, baritone saxophone; Playlist; Naima - John Coltrane - Arranged by Izidor Leitinger; Cousin Mary - John Coltrane - Arranged by Izidor Leitinger; Blasé - Archie Shepp; Prelude to a Kiss - Duke Ellington; Los Olvidados - Archie Shepp; In 1960, Archie Shepp attended a concert by John Coltrane at the Five Spot, the mythical club on the Lower East Side. Totally fascinated, he decided to pick up the tenor saxophone. Five years later, Shepp - already a reference in the world of free jazz - recorded alongside his hero. The resulting album, 'Ascension', was released in 1966, and remains today one of the great monuments of free improvisation. To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Coltrane's death - at the age of forty - the most Parisian representative of the New York avant-garde pays tribute to the brilliant composer of 'A Love Supreme', with a Franco-American all-star band not unlike that which recorded the revolutionary 'Ascension'. A giant of jazz pays tribute to one of his gods... Recorded on September 3rd 2016 at the Grande Halle of la Villette; TV Director, Frank Cassenti 13.02.2021 (56 min)

      • Jamie Cullum - Lotos Jazz festival

        Jamie Cullum; Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra; Recorded on February 26th 2017 in Katowice, Lotos Jazz Festival; TV Director, Samuel Thiebaut 13.02.2021 (80 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (15 min)

      • Callas by Reinhild Hoffmann, Grand Théâtre de Genéve Ballet

        Callas; Reinhild Hoffmann, choreography; Johannes Schütz, sets; Joahcim Herzog, costume; Alexander Koppelmann, lighting design based on the creation of Mandred Voss; Music, opera aria by the Callas; Grand Théâtre de Genéve ballet; Philippe Cohen, direction; With; Yumi Aizawa, Céline Allain, Louise Bille, Ornella Capece, Diana Duarte, Lea Mercurol, Tiffany Pacheco, Sara Shigenari, Lysandra van Heesewijk, Madeline Wong, Valentino Bertolini, Natan Bouzy, Zachary Clark, Armando Gonzalez Besa, Wavier Juyon, Juan Perez Cardona, Simone Repele, Sasha Riva, Georffrey van Dyck, Nahuel Vega. Recorded on October 16th 2017 at the Opéra des Nations du Grand Théâtre de Genéve; TV Director, Denis Caiozzi (112 min)

      • Une autre passion by Pontus Lidberg, Grand Théâtre de Genéve Ballet

        Une autre passion (Another passion); Ballet after St Matthew Pasion by Johann Sebastian Bach; Pontus Lidberg, choreography; J.S. Bach, music; Johannes Schütz, sets; Reid and Harriet Design, costume; Carolyn Wong, lighting and scenography assistant; Martin Nisser, direction of the photography; Lars Gustafson, editing; Adrian Silver, Dramaturgy and choregraphy assistant; Grand Théâtre de Genéve Ballet; Philippe Cohen, direction; Recorded on April 2017 at the Opéra des Nations of the Grand Théâtre de Genéve; TV Director, Yan Proefrock; 14.02.2021 (82 min)

      • David Murray Infinity Quartet feat. Saul Williams - Banlieues Bleues

        After soul sister Macy Gray, with whom he recorded an album, the ever-inventive saxophonist brings us a brand new body of work inspired by the slam poetry of Saul Williams. DAVID MURRAY tenor saxophone, bass clarinett, ORIN EVANS piano, JARIBU SHAHID bass, NASHEET WAITS drums, SAUL WILLIAMS voice; He appears with the Infinity Quartet, named after his early years at the Infinity loft-studio in New York, and with Saul Williams himself. A great choice: over the past fifteen years, the star of the independent film 'Slam' has been standing out among rappers and slam poets with the quality of his writing and the intensity of his performances. His punch lines make him a unique performer - a remarkable poet with a powerful rap-soul voice. In David Murray, who previously worked with writers Amiri Baraka and Ishmael Reed, Williams has found an ideal partner. A match made in heaven. 11.02.2021 (55 min)

      • InterMezzo

        (40 min)

      • John Coltrane's 'Africa/Brass' Revisited - Jazz á la Villette

        John Coltrane's 'Africa / Brass' Revisited; Dal Sasso Big Band, David El Malek, Sophie Alour & Géraldine Laurent; John Coltrane (saxophone); Christophe Dal Sasso (arrangement, direction); Géraldine Laurent (alto saxophone ); David El Malek (tenor saxophone); Sophie Alour (tenor saxophone, flute); Dominique Mandin (flute, alto saxophone); Thomas Savy (baritone saxophone, clarinet); Julien Alour | Quentin Ghomari (trumpets); Jerry Edward | Daniel Zimmermann (trombones); Pierre de Bethmann (piano); Manu Marchés (double bass); Karl Jannuska (drums); Andy Bérald-Catelo (Ka Drum); Setlist; Tunji (John Coltrane - Christophe Dal Sasso); Green Sleeves (Traditional - Christophe Dal Sasso); Liberia (John Coltrane - Christophe Dal Sasso); Song of the Underground Railroad (Traditional - Christophe Dal Sasso); A concert reviving the spiritual force and humanist message of John Coltrane's legendary Africa/Brass (1961), revisited in big band style under the leadership of Christophe Dal Sasso, with four extraordinary saxophone soloists. Recorded on Septemer 11, 2020, Philharmonie de Paris, Jazz á la Villette; TV Director, Guiseppe de Vecchi (47 min)

      • Archie Shepp All star 'Tribute to John Coltrane'

        Archie Shepp, musical direction, saxophones; Ambrose Akinmusire, trumpet; Jason Moran, piano; Richard Davis, double bass; Billy Hart, drums; With guests: Marion Rampal, voice; Izidor Leitinger, trumpet; Sébastien Llado, trombone; Jean-Philippe Scali, baritone saxophone; Playlist; Naima - John Coltrane - Arranged by Izidor Leitinger; Cousin Mary - John Coltrane - Arranged by Izidor Leitinger; Blasé - Archie Shepp; Prelude to a Kiss - Duke Ellington; Los Olvidados - Archie Shepp; In 1960, Archie Shepp attended a concert by John Coltrane at the Five Spot, the mythical club on the Lower East Side. Totally fascinated, he decided to pick up the tenor saxophone. Five years later, Shepp - already a reference in the world of free jazz - recorded alongside his hero. The resulting album, 'Ascension', was released in 1966, and remains today one of the great monuments of free improvisation. To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Coltrane's death - at the age of forty - the most Parisian representative of the New York avant-garde pays tribute to the brilliant composer of 'A Love Supreme', with a Franco-American all-star band not unlike that which recorded the revolutionary 'Ascension'. A giant of jazz pays tribute to one of his gods... Recorded on September 3rd 2016 at the Grande Halle of la Villette; TV Director, Frank Cassenti 13.02.2021 (56 min)

      • Jamie Cullum - Lotos Jazz festival

        Jamie Cullum; Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra; Recorded on February 26th 2017 in Katowice, Lotos Jazz Festival; TV Director, Samuel Thiebaut 13.02.2021 (80 min)