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A journey to Chaminade's Callirhoë Suite

Sara Mohr-Pietsch is our guide on a musical journey towards the ballet suite Callirhoë by the French composer Cécile Chaminade.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch is our guide on a musical journey towards the ballet suite Callirhoë by the French composer Cécile Chaminade. Though she was celebrated internationally n her time - one of her pieces was chosen o be played at Queen Victoria's funeral - her music has been neglected since. Pointing the way, we hear French dance music from the court at Versailles to the Folies Bergère; pieces by Chaminade's contemporaries Erik Satie and Claude Debussy; and Venus-inspired music from Gustav Holst and Miles Davis.

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1 hour, 29 minutes

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Sun 31 May 2026 13:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    The Sleeping Beauty (Act 3: Waltz)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
    • EMI.

  • André Cardinal Destouches

    Callirhoe, Act III Scene 4 - First and Second Airs

    Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel. Director: Hervé Niquet.
    • Glossa.

  • Claude Debussy

    Petite Suite

    Performer: Paul Lewis. Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Hyperion.

  • Armando Orefiche

    La Conga Blicoti

    Singer: Joséphine Baker. Ensemble: Lecuona Cuban Boys.
    • Madison Gate Records.

  • Erik Satie

    3 Gymnopédies: No. 1, Lent et douloureux (Orch. Ducros)

    Performer: Jérôme Ducros. Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris. Conductor: Adrien Perruchon.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Charles Gounod

    Faust - Act 3: Jewel Aria

    Singer: Renée Fleming. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Mel Bonis

    Salomé

    Orchestra: Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse. Conductor: Michel Plasson.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Cinderella, Op. 87, Act I: Veil Dance

    Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. Conductor: Michail Jurowski.
    • CPO.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    The Scarf Dance

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.

  • Howard Blake

    Walking in the Air (frrom Lifecycle Op. 310)

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Decca.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Hush, ye pretty warbling choir (Acis and Galatea)

    Singer: Sophie Daneman. Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Director: William Christie.
    • ERATO.

  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets (Venus, the Bringer of Peace)

    Performer: Dominic Martens. Orchestra: National Youth Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Requiem, Op. 48 - Agnus Dei

    Choir: Accentus. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Laurence Equilbey.
    • Naive.

  • Miles Davis

    Venus de Milo

    Performer: Miles Davis. Performer: John Lewis. Performer: Sanford J. Siegelstein. Performer: Gerry Mulligan. Performer: J.J. Johnson. Performer: John Barber. Performer: Kenny Clarke. Singer: Nelson Boyd.
    • Capitol Records.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Callirhoé, suite de ballet

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de Metz. Conductor: David Reiland.
    • Bru Zane.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 1 Jun 2025 13:30
    BBC Radio 3
  • Sun 31 May 2026 13:30
    BBC Radio 3