Name: French Pastoral
Start: 2023-05-18T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-05-18T00:00:00.000Z
Location: The Sheldonian Theatre

Organization

Conductor

Nicolò Umberto Foron

Singer

Soprano

Ruby Hughes

Voice

Soloist

Others

Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra

French Pastoral

Oxford

United Kingdom

The Sheldonian Theatre

Public

Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80

The Illuminations

Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

Ma mère l´oye

Approved

French Pastoral: Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80 (+3 More)

It was quite the gift: in 1910, Ravel wrote a set of five pieces for piano depicting classic fairytales for two children he babysat. But these little stories, from Tom Thumb to Beauty and the Beast, proved far more significant when augmented and orchestrated. The result was a present to Ravel from himself: a musical magic garden that allowed the composer to escape into a world of childlike wonder. Nicolò Foron conducts it here alongside more beauteous music from France and Britten’s sparkling setting of French poetry, Les Illuminations.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Ensemble