A Musical Journey: France (2012)
0h 56min
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- Synopsis:
A tour of the French regions of Brittany and Normandy to the accompaniment of music by Saint-Saëns and Franck.
The Places
Brittany and Normandy, in Northern France, have a character all their own, preserving, as they do, ancient Celtic traditions in a countryside bounded on one side by a rocky coast-line. The great Abbey of Mont St-Michel remains a centre of pilgrimage and secular interest, and in Normandy we catch glimpses of the Bayeux Tapes try, with its nearcontemporary record of William of Normandy’s successful expedition in 1066 to conquer England.
1. Seascape - Etretat - Mont St-Michel - Endos paroissial and Calvary of Pleyben - ACreac’h Lighthouse - lie d’Ouessant (Ushant) - Alignments of Carnac
2. He de Fedrun - La Grande Briere - Les Marais Salants (Salt Marshes) Le Croisic - Lanester - Abbey of Jumieges
3. Storm - Ushant and La Baule - Bayeux Tapestry - Rotheneuf Rock Carvings
4. Mont St-Michel
5. Ushant and lie aux Moines - Endos paroissial and Calvary at Plougonven - Tregastel Harbour - St.-Quay-Portrieux - Pointe de St. Mathieu - By Boat from Brest to Ushants
6. Iles de Chausey - Quiberon Peninsula - Mont St-Michel
The Music
The music chosen for this tour of Northern France is the Organ Symphony of Camille Saint-Saens, a work written in memory of Franz Liszt that takes its name from the use of the organ in its grandiose final movement. The other music to be heard is an orchestral version of the Belgian-born composer Cesar Franck’s Prelude and Chorale, written two years earlier, in 1884, and the Romance in C major, Op. 48, of Saint-Saens.- Aka:
- A Musical Journey: France: A Musical Tour of Brittany and Normandy
- Studio:
- Naxos
- Genres:
- Children & Family, Documentary, Music & Musicals, Performing Arts, Special Interest