Musical interludes on Mezzo TV: a channel dedicated to bringing you the best performances from opera, classical, dance and jazz. Intermezzo is a chance to see some of the world's most renowned conductors and musicians performing beautiful pieces.

The Ninth Symhony Maurice Béjart, choreography After Schiller's "Ode to joy" Ludwig van Beethoven, music Maurice Béjart, staging Friedrich Nietzsche, Prologue Gil Roman, artistic director Israel Philharmonic orchestra Zubin Mehta, conductor Ritsuyukai choir Kufiami Kuriyama, chorus master Gil Roman, narratorr Kristin Lewis, soprano Mihoko Fujimura, mezzo-soprano Kei Fukui, tenor Alexander Vinogradov, bass JB Meier and Thierry Hochstätter, percussion Joëlle Roustan abd Roger Bernard, original costumes and sets Henri Davila, costumes adaptation Dominique Roman, Lighting realisation Piotr Nardelli, Ballet Master revival With The Béjart Ballet Lausanne The Tokyo Ballet and Solooists Dan Tsukamoto, Mizuka Ueno, Iori Nittono, Aya Takagi, Kathleen Thielheilm, Masayoshi Onuki, Elisabet Ros, Juien Favreau, Lisa Cano, Fabrice Gallarrague, Pauline Voisard, Felipe Rocha, Oscar Chacon, Keisuke Nasuno, Marsha Rodriguez, Cosima Munoz, Mari Ohashi, Kwinten Guilliams, Aldriana Vargas Lopez, Hector Navarro, Alanna Archibald Recorded on November 9 th 2014 at the NHK Hall Tokyo TV Director, Mari Hnamasu

Robert Schumann (1810 – 1856) Kreisleriana, Op. 16 Sergei Rachmaninov (1873 – 1943) Preludes, Op. 23 Directed by Nadia Zhdanova Geneva, Human Rights Chamber at Palais des Nations. United Nations, 22 December 2021

Erik Truffaz Quartet feat. Rokia Traoré Erik Truffaz, trumpet Rokia Traoré, song Benoît Corboz, claviers Marcello Giuliani, bass Arthur Hnatek, drum kit Is it still necessary to present him? A Slender figure, straight hair with a white beard, Erik Truffaz has marked the history of European jazz with at least two albums: The Dawn and Bending New Corners. Hip-hop, jungle rhythms and a timbre similar to that of Miles Davis: a cocktail that you just can't get enough of. The Swiss trumpet player, who has often taken an interest in non-western music, is making a comeback today – after a series of more pop style records with various singers including Sophie Hunger – this time with a new recording which is looking towards Africa: Doni Doni. Clearly in love with women's voices, he has invited Malian singer Rokia Traoré into the studio, who will of course be there for this stylistically very open-minded evening. Recorded on Sptember, 2016 at the Festival Jazz à la Villette TV Director, Giuseppe De Vecchi

Czech Philharmonic, Semyon Bychkov (Conductor) London Voices Luciano Berio (1925 – 2003) Sinfonia, for 8 voices and orchestra Antonín Dvořák (1841 – 1904) Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, Op. 70 Recorded at the Rudolfinum, Prague, 19 October 2018 TV director, Michael Beyer

Musical interludes on Mezzo TV: a channel dedicated to bringing you the best performances from opera, classical, dance and jazz. Intermezzo is a chance to see some of the world's most renowned conductors and musicians performing beautiful pieces.

Erik Truffaz Quartet feat. Rokia Traoré Erik Truffaz, trumpet Rokia Traoré, song Benoît Corboz, claviers Marcello Giuliani, bass Arthur Hnatek, drum kit Is it still necessary to present him? A Slender figure, straight hair with a white beard, Erik Truffaz has marked the history of European jazz with at least two albums: The Dawn and Bending New Corners. Hip-hop, jungle rhythms and a timbre similar to that of Miles Davis: a cocktail that you just can't get enough of. The Swiss trumpet player, who has often taken an interest in non-western music, is making a comeback today – after a series of more pop style records with various singers including Sophie Hunger – this time with a new recording which is looking towards Africa: Doni Doni. Clearly in love with women's voices, he has invited Malian singer Rokia Traoré into the studio, who will of course be there for this stylistically very open-minded evening. Recorded on Sptember, 2016 at the Festival Jazz à la Villette TV Director, Giuseppe De Vecchi

Rokia Traoré | Rubén Pellejero Rokia Traoré, chant Mamadyba Camara, Kora Mamah Diabaté, N'goni Every year, the Angoulême Festival proposes to a comic strip author to create the Jazz à Vienne poster, and the two festivals offer a creative comic concert that mixes music and comic strips. Both festivals offer a creative comic concert that will mix music and comic strips, bringing together a cartoonist and a musician, who express themselves live with their own "tools" to compose a hybrid work. This particular comic concert brings together the singer Rokia Traoré and the cartoonist Rubén Pellejero. Recorded on January 26, 2018 at the Festival d'Angoulème TV Director, Samuel Thiebaut

