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Yaron Herman trio Yaron Herman, Piano, KIeyboard Bastien Burger, Bass, Vocal, Keyboard Ziv Ravitz, drums, electronics Everyday, his duo with Ziv Ravitz in 2015 and first album for Blue Note, the first disc with songs, felt like a comeback for Yaron Herman. The French-Israeli's latest album, 'Y', is a real melting pot of all his influences. His inspirations are explored with pure elegance be they jazz, post-rock or electro by Sufjan Stevens, Steve Reich or Keith Jarrett. Better still, instead of covering mainstream songs like he used to (from Britney Spears to Radiohead), he's made his own songs with or without vocals, words or choruses. Perhaps we have the Arles Photography Festival (2015) to thank for that along with his encounter with Matthieu Chedid (singer on Saisons Contradictoires), friendship with the bassist from The Dø Bastien Burger (co-producer on the album) and his discovery of the young French electro-pop producer Dream Koala (guest on Solaire). Yaron Herman is definitely back. Recorded on 2017, July 4th at the Jazz Festival in Vienne TV Director, Fabien Raymond

Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah Christian Scott, trumpet, Reverse Flugel, Sirenette Lawrence Fields, piano and keyboard Max Moran (b) Mike Mitchell, percussion Elena Pinderhughes, flute Weedie Braimah, drums 27 year old Christian Scott embodies the new generation of New Orleans trumpeters, a seminal dynasty that started with the legendary King Oliver and Louis Armstrong and continued with Wynton Marsalis, Terence Blanchard and Nicholas Payton. The trumpeter trained at Berklee College of Music in Boston and his warm tone and unusual round notes are instantly recognisable. After working with McCoy Tyner, Prince, Marcus Miller, Eddie Palmieri, Mos Def, Thom Yorke and Solange Knowles, the musician from Crescent City is now the pin-up boy for jazz fusion. His grandfather is the iconic Big Chief Donald Harrison Sr. who managed four tribes of Black Indians (Christian actually started out in one in 1989). The Louisiana trumpeter's sound straddles hip hop, soul and jazz and he appeared a decade ago with the album Rewind That (2006). He was hit by the full force of Hurricane Katrina and devoted his next record (Anthem, 2007) to portraying the human and cultural disaster. After Live at Newport, he recorded Yesterday You Said Tomorrow in 2010 inspired by the 60s groovy jazz played by artists on the Blue Note record label. Christian Scott is one of a long line of Louisiana artists who have been reinventing jazz music for over a century. Recorded on 2017, June 30th at the Vienne Jazz Festival TV Director, Fabien Raymond

Donny McCaslin Donny McCaslin, saphoxone according to the album 'Beyond Now' Donny McCaslin is a tenor sax player. Influenced by his father, pianist and vibraphonist, he starts playing saxophone at the age of 12. After stopping by Berklee College of Music of Boston, he joins a quintet of a teacher from his school, Gary Burton, with whom he will tour for a few years. He moves to New York in 1991 and joins the band Steps Ahead. He will play with several more important music ensembles such as the Ken Schaphorst's big band or the Maria Schneider Ahead. In 2005, he joins trumpeter Dave Douglas'quintet. In 2010, he explores for the first time electric, funk, R&B and soul music. Moreover, David Bowie chose Mc Caslin's band to support his very last album Blackstar. In the past years, he was three times nominated for Grammys Awards. Recorded on, 2017, June 30th at Gesù, Montreal Jazz Festival TV Director, Mathieu Mastin

The Afternoon of a Faun choreography by Thierry Malandain A ballet for one dancer Music by Claude Debussy Arnaud Mahouy, The Faun Premiered by the Ballets Russes on 29 May 1912 and choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky on music by Claude Debussy, with sets and costumes by Léon Bakst, the ballet is adapted from a poem by Stéphane Mallarmé. A faun is lying on a rocky mound as a group of nymphs appears. He watches them and comes closer. Frightened, they all flee, except for one. As he tries to catch her, she escapes and drops a veil on the ground. The faun seizes the veil, takes it back to his mound and lies down on it, as in an act of love. 'In this argument, I am mostly interested in the faun's desire and in the expression of sensuality through dream and fantasy. There are no references to Ancient Greece or to wooded landscapes, and Léon Bakst's mound on which the faun is perched is now a box of Kleenex. The novelty of the original choreography and the 'beastly' erotic gestures by Nijinsky caused a furore when the piece was premiered. In this performance, carnal pleasure is as central as in the original, and my faun is steeped in a world of fantasy and sensuality. The main difference is that he is not a mythical creature, half-man, half-beast, but a lonely young man, overwhelmed with desire and the memory of love.' T. Malandain. TV Director, Sonia Paramo - (2013 - 11 mns) Recorded at the Eugenia Theater of San Sebastien (Spain)

