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"L'oiseau de feu" de Stravinsky

Strawinskys "Feuervogel“

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"L'Uccello di Fuoco" di Stravinsky

<p>Under the baton of Daniel Harding, the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra performs Igor Stravinsky's Firebird from Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport.</p>

Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

Daniel Harding conducts the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra in Igor Stravinsky's Firebird from Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport.

Music director of the WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cristian Măcelaru takes his musicians on a tour of his homeland, Romania. A tour stopping in Timişoara, his hometown. On the programme: The Piano Concerto No. 2 by Johannes Brahms with soloist Simon Trpčeski.

Concert from the European Capital of Culture 2023

Conductor Cristian Măcelaru and the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne perform Brahms and Klaus Lang in Romania.

Cristian Mācelaru in Timişoara

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Conducted by Adrien Perruchon and with Canadian contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France get us in the festive spirit.
 
 
Programme:

Gioachino Rossini - L'Italiana in Algeri: Overture and  "Cruda sorte” aria
Gioachino Rossini - La pietra del paragone : " Quel dirmi, oh Dio !”
Charles Gounod - Faust: Ballet
Georges Bizet - L'Arlésienne (Adagietto, Intermezzo and Farandole)
Max Reger - Maria Wiegenlied
Pietro Yon - Gesù bambino
Augusta Holmès – Trois anges sont venus ce soir
Traditionnal - Les anges dans nos campagnes
Adolphe Adam - Minuit chrétien

The French radio orchestra gives a festive concert with Canadian contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux, conducted by Adrien Perruchon.

Christmas Concert

Romeo and Juliet, as composed by Berlioz, is a singular work: A symphonie dramatique rather than an opera, a large-scale choral symphony indebted to Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. The work requires three solo parts performed by the French mezzo-soprano Virginie Verrez, the English tenor Andrew Staples and the Franco-Irish bass Edwin Crossley-Mercer. Their voices are joined by those of the Radio France Choir, and the instruments of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France conducted by Daniel Harding.

Berlioz' passionate work performed by the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France with choir and soloists.

Daniel Harding Conducts Berlioz' Romeo and Juliet

The orchestra performs works by Tchaikovsky and Georgy Sviridov, Mikko Franck conducts.

The Nutcracker and Swan Lake

Radio France Orchestra Christmas Concert

The 40th edition of the MUSICA international contemporary music festival in Strasbourg honoured the Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho. For the occasion, the group Tres Coyotes, made up of her lifelong friends, composer Magnus Lindberg and cellist Anssi Karttunen, came together for a concert of improvised music with the legend John Paul Jones, bassist of the group Led Zeppelin.

Festival Musica 2022

Tres Coyotes

Conductor Raphaël Pichon and director Cyril Teste team up to bring Beethoven’s Fidelio to the stage of the Opéra Comique.

Beethoven’s only opera conducted by Raphaël Pichon.

Beethoven's "Fidelio" at the Opéra Comique

Under the baton of Kirill Petrenko, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra's traditional New Year's Eve concert brings you an enchanting programme led by star tenor Jonas Kaufmann. A delightful medley of Verdi, Prokofiev, Nino Rota, Tchaikovsky and more.

With the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

 A delightful medley of Verdi, Prokofiev, Nino Rota, Tchaikovsky and more.

New Year's Eve Concert 2022

French conductor and contralto Nathalie Stutzmann, the pianist Alexandre Tharaud and the Orchestre de Paris bring the Paris Philharmonie to life with a treat of a programme.

Verdi, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky

Nathalie Stutzmann & Alexandre Tharaud

Jonas Kaufmann and Ludovic Tézier start the year off in style at the Festspielhaus in Baden-Baden to celebrate 25 years of the emblematic institution. The star tenor and baritone perform famous arias and duets from operas by Verdi, Puccini and Ponchielli accompanied by the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie.

Festspielhaus Baden-Baden

Two opera stars perform famous arias and duets from operas by Verdi, Puccini and Ponchielli, accompanied by the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie.

Jonas Kaufmann and Ludovic Tézier

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Seductive and dangerous, the figure of the femme fatale in art was completely reinvented in the 20th century.

The Femme Fatale in Art

France’s President Emmanuel Macron forced through an unpopular reform of the country’s pension system – and the French aren’t having it. We travel to Romania to find out about a possible law to ban gambling adverts, and look at how to protect Europeans from addictions.

France’s pension reform / Gambling / Photography

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ARTE Europe Weekly

Many governments and organisations are wary of their employers using the social media TikTok. Does the Chinese company really serve Xi Jinping’s regime?

TikTok: A Chinese Threat?

