BBC Proms 2018, Proms at Cadogan Hall 02 - Jean Rondeau (320kbps .mp3)

BBC Proms 2018, Proms at Cadogan Hall 02 - Jean Rondeau (320kbps .mp3)

Live at BBC Proms: harpsichordist Jean Rondeau plays works of the French Baroque by Rameau, Couperin and Royer, as well as the world premiere of a BBC commission by Eve Risser

Young French harpsichordist Jean Rondeau is a passionate and quirky champion of his instrument, with a maverick energy that brings a contemporary freshness to his period performances.

Here, in an all-French programme, he pairs music by giants of the French Baroque - François Couperin, Jean-Philippe Rameau and Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer - with a world premiere by genre-crossing French composer Eve Risser, whose music draws on jazz and and improvisation to create its edgy sound-world.

01. Jean-Philippe Rameau - Pièces de clavecin, Book 1: Prelude in A minor; Book 3: Allemande; Courante; Sarabande; Gavotte avec les Doubles de la Gavotte
01i. General introduction to BBC Proms 2018, Proms at Cadogan Hall 02
01ii. Discussion with Jean Rondeau
02. François Couperin - Pièces de clavecin, Book 1: Sarabande 'La lugubre'; Chaconne 'La Favorite'
03. Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer - Pièces de clavecin, Book 1: La sensible; La marche des Scythes
04. Eve Risser - Furakèla
BBC commission: world premiere

Presented by Petroc Trelawny at Cadogan Hall, London
Jean Rondeau (harpsichord)
Broadcast: 22 July 2018 BBC Radio 3