Roméo et Juliette choreography by Thierry Malandain Music by Hector Berlioz Recorded music Symphonie dramatique, Op.17 - Hector Berlioz Libretto: Emile Deschamps after the tragedy by Shakespeare Catherine Robbin, mezzo-soprano Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, tenor Gilles Cachemaille, bass-baritone Monteverdi Choir Orchestre révolutionnaire et romantique John Eliot Gardiner, direction Published by Philips classics, cop. 1998 With Avec Daniel Vizcayo , Miyuki Kanei, Aurélien Alberge, Ione Miren Aguirre, Raphaël Canet, Olivier Coëffard, Ellyce Daniele, Frederik Deberdt, Cédric Godefroid, Aureline Guillot, Mathilde Labé, Fabio Lopes, Nuria Lopez Cortes, Silvia Magalhaes, Arnaud Mahouy, Nathalie Verspecht, With 'Roméo et Juliette', Malandain builds on the music by Berlioz and fashions a modern tragedy with sharp insights. He artfully takes the story away form its historical context and its Shakespearean background. Romeo and Juliet are no longer romantic protagonists, they have become the emblem of a society which, throughout history, has been steeped in conflict. The quest for power rests on ambition, passion and desire. The choreographer does away with any reference to time, makes no use of the theatre's wings and devises all entrances and exits through the back of the stage, in an optical illusion designed to make the dancers look as if they are moving in and out of large chests, the only props on stage. These chests in turn become coffins, nuptial beds, pieces of luggage, architectural elements and mirrors, giving us an insight into the soul beyond the image. There are no dancers, no characters on stage, only people. People fighting or trying to bond. They all struggle for life, defending their own modicum of elegance and dignity. TV Director, Sonia Paramo (2013 - 80 mns) Filmed at the Eugenia Theatre in San Sebastian

Beauty and the Beast Choreography by Thierry Malandain Music by Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovski (Symphony N° 6 ' Pathetic ', Op. 74) Additional music, The polonaise and the Waltz of the opera, Eugène Onéguine by P.I. Tchaïkovski Light creation, Jean-Claude Asquié Set and costume, Jorge Gallardo Ballet masters, Richard Coudray, Françoise Dubuc Conductor, Ainars Rubikis Orchestre Symphonique d'Euskadi With The Malandain Ballet Biarritz Beauty, Claire Lonchampt The Beast, Mickaël Conte The Artist, Arnaud Mahouy The Soul, Miyuki Kanei The Body, Daniel Vizcayo The father, Frederik Deberdt The sisters, Ellyce Daniele, Ione Miren Aguirre The brothers, Raphaël Canet, Baptiste Fisson Les allégories - Allegories The love, Patricia Velázquez The rose, Miyuki Kanei The mirror, Hugo Layer The glove, Irma Hoffren The horse, Baptiste Fisson The Key, Michaël Garcia Sets Ione Miren Aguirre, Raphaël Canet, Ellyce Daniele, Romain di Fazio, Baptiste Fisson, Clara Forgues, Michaël Garcia, Lucia You González, Irma Hoffren, Mathilde Labé, Hugo Layer, Guillaume Lillo, Nuria López Cortés, Ismael Turel Yagüe, Patricia Velázquez, Laurine Viel, Daniel Vizcayo Recorded on February 2,3 & 4 2016 at the Donostia Kursaal in San Sébastien, Spain TV Director, Patrick Lauze

Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, by Georg Friedrich Haendel Oratorio en two parts, libretto by cardinal Benedetto Pamphili Le Concert d'Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm (Conductor) Krzysztof Warlikowski (Stage Direction) Malgorzata Szczesniak (Sets & Costumes), Christian Longchamp (Dramaturgy), Felice Ross (Lighting), Claude Bardouil (Choreography), Denis Guéguin (Video) Sabine Devieilhe (Bellezza) Franco Fagioli (Piacere) Sara Mingardo (Disinganno) Michael Spyres (Tempo) Live from the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence TV direction by Stéphane Metge

Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Chœur de Radio France, Myung Whun Chung (direction) Sergei Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet, suites for orchestra Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Ave verum corpus Maurice Ravel Daphnis et Chloé, suite no. 2 Recorded on November 14th 2014 at the Auditorium de Radio France, Paris TV Director, Franck Chaudemanche