Roberto Fonseca (keyboard, piano, vocals) Yandy Martinez (bass, double bass) Ruly Herrera (drums) Nancy Jazz Pulsation Festival Nancy, 2021 Recorded under the marquee of Nancy Jazz Pulsations, October 12, 2021 Directed by Sylvain Pierrel

Musical interludes on Mezzo TV: a channel dedicated to bringing you the best performances from opera, classical, dance and jazz. Intermezzo is a chance to see some of the world's most renowned conductors and musicians performing beautiful pieces.

Orchestre de Paris, Klaus Mäkelä (Conductor) Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937) Le Tombeau de Couperin Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827) Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92 Live from the Philharmonie de Paris TV Director, Sébastien Glas

Orchestre de Paris, Klaus Mäkelä (conductor) Kaija Saariaho (born in 1952) Asteroid 4179: Toutatis Richard Strauss (1864 – 1949) Also sprach Zarathustra Jimmy López Bellido (born in 1978) New work (commissioned by the Orchestre de Paris, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, premiere) Pascal Dusapin (born in 1955) A Linea (commissioned by the Orchestre de Paris, premiere) Alexander Scriabin (1872 – 1915) Poème de l'Extase Paris, Philharmonie, September 8, 2022

Musical interludes on Mezzo TV: a channel dedicated to bringing you the best performances from opera, classical, dance and jazz. Intermezzo is a chance to see some of the world's most renowned conductors and musicians performing beautiful pieces.

Alice's adventures in Wonderland Christopher Wheeldon (choreography) Joby Talbot (music) Royal Ballet Royal Opera House Orchestra, Koen Kessels (conductor) Bob Crowley (set and costume design), Natasha Katz (lighting) Lauren Cuthbertson (Alice) Federico Bonelli (Jack | The Knave of Hearts) James Hay (Lewis Carroll | The White Rabbit) Laura Morera (Mother | The Queen of Hearts) Christopher Saunders (Father | The King of Hearts) Steven McRae (Magician | The Mad Hatter) Gary Avis (The Duchess) Fernando Montaño (Rajah | The Caterpillar) Paul Kay (Vicar | The March Hare) Romany Pajdak (Verger | The Dormouse) Kristen McNally (The Cook) London, Royal Opera House, 2017 TV Director, Jonathan Haswell

Renaud Capuçon (violin) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750) Solo Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor BWV 1001 Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major BWV 1006 Partita for Solo Violin No. 2 in D minor BWV 1004 Paris, Louis Vuitton Foundation, March 8, 2023

Orchestre de Paris, Klaus Mäkelä (Conductor) Khatia Buniatishvili (Piano) Manuel de Falla (1876 – 1946) The Three Cornered Hat, suite no. 2 Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893) Piano Concerto no.1 in B flat minor Op. 23 Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918) Images Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937) Boléro Paris, Philharmonie, 23 March 2022

Orchestre de Paris, Klaus Mäkelä (Conductor) Chœur de l'Orchestre de Paris, Ingrid Roos (Chorus director) Mari Eriksmoen (Soprano), Wiebke Lehmkuhl (Alto) Betsy Jolas (b. 1926) Latest Gustav Mahler (1860 – 1911) Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, "Resurrection" Paris, Philharmonie, 30 November 2022

Musical interludes on Mezzo TV: a channel dedicated to bringing you the best performances from opera, classical, dance and jazz. Intermezzo is a chance to see some of the world's most renowned conductors and musicians performing beautiful pieces.

Les Boréades "Tragédie en musique" in five acts by Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683 – 1764) Libretto by Louis de Cahusac First performance at Aix-en-Provence, Théâtre de l'Archevêché, 21 July 1982 Le Concert d'Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm (Conductor) Barrie Kosky (Stage Direction) Katrin Lea Tag (Sets, costumes), Franck Évin (Lighting), Otto Pichler (Choreography) Hélène Guilmette (Alphise) Emmanuelle De Negri (Sémire, Polymnie, Cupidon, Nymphe) Mathias Vidal (Abaris) Christopher Purves (Borée) Yoann Dubruque (Borilée) Edwin Crossley-Mercer (Adamas, Apollon) Sébastien Droy (Calisis) Dancers Yacnoy Abreu Alfonso, Julie Dariosecq, Benjamin Dur, Anaëlle Echalier, Lazare Huet, Anna Konopska Recorded at the Opéra de Dijon, March 26 & 28, 2019 Directed by Julien Condemine