Classical Daytime this New Years Day features pianist Lang Lang, mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, bass Bryn Terfel and the French National Orchestra, conductor Daniele Gatti in concert under the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The Coffee Concert at 11 am was recorded on Bastille Day last July and includes music by Verdi, Puccini, Leonard Bernstein, Berlioz and much more.
Coffee Concert:
France: Champ de Mars, Eiffel Tower, Paris
Berlioz: Hungarian March from The Damnation of Faust
Orff: Tempus est Iocundum & Finale from Carmina Burana
Harold Arlen: Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Fritz Kreisler: Le Tambourin Chinois
Puccini: Nessun Dorma from Turandot
Bernstein: Candide Overture
Verdi: Va Pensiero from Nabucco
Gershwin: Excerpts from Rhapsody in Blue
Mozart: La Ci Darem la Mano from Don Giovanni
Puccini: Te Deum from Tosca
Rachmaninov: Vocalise
Massenet: Meditation from Thais
Khatchaturian: Sabre Dance from Gayaneh
Puccini: Un Bel Di, Vedremo from Madame Butterfly
Offenbach: Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann
Verdi: Gloria all’Egitto from Aida
Bernstein: Mambo from West Side Story
Lang Lang (piano)
Ray Chen (violin)
Gautier Capuçon (cello)
Julie Fuchs (soprano)
Joyce Di Donato (mezzo-soprano)
Carmel Remigio (soprano)
Bryn Terfel (bass)
Fabio Sartori (tenor)
La Maîtrise de Radio France
Radio France Chorus
Orchestre National de France
Daniele Gatti (conductor)
RTÉ lyric fm, Friday 1st January, 10am-1pm