Concerto Köln Markus Hoffmann (violin) Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for Strings and Basso Continuo in C minor RV 120 Pietro Antonio Locatelli Concerto grosso in G minor Op. 1 No. 12 Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco Concerto a più Istrumenti in D major Op. 5 No. 6 Johann Sebastian Bach Concerto for Harpsichord, No. 4 in A major BWV 1055 Giovanni Battista Sammartini Sinfonia in A major Antonio Vivaldi Violin Concerto in E minor RV 277 'Il favorito' Johann Sebastian Bach Sinfonia in C major from Cantata Der Herr denket an uns (The Lord careth for us) BWV 196 Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major BWV 1049 Recorded at the Teatru Manoel, Malta, on January 14, 2018 Directed by Julien Condemine

Concerto Köln Shunske Sato (violin) Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for Strings and Continuo in G minor RV 156 Evaristo Felice dall'Abaco Concerto in D minor Op. 2 No. 1 from Concerti a quattro da chiesa Antonio Vivaldi Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 8, RV 269, 'Spring' (La primavera) Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, 'Summer' (L'estate) Charles Avison Concerto Grosso No. 6 in D Major, from 12 Concerti Grossi in seven parts after the Lessons for Harpsichord by Domenico Scarlatti Antonio Vivaldi Sinfonia al Santo Sepolcro in B minor RV 169 Concerto No. 3 in F major, Op. 8, RV 293, 'Autumn' (L'autunno) Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297, 'Winter' (L'inverno) Recorded at the Teatru Manoel, Malta, on January 13, 2018 Directed by Julien Condemine

Orchestre de Paris, Christoph von Dohnányi (Conductor) Martin Helmchen (piano) Felix Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night's Dream, Overture op. 21 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 3 Franz Schubert Symphony no. 9 'The Great' Recorded at the Salle Pleyel on January 15th, 2014 Directed by Andreas Morell

Orchestre National de Lyon, Fabien Gabel (Conductor) Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) Hector Berlioz Le Corsaire, overture op. 21 Camille Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto no. 5 in F major, op. 103 'The Egyptian' César Franck Symphony in D minor Directed by Vincent Massip Recorded at the Auditorium Maurice Ravel, Lyons, on 3 April 2014

LAURENT DE WILDE AND OTISTO 23 'FLY !' INVITE GUILLAUME PERRET LIVE AT LA DYNAMO With Nico Ticot (video) Xlrproject Part Two of Laurent de Wilde and Otisto 23's musical experiments. This time, they have transcended themselves. Let us go back to the basic concept: a piano and a computer - Laurent generates sounds on his instrument, with the keyboard of course, but also the strings, felt, wood, metal, anything that can be plucked, scraped and rubbed, producing an infinitely varied sound matter that Otisto processes in real time through his computer, bouncing it back to Laurent, who then responds with new sounds... and this is how the music develops. After the experience of their first album 'PC Pieces', de Wilde et Otisto are meeting again on stage and in the studio. More intuitive, their music now involves more piano and electronics, as in 'Lost' with its long cadence on the piano, meandering through the filters of the machine, and 'B Flat Seven' where a single B Flat generates an extensive technoid epic in seven tableaux. From this encounter, a deeply organic music is born, a dialogue, a conversation which at times solidifies into an incandescent ball of sound or slims down to the most delicate hieroglyphs. An anecdote involves a herd of cows, grazing in the vicinity of the studio where the album was being recorded, to the accompaniment of a colony of flies, who soon invaded the room where the two musicians were working. There ensued a track entitled 'Eau de Mouche n°5', and the realisation that the insects' constant buzzing was influencing their entire repertoire. FLY ! invites us to defy gravity, carried aloft by an intimate and precious musical conversation.

Con Brio Ziek McCarter, vocal Brendan Liu, trumpet Marcus Stephens, saxopone Benjamin Andrews, guitar Patrick Glynn, keyboard Jonathan Kirchner, bass Andrew Laubacher, percussion Seven musicians formed Con Brio in 2003 with the same passion for the Bay Area's signature funk and psychedelic soul. San Francisco is where Sly and The Family Stone, Tower Of Power, The Headhunters and Darondo flourished. Con Brio produced their first EP, Kiss The Sun, in 2015 and are already famous on the West Coast for their electric concerts and Ziek McCarter's velvety vocals. After touring the US and Europe alongside veterans Galactic and Fishbone, the Californians headed to the studio to put their buzzing live energy on record in 2016. The result is called Paradise, an album in which 'We tried to create a narrative arc in the same way as we link tracks when we play live,' says McCarter. Con Brio has set the stages at the top US festivals Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza and Summerfest on fire. A good omen. Recorded on 2017, July 13th at the Jazz Festival in Vienne TV Director, Nicolas Micha

