Steve Coleman & The Council of Balance Steve Coleman – alto saxophone Jonathan Finlayson – trumpet Jen Shyu – lyric Rane Moore – clarinet , bass clarinet Maria Grand – tenor saxophone Mike Lormand – trombone Kristin Lee – violin David Bryant – piano Miles Okazaki – guitar Anthony Tidd – bass guitar Greg Chudzik – bass guitar Sean Rickman – drums Alex Lipowski – drums Barry J. Crawford – flute Jeffrey Missal – trompet Elizabeth Weisser – viola Jay Campbell – Cello Recorded at La Villette Jazz Festival on September 5th 2015 TV Director, Samuel Thiebaut

Yaron Herman Solo Yaron Herman (piano) Recorded on Sptember 7, 2019 at the Pierre Boulez Hall – Philharmonie, Jazz à la Villette TV Director, Samuel Thibaut

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.

Czech Philharmonic, Simon Rattle (Conductor) Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano), Simon O'Neill (tenor) Antonín Dvořák (1841 – 1904) The Golden Spinning Wheel, symphonic poem, Op. 109 Gustav Mahler Das Lied von der Erde Recorded at the Rudolfinum, Prague, 27 February 2019 TV director, Michael Beyer

Czech Philharmonic, John Eliot Gardiner (Conductor), Ondřej Vrabec (Conductor) Igor Ardašev (piano) Jan Václav Hugo Voříšek (1791 – 1825) Symphony in D major, Op. 23 Leoš Janáček (1854 – 1928) Capriccio for Piano Left-Hand and Chamber Ensemble Bohuslav Martinů (1890 – 1959) Sinfonietta La Jolla, H.328 Recorded 29 November 2020, Prague, Rudolfinum Directed by 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.

Toulouse-Lautrec Kader Belarbi | Choreography, stage direction, libretto Bruno Coulais | Music Danièle Devynck | Artistic Advisor Sylvie Olivé | Sets Olivier Bériot | Costumes Nicolas Olivier, Vincent Cussey | Lighting Sergio Tomassi | Accordion Raul Rodriguez Bey | Piano Ballet du Capitole Toulouse, Théâtre du Capitole, 23 October 2021

Sadeh 21 Choreography, Ohad Naharin Lights and scenography, Avi Yona Bueno (Bambi) Music, Maxim Waratt Costume, Ariel Cohen Video surtitling, Raz Friedman With Batsheva – The young Ensemble Ohad Naharin The Young Ensemble is a nursery for young performers coming from the four corners of the globe, some of whom will go on to swell the ranks of the Batsheva Danse Company. But as far as Ohad Naharin is concerned, it is also and above all a class of excellence : the proof through Sadeh21, one of the major pieces of the Batsheva 's repertoire. Created by Ohad Naharin in collaboration with his dancers, Sadeh21 shows movement in its simple nakedness. Dance, with slowing down effects and sudden accelerations takes on the look of a quasi cinematographic odyssey : "a journey by body".Sadeh21in the end turns out to be one of the most endearing pieces amongst those by Maestro Naharin. Speaking of experience "Radiating and radioactive, dangerous and exciting", the artistic director of the Batsheva gets it right. Everything in Sadeh21 is exceptional. To the point that this choreography, acclaimed from its beginnings, plunges the spectator into a unique emotional state. An effect of pleasure and addiction are guaranteed. Recorded on October 21, 2018 at Chaillot – Théâtre national de la Danse TV Director, Tommy Pascal

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.

Gogo Penguin Chris Illingworth (piano) Nick Blacka (bass) Rob Turner (drum kit) Décidément, les Britanniques excellent lorsqu'il s'agit d'ouvrir le jazz au public pop ou électro. GoGo Penguin, dans un style cette fois-ci purement acoustique, prend la relève. Ces trois jeunes de Manchester, qui revendiquent ouvertement l'influence du pianiste Esbjörn Svensson, viennent de signer sur le prestigieux label Blue Note et défraient la chronique du côté des amateurs de jazz. La musique du trio est effectivement plus proche de la pop instrumentale que du bop ! Ritournelles mélodiques entêtantes, rythmiques jungle, harmonie stagnante pour un effet ambiant, morceaux en forme de crescendos... Voici la recette du succès ! Recorded on September 7, 2016 at the Philharmonie de Paris, Jazz à la Villette TV Director, Samuel Thiebaut

