Media
Videos
These four video extracts of the OAE’s performance of Zaïs at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on 27 April 2014 illustrate Lalonger and Williams’ chapter ‘Music, dance and narrative in Rameau’s Zaïs: bringing the immortal back to life’ in Dance Research.
Extract no. 2: Act I, sc. iii-iv - An example in context of Rameau's use of danse grotesque in an otherwise serious scene.
Extract no. 4: Act IV, sc. iv - Contredanse en rondeau [pour les Peuples et Génies élémentaires, Sylphes et Sylphides, Bergers et Bergères, Pâtres et Pastourelles, Plaisirs et Jeux]
Does anyone know what Dardanus is all about...!? 🙂
The Ouverture and Air, 'Cesse, cruel Amour', from the dress rehearsal of ETO's Dardanus, with Galina Averina as Iphise
The project video for Les fêtes d'Hébé, with Jonathan conducting at the Opéra de Bastille, Paris
Broadcasts
Music Matters, Radio 3 (broadcast date: 26 April 2014)
Jonathan in discussion with Tom Service about the UK première of Rameau’s Zaïs.
Listen on Sounds (from 32:35 onwards) here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b041vf8m
Who does John Hegley think he is?, Radio 4 (broadcast date: 8 & 12 July 2014)
Jonathan and Edith appeared on Radio 4 in early July to discuss Rameau with poet and performer John Hegley. John, who has long believed himself to be descended from Rameau, set out to discover the truth. We hear the fruits of this endeavour, what John thought of the OAE’s performance of Zaïs, and reflections through music and poetry of the inspiration John has found in his believed connection to his ancestor. You can hear this charming, witty and poignant journey here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b048l0gc
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