QUINCY JONES - NEW GENERATION at Jazz à Vienne Quincy Jones feat. Alfredo Rodriguez, Nikki Yanofsky, Andreas Varady, Justin Kauflin Quincy Jones is a monument of popular music. Over the past five decades, the trumpeter (who was already studying with Clark Terry at the age of 13) became a world-famous arranger, composer and producer. This summer he is presenting his new discoveries: 'New Generation by Quincy Jones'. They include young Cuban pianist Alfredo Rodriguez who was introduced to him at Montreux in 2006. His second album, 'The Invasion Parade', was co-produced by Quincy. Twenty-year-old Canadian singer Nikki Yanofsky presents 'Little Secret', her second opus produced by Quincy. She also worked with Herbie Hancock whose 'Watermelon Man' was clearly an inspiration for her single 'Something New'. Slovak (and Gipsy) guitarist Andreas Varady is right on the heels of his idol George Benson. Also self-taught, he was noticed by Quincy at Montreux in 2012. His second album, co-produced by David Foster and Quincy is being released this year. Lastly, blind piano virtuoso Justin Kauflin comes to Vienna to present his album 'Introducing Justin Kauflin'. Recorded in Théâtre Antique de Vienne on 3 July 2014

JAN GARBAREK TRIO Jan Garbarek (saxophone) Arild Andersen (double bass) Edward Vesala (drums) TERJE RYPDAL TRIO Terje Rypdal (guitar) Sveinung Hovensgo (double bass) Jon Christensen (drums) Scandinavian jazz is featured in this issue of 'Jazz Harmony' from 1973 with the performances of Norwegian guitarist Terje RYPDAL and saxophonist Jan GARBAREK. Filmed at the Parc Floral de Vincennes (Paris) by Marc Pavaux - Host: André Francis

The Tempest The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Thomas Adès (conductor) The Metropolitan Ballet Robert Lepage (Stage director) Crystal Pite (Choreography) Simon Keenlyside (Prospero) Audrey Luna (Ariel) Alan Oke (Caliban) Isabel Leonard (Miranda) Alek Shrader (Ferdinand) William Burden (King of Naples) Toby Spence (Antonio) Kevin Burdette (Stefano) Iestyn Davies (Trinculo) Christopher Feigum (Sebastian) John Del Carlo (Gonzalo) Recorded at the Metropolitan Opera de New York in 2012 Directed for TV by Gary Halvorson

Sabine Devieilhe (soprano) Anne Le Bozec (piano) Maurice Ravel Mélodies Albert Roussel Poèmes chinois op. 12 & op. 47 Mélodies Alexander von Zemlinsky Walzer-Gesänge op. 6 Lieder Recorded at La Monnaie de Paris in June 2016 TV Director, Don Kent

Bluebeard's Castle, by Béla Bartók Libretto by Béla Balazs La Voix humaine, by Francis Poulenc Libretto by Jean Cocteau Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris, Esa-Pekka Salonen (Conductor) Krzysztof Warlikowski (Stage Director) Malgorzata Szczesniak (Sets, Costumes), Felice Ross (Lighting), Denis Guéguin (Video), Claude Bardouil (Choreography), Christian Longchamp (Dramaturgie) John Relyea (Bluebeard) Ekaterina Gubanova (Judith) Barbara Hannigan (Elle) (La Voix humaine) Recorded on 10 December 2015 at the Opéra de Paris, Palais Garnier TV director, Stéphane Metge

LAURENT DE WILDE AND OTISTO 23 'FLY !' INVITE GUILLAUME PERRET LIVE AT LA DYNAMO With Nico Ticot (video) Xlrproject Part Two of Laurent de Wilde and Otisto 23's musical experiments. This time, they have transcended themselves. Let us go back to the basic concept: a piano and a computer - Laurent generates sounds on his instrument, with the keyboard of course, but also the strings, felt, wood, metal, anything that can be plucked, scraped and rubbed, producing an infinitely varied sound matter that Otisto processes in real time through his computer, bouncing it back to Laurent, who then responds with new sounds... and this is how the music develops. After the experience of their first album 'PC Pieces', de Wilde et Otisto are meeting again on stage and in the studio. More intuitive, their music now involves more piano and electronics, as in 'Lost' with its long cadence on the piano, meandering through the filters of the machine, and 'B Flat Seven' where a single B Flat generates an extensive technoid epic in seven tableaux. From this encounter, a deeply organic music is born, a dialogue, a conversation which at times solidifies into an incandescent ball of sound or slims down to the most delicate hieroglyphs. An anecdote involves a herd of cows, grazing in the vicinity of the studio where the album was being recorded, to the accompaniment of a colony of flies, who soon invaded the room where the two musicians were working. There ensued a track entitled 'Eau de Mouche n°5', and the realisation that the insects' constant buzzing was influencing their entire repertoire. FLY ! invites us to defy gravity, carried aloft by an intimate and precious musical conversation.