Steve Coleman & The Council of Balance Steve Coleman – alto saxophone Jonathan Finlayson – trumpet Jen Shyu – lyric Rane Moore – clarinet , bass clarinet Maria Grand – tenor saxophone Mike Lormand – trombone Kristin Lee – violin David Bryant – piano Miles Okazaki – guitar Anthony Tidd – bass guitar Greg Chudzik – bass guitar Sean Rickman – drums Alex Lipowski – drums Barry J. Crawford – flute Jeffrey Missal – trompet Elizabeth Weisser – viola Jay Campbell – Cello Recorded at La Villette Jazz Festival on September 5th 2015 TV Director, Samuel Thiebaut

Yaron Herman Solo Yaron Herman (piano) Recorded on Sptember 7, 2019 at the Pierre Boulez Hall – Philharmonie, Jazz à la Villette TV Director, Samuel Thibaut

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Madama Butterfly "Tragedia giapponese" by Giacomo Puccini (1858 – 1924) Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica after David Belasco's play "Madame Butterfly" First performance in Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 17 February 1904 Orchestre et Chœurs de l'Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, Speranza Scappucci (Conductor) Pierre Iodice (Chorus master) Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera (Stage Director) Jean-Guy Lecat (sets) Fernand Ruiz (costumes), Franco Marri (lighting) Svetlana Aksenova (Cio-Cio-San) Alexey Dolgov (Pinkerton) Mario Cassi (Sharpless) Sabina Willeit (Suzuki) Saverio Fiore (Goro) Alexise Yerna (Kate Pinkerton) Luca Dall'Amico (Lo Zio Bonzo) Patrick Delcour (Il Commissario/ Yamadori) Recorded at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, 28 September 2019 Tv director, David Mathy

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Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi (Conductor) Ana Maria Labin (soprano) Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) L'Olimpiade, RV 725 | Overture: Allegro In furore giustissimae irae, RV 626 L'Olimpiade, RV 725| Siam Navi All'onde Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Concerto No. 1 for harpsichord, strings and basso continuo in D minor, BWV 1052 | allegro Antonio Vivaldi L'Olimpiade, RV 725 | Il fidarsi della speme Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) /Jonas Forssell (1957) Concerto in E minor TWV 52:e1 Antonio Vivaldi Griselda, RV 718 | Agitata da due venti Juditha triumphans devicta Holofernis Barbary, RV 644 | Armate face and Anguibus Gstaad, Saanen Church, 05/02/2022 TV director, Christophe Boula

Juan Diego Flórez (tenor), Vincenzo Scalera (piano) Franz Schubert (1797-1828), An die Musik, D. 547 Franz Schubert, Chant du cygne (Le), D. 957 Richard Strauss (1864-1949), Dévotion, op. 10 n°1 Richard Strauss, Cäcilie, op. 27 n°2 Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835), Largo e tema en fa mineur Vincenzo Bellini, Six ariettes de chambre dédiées à Marianna Pollini Vincenzo Bellini, La Ricordanza Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868), La Pietra del Paragone Gioachino Rossini, Semiramide Gioachino Rossini, Péchés de vieillesse Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848), Dom Sébastien, roi de Portugal Salvatore Cardillo (1874-1947), Core 'ngrato Elpidio Ramírez (1882-1960) /Pedro Galindo, Malagueña salerosa Gaetano Donizetti, La Fille du Régiment Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), Turandot Gstaad, Eglise de Saanen (Sommes Musicaux de Gstaad), 4 February 2022 TV director, Christophe Boula

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.

Czech Philharmonic, Semyon Bychkov (conductor) Lisa Batiashvili (violin) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827) Violin Concerto D major, Op. 61 Richard Strauss (1864 – 1949) An Alpine Symphony, Op. 64 Prague, Rudolfinum, 20 September 2022

Czech Philhamonic, Semyon Bychkov (conductor) Daniil Trifonov(piano), Selina Ott (trumpet) Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 – 1975) Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 35 for piano, trumpet, and strings Antonín Dvořák (1841 – 1904) Symphony no. 8 in G major Op. 88 Prague, Rudolfinum, 24 September 2020 TV director, Feudel Ute

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