Tara Erraught; Ruth Rosique; Julien Dran; Chamber Choir Ireland; National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland; Jean-Luc Tingaud - Gabriel Faure: Pelleas et Melisande - Suite; Promethee (excerpts); Shylock; Songs

This programme spotlights Gabriel Faure's orchestrated songs and his music for the stage, of which his suite from the incidental music for Pelleas et Melisande includes some of his best-loved music. Performances of Faure's spectacular Wagnerian drama Promethee are a real rarity, while the eloquent Shylock suite, based on Shakespeare, contains some of his most elaborate symphonic music. Faure orchestrated only a small number of his more than 100 songs, but these include the transcendentally beautiful love song LesRosesd'Ispahan with its harmonic subtleties and gorgeous coda.