Kazuki Yamada conducts great musical love stories by Maurice Ravel and Lili Boulanger. Prepare to be seduced…
Kazuki Yamada
Fleur Barron, mezzo-soprano (Hélène)
Paul Appleby, tenor (Faust)
Germán Olvera, baritone (Mephistopheles)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
BBC Symphony Chorus
Lili Boulanger Faust et Hélène
Maurice Ravel Daphnis et Chloé
“I think and feel in sounds” said Ravel, and his ballet Daphnis and Chloé conjures a paradise of gods and nymphs: a love story for all time, set in a world where every dewdrop (and every kiss) springs to vivid, glistening musical life. Lili Boulanger, meanwhile, died tragically young, but she wrote music of such irrepressible dramatic power that it leaves you reeling.
Boulanger’s Faust et Hélène is a drama of seduction and damnation, but in a great performance it evokes the tensions of a turbulent age, just as Ravel’s sumptuous ballet gains an extra dimension when (like today) it’s played complete, with the magical voices of the BBC Symphony Chorus. Guest conductor Kazuki Yamada has caused a sensation wherever he performs: the perfect guide for a musical adventure beyond the imagination.
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, City of London, EC2Y 8DS England, United Kingdom
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