Malandain Ballet Biarritz Choreographies by Thierry Malandain Recorded on November 2016 at the Teatro Victoria Eugenia San Sebastián Silhouette 1-dancer ballet Choreography, sets and costumes by Thierry Malandain Music, Ludwig van Beethoven 3rd movement of Sonata no30, op.109 Lights, Jean-Claude Asquié Dancer, Fredérik Deberdt Created in Biarritz, in the gardens of the Hotel de Silhouette, this solo, set for the dancer Fredérik Deberdt, is a miniature through which dances Vaslav Nijinski's shadow. Estro 20-dancers ballet Choreography, sets and costumes by Thierry Malandain Music, Antonio Vivaldi Stabat Mater and Estro Amonico op. 3 Lights, Jean-Claude Asquié Malandain ballet Biarritz Thierry Malandain built his work on Vivaldi's Stabat Mater and Estro Amonico op. 3, an energized and high-vitamined music, consistently seeking the highest point. In this ballet, Thierry Malandain creates desire for elevation, through efforts to reach the peak, in reference to André Lendger words 'It is easier today to climb a 8000 meters-moutain, than to move forward a few centimeters in one's true self'. Nocturnes 22-dancers ballet Choreography by Thierry Malandain Music, Frederic Chopin Nocturnes Lights, Jean-Claude Asquié Remains from 'a dark day, more sorrowful that nights', according Charles Baudelaire's words. Nocturnes is like a fresco , a dream crushed under the weight of eternal melancholy. Recorded at the Lanterne Theater, Rambouillet on November 8th and 9th 2016 TV director, Patrick Lauzé

Noé Choreography byThierry Malandain Music, Messa di Gloria de Gioacchino Rossini Set and costume, Jorge Gallardo Lights, Francis Mannaert Costumes productin, Véronique Murat With Ione Miren Aguirre, Raphaël Canet, Mickaël Conte, Ellyce Daniele, Frederik Deberdt, Romain Di Fazio, Baptiste Fisson, Clara Forgues, Michaël Garcia, Jacob Hernandez Martin, Irma Hoffren, Miyuki Kanei, Mathilde Labé, Hugo Layer, Guillaume Lillo, Claire Lonchampt, Nuria López Cortés, Arnaud Mahouy, Ismaël Turel Yagüe, Patricia Velazquez, Laurine Viel, Daniel Vizcayo, Lucia You González Recorded on May 24th 2017 at the Théâtre national de Chaillot TV Director, Patrick Lauze

Roberto Fonseca ABUC & Special Guests Roberto Fonseca, piano, keyboard, vocal Eliades Ochoa, vocal, guitar Daymé Arocena, vocal Ucha, vocal Javier Zalba, saxophone, flute, clarinet Jimmy Jenks, saxophone Matthew Simon, trumpet Ramses 'Dinamite' Rodriguez, drums Adel Gonzalez, percussion Yandy Martinez, Electric & acoustic bass Ariel Gustavo Vigo Muniz, saxophone The 40-something star of Cuban jazz (born in Havana in 1975) with nine albums under his belt (the last is Ubuc) and former pianist for the Buena Vista Social Club is a hero of new musica habanera. The piano and percussion maestro (he started out as a drummer) studied music for a long time in Havana. Meeting the saxophonist Javier Zalba from the band Irakere inspired Fonseca to explore alternative music such as Keith Jarrett or Herbie Hancock and traditional beats. He began blending vibrant Cuban rhythms with Santeria's African roots, classical music and jazz ('Yo', 2012). Roberto Fonseca is now seen as an icon of Latin jazz and a potential heir to Chucho Valdes. After a poignant duet with the Mali singer Fatoumata Diawara (2014), the pianist is back with Eliades Ochoa, one of the latest figures in the Buena Vista Social Club and the best-known Cuban vocalist on the scene. He's also joined by 25 year old Daymé Arocena, a singer who blends traditional rumba, jazz, soul and Yoruba culture. Recorded on 2017, July, 7th at the Jazz Festival in Vienne TV Director, Nicolas Micha

There is little more courageous and exciting singers that Norwegian Sidsel Endresen. In a language invented by her, Sidsel delivers blazing improvisations. With guitarist Stian Westerhus, she found her perfect alter ego, furious improviser, capable of any excess, saturation, larsens, distortion pedal fully, but also hovering flights. Together they form a duo unmatched in the music scene.

