Jean-Philippe Rameau and the Dance
Sophie Yates explores Rameau's dance music in his theatrical works as well as looking at an engraving with remarkable origins and a link to the opera Castor and Pollux.
In the second of our three programmes marking the 250th anniversary of the death of Jean Philippe Rameau, Sophie Yates visits the Royal Academy of Music in London to explore Rameau's mastery of dance music in his works for the theatre. She's joined by the art historian Clare Hornsby, the dancer and choreographer Christopher Tudor and the composer and harpsichordist David Gordon, to examine an engraving which boasts a fascinating genesis and which has an intriguing link to Rameau's opera Castor and Pollux.
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Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau
Gavottes en Rondeau from 'Les Fetes d'Hebe'
Conductor: Frans Br眉ggen. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century.- GLOSSA : GCD 921103.
- Track 24.
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Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau
Tambourin from 'Les Fetes d'Hebe'
Conductor: Frans Br眉ggen. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century.- GLOSSA : GCD 921103.
- Track 25.
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Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau
Menuets from 'Les Boreades'
Conductor: Frans Br眉ggen. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century.- PHILIPS : 420 240-2.
- Track 13.
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Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau
Tambourins from Dardanus
Conductor: Frans Br眉ggen. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century.- PHILIPS : 420 240-2.
- Track 19.
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Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau
Contredanse - from 'Pygmalion'
Ensemble: La Petite Bande. Director: Gustav Leonhardt.- DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI : GD 77143.
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Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau
Tambourin from Suite in E minor (Pieces de clavecin, 1724, rev.1731)
Performer: Sophie Yates.- CHANDOS : CHAN 0659.
- Track 19.
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- Sun 17 Aug 2014 14:00麻豆约拍 Radio 3
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