Mapping the World Essentials

Behind his polite exterior lies a formidable leader with a ruthless character, ready to do anything to make China the world's leading power by the People’s Republic’s centenary in 2049. This well-documented portrait of the Chinese president gives an unprecedented insight into his politics and shows how Xi Jinping's personal journey has shaped his choices as he steers China towards world domination.

A portrait of the Chinese president giving an unprecedented insight into his politics and showing how Xi Jinping's personal journey has shaped his choices as he steers China towards world domination.

The New World of Xi Jinping

Highly influential indie rockers from Boston, famous for such tracks as Debaser and Where is my mind perform in Paris as part of a European tour for their latest album Doggerel.

Legendary and highly influential indie rockers perform in Paris as part of their European tour.

Pixies - Live at the Paris Olympia

At first glance, it's an image of innocence. A motherly milkmaid pouring out the milk in a kitchen, preparing snacks from our childhoods. But there's actually far more to her than meets the eye.

The Milkmaid by Johannes Vermeer

A famous image that at first glance looks totally innocent, but is in actual fact full of innuendo

Look but Don't Touch

The decisive moment in 1618 that triggered the Thirty Years' War between Catholics and Protestants and changed the course of European history.

The decisive moment in 1618 that triggered the Thirty Years' War between Catholics and Protestants. 

The Defenestration of Prague

Tensions between Moldova and Russia are escalating over the breakaway region of Transnistria, an investigation on how prepared Europe is for another summer of wildfires, and a report from the Dissident Club in Paris.

Tensions in Moldova / WildFires in Europe

Tensions between Moldova and Russia are escalating with street protests and controversy over Russian secret documents.

Lyubov, which means love in Russian, is 80 years old and lives alone on the shores of Lake Baikal. She bears witness to this wonder of nature and possesses and unbreakable bond with the world’s deepest lake in Siberia. Her life here is hard, especially in winter, but she would not live anywhere else.

On the shores of Lake Baikal, an old woman lives alone in a beautiful place that is dear to her heart.

The Old Woman and the Lake

An exclusive investigation into the Russian paramilitary organisation Wagner, headed by oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin. 2,500 documents were leaked from Prigozhin’s servers by anti-Putin hackers, shedding light on this secretive group of mercenaries, a key element in the war in Ukraine.

Data Sources

An exclusive investigation into the Russian paramilitary organisation Wagner, headed by oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin. 

The Prigozhin Papers

A look at how we are getting better at managing and conserving water supplies in drier parts of our planet like southern Spain, Israel and the desert city of Las Vegas.

Water

 A look at how we are getting better at managing and conserving water supplies in drier parts of our planet like southern Spain, Israel and the desert city of Las Vegas.

Good News From Our Planet

Working her way out of poverty as a sex worker all while supporting her family in Romania. That’s Andrada’s goal. She speaks confidently and openly about her work in a red-light district in Germany’s Ruhr region.  
This programme by German channel ARD is part of The European Collection, a joint initiative of European public media (ARD, ARTE, France Télévisions, SRG SSR and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.

Portrait of a sex worker in the Ruhr region, Germany.  

Hard Life – I sell sex for money

In El Salvador, gangs have terrorised the country for decades. But when Nayib Bukele was elected president in 2019, becoming the youngest head of state in Latin America, he vowed to take back control from the gangs by installing a state of emergency.

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Northern Ireland: Windsor Agreement

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Ground Control

Eclectic American singer-songwriter Ben Harper performs from his latest album, 2022’s Bloodline Maintenance.

Ben Harper

“You can let yourself go and give up, or you can keep fighting.” That is Daniel’s motto. After many years spent incarcerated and homeless, he is now a magazine salesman and is managing to get by.

This programme by German channel ARD is part of The European Collection, a joint initiative of European public media (ARD, ARTE, France Télévisions, SRG SSR and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.

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Far from the metropolitan centre of Tel Aviv, Sderot show another side of Israel. One with high-levels of social deprivation and strong support for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government’s controversial judicial reforms.

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Mustafa is 28 years old and grew up in the Ratingen-West district in Düsseldorf, his “hood”. It’s an area with high unemployment rates and is home to people from many different nationalities, both a melting pot and socially deprived. Mustafa now runs a kiosk in the middle of the district, on Berliner Platz. Between high-rises, friendships and poverty, we discover his life.
This programme by German channel ARD is part of The European Collection, a joint initiative of European public media (ARD, ARTE, France Télévisions, SRG SSR and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.

Portrait of a kiosk owner in a socially deprived area of Düsseldorf, Germany.

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With all the religious wars, the 17th century was a tense time in Europe. And in art one theme caught everyone’s imagination: the Virgin Mary.

The Firebird - Igor StravinskyOrchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

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