Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Messiaen In Context, Episode 1 | 20081208 | Louise Fryer presents music by composers Messiaen admired as well as pieces by his contemporaries. Plus two John Milton poems read by actor Robert Glenister: At a Vacation Exercise in the College and An Epitaph on the Marchioness of Winchester. Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No 1 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Cristian Orosanu (conductor) Poulenc: Sonata Orietta Caianiello, Antonio Sardi de Letto (pianos) 2.50pm Shostakovich: Symphony No 9 Mozart: Piano Concerto in A, K414 Steven Osborne (piano) BBC Philharmonic Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) 3.45pm Foerster: Violin Concerto No 2 Ivan Zenaty (violin) BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Stravinsky: Orpheus Ulster Orchestra Kenneth Montgomery (conductor) Tailleferre: Deux Valses Orietta Caianello (piano) Antonio Sardi de Letto (piano). Louise Fryer with music by composers Messiaen admired. Includes Grieg, Poulenc and Mozart. |
| 02 | Messiaen In Context, Episode 2 | 20081209 | Louise Fryer presents music by composers Messiaen admired as well as pieces by his contemporaries. Plus actor Robert Glenister reading John Milton's L'Allegro. Chausson: Poeme for violin and orchestra, Op 25 Olivier Charlier (violin) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thierry Fischer (conductor) Chopin: Piano Sonata No 3 in B minor, Op 58 Rafal Blechacz (piano) Dutilleux: Sur le meme accord for violin and orchestra 3.05pm Faure: Requiem, Op 48 Gilles Cachemaille (bass) Alex Eager (treble) BBC National Chorus of Wales Massenet: Suite No 3 (Scenes dramatiques) 4.10pm Jolivet: Heptade for trumpet and percussion Alison Balcom (trumpet) Colin Currie (percussion) Stravinsky: Divertimento (Le baiser de la fee) BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Louise Fryer presents music by Chausson, Chopin, Dutilleux, Faure, Massenet and Jolivet. |
| 03 | Messiaen In Context, Episode 3 | 20081210 | Louise Fryer presents music by composers Messiaen admired as well as pieces by his contemporaries. Plus Robert Glenister reading John Milton's Il Penseroso. Albeniz: El Corpus en Sevilla (Iberia, book 1) Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) Prokofiev: Sinfonietta BBC National Orchestra of Wales Howard Shelley (conductor) Albeniz, orch. Carlos Surinach: Malaga; Polo; Eritana (Iberia) Ulster Orchestra Adrian Leaper (conductor) 2.50pm Mozart: Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor, K466 Howard Shelley (piano/conductor) Honegger: Symphony No 1 Thierry Fischer (conductor) Messiaen: Fantaisie Hebrides Ensemble Louise Fryer presents music by Prokofiev, Albeniz, Mozart and Honegger. |
| 04 | Messiaen In Context, Episode 4 | 20081211 | Louise Fryer presents music by composers Messiaen admired as well as pieces by his contemporaries. Plus John Milton's poem Lycidas read by Robert Glenister. Messiaen: Oraison (for ondes martenot) Ensemble d'Ondes de Montreal Gounod: Fantasy on the Russian National Hymn Ian Tracey (organ) BBC Philharmonic Rumon Gamba (conductor) Lutoslawski: Piano Concerto Paavali Jumppanen (piano) BBC Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins (conductor) 2.55pm Dukas: Ariane et Barbe-Bleue Ariane - Lori Phillips (soprano) La Nourrice - Patricia Barcon (mezzo-soprano) Barbe-Bleue - Peter Rose (bass) Selysette - Laura Vlasak Volen (mezzo-soprano) Ygraine - Ana James (soprano) Melisande - Daphne Touchais (soprano) Bellangere - Sarah-Jane Davies (soprano) BBC Singers Stephen Betteridge (chorus master) Leon Botstein (conductor) Guilmant: Meditation sur le Stabat Mater, Op 63 Rumon Gamba (conductor). Louise Fryer presents music by Gounod, plus Lutoslawski's Piano Concerto. |
| 05 | Messiaen In Context, Episode 5 | 20081212 | Louise Fryer presents music by composers Messiaen admired as well as pieces by his contemporaries. Plus John Milton's poem On the Morning of Christ's Nativity, read by Robert Glenister. Messiaen: Theme et Variations Hebrides Ensemble Francaix: Symphony in G Ulster Orchestra Paul Watkins (conductor) Barber: Second Essay BBC National Orchestra of Wales Edwin Outwater (conductor) 2.43pm Debussy: Preludes, Book 2 Alexander Melnikov (piano) William Schuman: New England Triptych Lalo: Cello Concerto in D minor Emmanuelle Bertrand (cello) Grant Llewellyn (conductor) 3.48pm Walter Piston: Symphony No 2 Debussy: Sonata in G minor for violin and piano Janine Jansen (violin) David Kuyken (piano) Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Michal Dworzynski (conductor). Louise Fryer presents music by Francaix, Barber, Debussy, William Schuman, Lalo and Ravel. |