Roberto Fonseca ABUC & Special Guests Roberto Fonseca, piano, keyboard, vocal Eliades Ochoa, vocal, guitar Daymé Arocena, vocal Ucha, vocal Javier Zalba, saxophone, flute, clarinet Jimmy Jenks, saxophone Matthew Simon, trumpet Ramses 'Dinamite' Rodriguez, drums Adel Gonzalez, percussion Yandy Martinez, Electric & acoustic bass Ariel Gustavo Vigo Muniz, saxophone The 40-something star of Cuban jazz (born in Havana in 1975) with nine albums under his belt (the last is Ubuc) and former pianist for the Buena Vista Social Club is a hero of new musica habanera. The piano and percussion maestro (he started out as a drummer) studied music for a long time in Havana. Meeting the saxophonist Javier Zalba from the band Irakere inspired Fonseca to explore alternative music such as Keith Jarrett or Herbie Hancock and traditional beats. He began blending vibrant Cuban rhythms with Santeria's African roots, classical music and jazz ('Yo', 2012). Roberto Fonseca is now seen as an icon of Latin jazz and a potential heir to Chucho Valdes. After a poignant duet with the Mali singer Fatoumata Diawara (2014), the pianist is back with Eliades Ochoa, one of the latest figures in the Buena Vista Social Club and the best-known Cuban vocalist on the scene. He's also joined by 25 year old Daymé Arocena, a singer who blends traditional rumba, jazz, soul and Yoruba culture. Recorded on 2017, July, 7th at the Jazz Festival in Vienne TV Director, Nicolas Micha

Con Brio Ziek McCarter, vocal Brendan Liu, trumpet Marcus Stephens, saxopone Benjamin Andrews, guitar Patrick Glynn, keyboard Jonathan Kirchner, bass Andrew Laubacher, percussion Seven musicians formed Con Brio in 2003 with the same passion for the Bay Area's signature funk and psychedelic soul. San Francisco is where Sly and The Family Stone, Tower Of Power, The Headhunters and Darondo flourished. Con Brio produced their first EP, Kiss The Sun, in 2015 and are already famous on the West Coast for their electric concerts and Ziek McCarter's velvety vocals. After touring the US and Europe alongside veterans Galactic and Fishbone, the Californians headed to the studio to put their buzzing live energy on record in 2016. The result is called Paradise, an album in which 'We tried to create a narrative arc in the same way as we link tracks when we play live,' says McCarter. Con Brio has set the stages at the top US festivals Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza and Summerfest on fire. A good omen. Recorded on 2017, July 13th at the Jazz Festival in Vienne TV Director, Nicolas Micha

Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra & Chorus Saint Petersburg, Valery Gergiev (Conductor) Olga Borodina (mezzosoprano), Yulia Matochkina (mezzosoprano), Mikhail Petrenko (bass) Alexei Petrenko (narrator) Sergei Prokofiev Ivan the Terrible op. 116 Alexander Nevsky op. 78 Recorded at the Mariinsky Concert Hall, Saint Petersburg, on April 24, 2016 Directed by François-René Martin

Orchestre National de Lyon, Fabien Gabel (Conductor) Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) Hector Berlioz Le Corsaire, overture op. 21 Camille Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto no. 5 in F major, op. 103 'The Egyptian' César Franck Symphony in D minor Directed by Vincent Massip Recorded at the Auditorium Maurice Ravel, Lyons, on 3 April 2014

Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon (Conductor) Julian Prégardien (Tenor, Evangelist), Stéphane Degout (Jesus, bass I), Sabine Devieilhe (soprano I), Maïlys de Villoutreys (soprano II), Damien Guillon (alto I), Lucile Richardot (alto II), Samuel Boden (Tenor I), Thomas Hobbs (Tenor II), Christian Immler (bass II) Johann Sebastian Bach Saint Matthew Passion BWV 244 Recorded at the Chapelle Royale, Château de Versailles, on March 26, 2016 TV director, Colin Laurent

Jasser Haj Youssef (violin, viola d'amore) - Marc Buronfosse (doublebass) - Keyvan Chemirani (percussions) Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble: Pablo Gutierrez Ruiz, Bérénice Lavigne (violins) - Joel Oechslin (viola) - Frédéric Baldassare (cello) Samai, Reveria I, Reveria II, Choral, Echos, Jasser HaJ Youssef / Lamento di Tristano, anonymous, arrangement Jasser Haj Youssef / Art of the Fugue, J.S. Bach TV Director Jean-Marc Birraux Recorded on March 2015

