Performing Arts
Broadway in Satin, Billie Holiday revisited by the National Jazz Orchestra
Some songs never die: they keep getting better and better. American popular songs from the 1920s to the 1950s, born through Broadway musicals or Hollywood movies, belong to them.
Daniel Yvinec pursues his quest for a reinterpretation of America's great standards, evoking through "Broadway in Sati...
Gérard Caussé : Bach suites (Artistic confessions)
Meeting with the French violist Gérard CAUSSE on the occasion of the release of his album "Bach 6 Suites de danses": extracts from suites by Jean Sébastien BACH and interview with Gérard CAUSSE about Bach and his artistic collaboration with Laurent TERZIEFF .Interview Gérard Caussé Excerpts Bach 6 D...
JORDI SAVALL : THE BORGIA, church and power during the Renaissance
As part of the 5th Music and History Festival for intercultural dialogue, given at the Fontfroide Abbey in Narbonne on July 31, 2010, Montserrat FIGUERAS, on vocals and zither, Driss EL MALOUMI, on vocals and oud, the Capella Reial de Catalunya, and Hespèrion XXI, under the direction of Jordi SAVALL...
JORDI SAVALL : THE CATHAR TRAGEDY, the forgotten kingdom
As part of the Music and History Festival for intercultural dialogue, under the direction of Jordi SAVALL, Montserrat FIGUERAS, vocals and zither, Pascal BERTIN, countertenor, Lluis VILAMAJO, tenor, Marc MAUILLON, baritone, Furio ZANASI, baritone, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, and Hespèrion XXI, pe...
JORDI SAVALL : THE SPIRITUAL CONCERT, music in the time of Louis XV
As part of the 5th edition of the Music and History Festival for intercultural dialogue given at the Fontfroide Abbey in Narbonne on July 30, 2010, the Concert des Nations and Enrico ONOFRI, perform works by Corelli, Telemann and Jean Philippe Rameau, under the direction of Jordi SAVALL.
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Le Sacre du Tympan : Sound Trax
“Le Sacre du Tympan” is a jazz big band created by Fred Pallem, who is also its bassist and composer.
Fred Pallem is strongly influenced by André Popp, Charles Ives, Duke Ellington, and Neil Young. The orchestra is composed of 17 musicians and some of them are coming from the jazz department of t...
METAMORPHOSES, Renaud Capuçon & Friends
String Sextet No. 2, Op. 36 by Johannes BRAHMS
Renaud Capuçon — violin
Aki Saulière — viola
Gérard Caussé — viola
Béatrice Muthelet — viola
Gautier Capuçon — cello
Clemens Hagen — cello
At the 2010 Bel-Air Chamber Music Festival, Renaud and Gautier Capuçon, accompanied...
Nathalie Dessay, Ludovic Tezier : BRAHMS REQUIEM (Artistic Confessions)
On the occasion of the recording of a disc, Natalie DESSAY and Ludovic TEZIER, with the Frankfurt Symphony Orchestra and the Swedish Radio Choirs, under the direction of Paavo JARVI, perform "A German Requiem" by Brahms.The recording is interspersed with the interview in English with French subtitle...
Philippe Jaroussky : Fauré requiem (Artistic Confessions)
It is with the Paris Orchestra conducted by Paavo JARVI that counter tenor Philippe JAROUSSKY records Réquiem, Pie Jesu by Gabriel Fauré. The German baritone Matthias GOERNE performs Réquiem, Libera me by the same composer. Alternating interviews with Philippe JAROUSSKY, Paavo JARVI and producer Phi...
Pietragalla, Between Heaven and Earth
Portrait of the French dancer and choreographer Marie-Claude Pietragalla.
Discipline, rigour, will and commitment are all adjectives that define the temperament of Marie-Claude Pietragalla, who was named principal dancer of the Ballet de l’Opera National Opera de Paris in 1990.
At 35, she decided t...
