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Across the park at the Palace of Versailles is the mansion which Louis XVI gave his wife Marie-Antoinette. A keen musician, she had a tiny theatre built there and took great pleasure in performing in stage productions with her inner circle of friends. With Hervé Niquet and Olivier Baumont.

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Music Played

  • Francesco Petrini

    Rondo (Troisieme Duo pour deux Harpes, Op 31)

    Performer: Mara Galassi, Performer: Gabriella Bosio (harps)

    • Glossa.
    • C81302,.

  • André Grétry

    L'amitie a epreuve

    Performer: Orchestre de Bretagne Conductor: Stefan Sanderling (conductor)

    • ASV.
    • CD DCA 1095,.

  • André Grétry

    Richard Coeur de Lion (excerpt from Act 1)

    Performer: Michel Trempont (baritone) Performer: Orchestre de Chambre de la Radio Television Belge Conductor: Edgard Doneux (Conductor)

    • EMI Classics.
    • 5 75266 2.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Iphigenie en Aulide (excerpt from Act 3)

    Performer: Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) Performer: Orchestra de l'Opera de Lyon Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

    • Apex.
    • 2564615072,.

  • Claude Balbastre

    Romance

    Artist: Olivier Baumont (harpsichord)

    • BBC recording.

  • Jacques Duphly

    Prelude; La de Drummond

    Performer: Olivier Baumont (harpsichord)

    • BBC recording.

  • André Grétry

    Zemire et Azor (excerpt from Act 3, Scs 1, 2)

    Performer: Mady Mesple (soprano) Performer: Roland Bufkens (tenor) Performer: Ali Jean-Claude Orliac (tenor) Performer: Orchestra de Chambre de la RTB Conductor: Edgard Doneux (conductor)

    • EMI.
    • CMS 7697012 2 ,.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    String Quartet No 6, Op 14

    Performer: Les Adieux

    • Naive.
    • V5062,.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Armide (excerpt from Act 2)

    Performer: Charles Workman (tenor) Performer: Valerie Gabail (soprano) Performer: Sandrine Rondot (soprano) Performer: Myriam Sosson (soprano) Performer: Chorus of Musiciens du Louvre Performer: Les Musiciens du Louvre Conductor: Marc Minkowski (conductor)

    • DG Archiv.
    • 459 616-2 ,.

Broadcasts

  • Fri 19 Jun 200912:00
    BBC Radio 3
  • Fri 19 Jun 200922:00
    BBC Radio 3
  • Fri 1 Apr 201112:00
    BBC Radio 3
  • Fri 1 Apr 201122:00
    BBC Radio 3

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