Castor et Pollux, by Jean-Philippe Rameau Tragédie lyrique in five acts (1754 version) Libretto by Pierre-Joseph Bernard Hervé Niquet (conductor) Le Concert Spirituel, Chœur du Concert Spirituel John Tessier (Castor) Edwin Crossley-Mercer (Pollux) Omo Bello (Télaïre) Michèle Losier (Phœbé) Jean Teitgen (Jupiter) Reinoud van Mechelen (Mercure, un spartiate, un athlète) Hasnaa Bennani (Cléone, une ombre heureuse) Marc Labonnette (Un grand prêtre) Christian Schiaretti (Stage Director) Andonis Foniadakis (Choreography) Rudy Sabounghi (Sets) Thibaut Welchlin (Costumes) Laurent Castaingt (Lighting) Live from the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris TV Director, Matthieu Duboscq

JAN GARBAREK TRIO Jan Garbarek (saxophone) Arild Andersen (double bass) Edward Vesala (drums) TERJE RYPDAL TRIO Terje Rypdal (guitar) Sveinung Hovensgo (double bass) Jon Christensen (drums) Scandinavian jazz is featured in this issue of 'Jazz Harmony' from 1973 with the performances of Norwegian guitarist Terje RYPDAL and saxophonist Jan GARBAREK. Filmed at the Parc Floral de Vincennes (Paris) by Marc Pavaux - Host: André Francis

The quintet of an exceptional composer-pianist and a choir of 125 middle-school pupils from America and Lower-Normandy to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the D-day landings. A truly emotional performance. Bill Carrothers :piano, composition and singing Dré Pallemaerts : drums Drew Gress : double bass Peg Carrothers : singing Max Acree : trombone and hundred chorus-singers with : the Maîtrise de Caen (managed by Olivier Opdebeeck) the American Boychoir (managed by Malvar-Ruiz) Périers 'Le Fairage' middle school choral (managed by Denis Labesse) Caen 'Guillaume de Normandie' middle school choral (managed by Frédéric Ledru)

From the famous Art Ensemble of Chicago saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell is an exceptional improviser, using as a person all registers of the instrument. A living legend of Free Jazz he continues to explore in different formations. Tonight, he appears alone on stage with an alto and a soprano, and gives excpetionnelle performance.

Keziah Jones Keziah Jones, vocal, guitar Joel Grant, bass Joshua McKenzie, percussion Keziah Jones was born into a wealthy family in 1968 in Lagos, Nigeria. He was sent to school in England at the age of 8 and he taught himself to play the piano and guitar in London. He gradually created a stunning rhythmic blend of smooth funk, Hendrix-style psychedelia, pure Ikeja reggae and Yoruba harmonies. He called it BluFunk. Keziah Jones hung out English pubs in central London before heading to Paris where he was spotted in the underground in 1991. The album Blufunk Is a Fact and the track Rhythm is Love were international hits. After venturing through the desert of the mid-90s, he struck gold in 2003 with his fourth album Black Orpheus then the unstoppable Nigerian Wood (2008). Keziah completed an ambitious double album in 2013 flitting between Los Angeles, Spain and his kingdoms in London and Lagos. The dandy fighter is well and truly back to win over his audience. Recorded on 2017, July 13th at the Jazz Festival in Vienne TV Director, Nicolas Micha

Orchestre de Paris, Christoph von Dohnányi (Conductor) Martin Helmchen (piano) Felix Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night's Dream, Overture op. 21 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 3 Franz Schubert Symphony no. 9 'The Great' Recorded at the Salle Pleyel on January 15th, 2014 Directed by Andreas Morell

Orchestre national de Lyon, Leonard Slatkin (Conductor) Juliette Hurel (flute), Renaud Capuçon (violin) Hector Berlioz King Lear, overture Bruno Mantovani Flute concerto (french creation, co-commissioned by the Philharmonic Orchestra of Rotterdam, the National Orchestra of Lyon and the Symphony Orchestra of Barcelona) Maurice Ravel Violin Sonata (orchestration by Yann Maresz, world premiere) Tzigane, rhapsodic composition for violin and piano Recorded on April 9th, 2016 at the Auditorium Maurice-Ravel, Lyon Directed by Pierre-Martin Juban

Castor et Pollux, by Jean-Philippe Rameau Tragédie lyrique in five acts (1754 version) Libretto by Pierre-Joseph Bernard Hervé Niquet (conductor) Le Concert Spirituel, Chœur du Concert Spirituel John Tessier (Castor) Edwin Crossley-Mercer (Pollux) Omo Bello (Télaïre) Michèle Losier (Phœbé) Jean Teitgen (Jupiter) Reinoud van Mechelen (Mercure, un spartiate, un athlète) Hasnaa Bennani (Cléone, une ombre heureuse) Marc Labonnette (Un grand prêtre) Christian Schiaretti (Stage Director) Andonis Foniadakis (Choreography) Rudy Sabounghi (Sets) Thibaut Welchlin (Costumes) Laurent Castaingt (Lighting) Live from the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris TV Director, Matthieu Duboscq

