BBC Proms 2024 – Prom 59 - A French Fantasy – Boulanger, Fauré and Ravel (320kbps .mp3)

Live at the BBC Proms: the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Stéphane Denève in Fauré's Requiem with soloist Golda Schultz, plus Ravel's Daphnis and Chloe Suite no.2.

01. Boulanger, Lili - Pie Jesu
01a. Introduction to Boulanger’s Pie Jesu
02. Fauré – Requiem
02a. Introduction to Fauré’s Requiem
02b. BBC Proms 2024 – Prom 59 - interval
In conversation with Ian Skelly, Jeremy Sams puts Fauré's music for Pelléas et Mélisande in the context of the composer's life and times.
03.  Fauré - Pelleas and Melisande – suite
03a. Introduction to Boulanger’s Vieille prière bouddhique
04. Boulanger, Lili - Vieille prière bouddhique
04a. Introduction to Ravel’s Daphnis and Chloe
05. Ravel - Daphnis and Chloe – Suite No. 2

Golda Schultz (soprano)
Laurence Kilsby (tenor)
Jacques Imbrailo (baritone)
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Stéphane Denève (conductor)

The twin peaks of tonight’s all-French programme are two masterpieces from Gabriel Fauré and Maurice Ravel, beginning with the former’s consolatory Requiem, a work whose clean lines, pure vocal textures and elegant orchestrations appear to propose a new philosophy of religion. Prepare for temperatures to rise with the sensual awakenings and sultry dances of Ravel’s suite for the ballet Daphnis and Chloe, evoking an ancient world of pastoral delights. Two prayers by Lili Boulanger, who died tragically young at 24, and Fauré’s incidental music written for a London production of Maeterlinck’s Symbolist play Pelleas and Melisande complete the evening.

Presented by Ian Skelly, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

First broadcast: 4 September 2024      
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