Concerto Köln Shunske Sato (violin) Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for Strings and Continuo in G minor RV 156 Evaristo Felice dall'Abaco Concerto in D minor Op. 2 No. 1 from Concerti a quattro da chiesa Antonio Vivaldi Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 8, RV 269, 'Spring' (La primavera) Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, 'Summer' (L'estate) Charles Avison Concerto Grosso No. 6 in D Major, from 12 Concerti Grossi in seven parts after the Lessons for Harpsichord by Domenico Scarlatti Antonio Vivaldi Sinfonia al Santo Sepolcro in B minor RV 169 Concerto No. 3 in F major, Op. 8, RV 293, 'Autumn' (L'autunno) Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297, 'Winter' (L'inverno) Recorded at the Teatru Manoel, Malta, on January 13, 2018 Directed by Julien Condemine

Orchestre national de Lyon, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (Conductor) Leonidas Kavakos (violin) Jean Sibelius The Tempest, opus 109 : no 2 Berceuse, no 9 The Oak Tree Johannes Brahms Concerto for violin and orchestra in D major, op. 77 Jean Sibelius Symphony no 2 in D major, opus 43 Recorded on March the 10th, 2016 at the Auditorium Maurice-Ravel, Lyon TV Direction, Pierre-Martin Juban

Orchestre National de Lyon, Leonard Slatkin (conductor) Olga Kern (piano), Baiba Skride (violin), Sol Gabetta (cello) William Bolcom Circus Overture Ludwig van Beethoven Concerto for violin, cello and piano in C major, op.56 Modest Mussorgsky Pictures in an exhibition (orch. M. Ravel and L. Slatkin) Recorded September 18th, 2014, at the Auditorium Maurice Ravel, Lyons Réalisé par Vincent Massip

Hampton HAWES - piano Henry FRANKLIN - bass Mike CARVIN - drums play 'Black forest blues' 'The guy's in love with you' 'High in the sky'. Filmed on 25/06/1971, Maison de la Radio, Paris - directed by Marc Pavaux

Circuits Chris Potter Trio Feat James Francies & Eric Harland Chris Potter, sax Eric Harland, drums James Francies, keyboard After twenty years of a brilliant career, Chris Potter is now established as one of the best saxophonists on the jazz scene. A master of chiaroscuro, as well as the most lyrical, even epic modes, he encompasses the whole palette of contemporary jazz. Supported by world-class sidemen, this singular voice in a new generation of tenor saxophonists takes us on a voyage to the farthest horizons. Recorded on 2017, July 06th at the Jazz Festival in Porquerolles TV Director, Yvan Schreck

Hampton HAWES - piano Henry FRANKLIN - bass Mike CARVIN - drums play 'Black forest blues' 'The guy's in love with you' 'High in the sky'. Filmed on 25/06/1971, Maison de la Radio, Paris - directed by Marc Pavaux

LAURENT DE WILDE AND OTISTO 23 'FLY !' INVITE GUILLAUME PERRET LIVE AT LA DYNAMO With Nico Ticot (video) Xlrproject Part Two of Laurent de Wilde and Otisto 23's musical experiments. This time, they have transcended themselves. Let us go back to the basic concept: a piano and a computer - Laurent generates sounds on his instrument, with the keyboard of course, but also the strings, felt, wood, metal, anything that can be plucked, scraped and rubbed, producing an infinitely varied sound matter that Otisto processes in real time through his computer, bouncing it back to Laurent, who then responds with new sounds... and this is how the music develops. After the experience of their first album 'PC Pieces', de Wilde et Otisto are meeting again on stage and in the studio. More intuitive, their music now involves more piano and electronics, as in 'Lost' with its long cadence on the piano, meandering through the filters of the machine, and 'B Flat Seven' where a single B Flat generates an extensive technoid epic in seven tableaux. From this encounter, a deeply organic music is born, a dialogue, a conversation which at times solidifies into an incandescent ball of sound or slims down to the most delicate hieroglyphs. An anecdote involves a herd of cows, grazing in the vicinity of the studio where the album was being recorded, to the accompaniment of a colony of flies, who soon invaded the room where the two musicians were working. There ensued a track entitled 'Eau de Mouche n°5', and the realisation that the insects' constant buzzing was influencing their entire repertoire. FLY ! invites us to defy gravity, carried aloft by an intimate and precious musical conversation.