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A rare chance to hear Reynaldo Hahn's exotic opera The Island of Dreams, plus the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Philharmonic in Russian and Finnish music

Hahn's compact first opera tells of the love between a young French naval officer and a beautiful Tahitian woman - a love, though, that can only last for as long as he is stationed on the island

To follow, there's an evocative early symphony from Jean Sibelius from the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Philharmonic, which is joined by Canadian violinist James Ehnes for the spiky first concerto by Prokofiev

Presented by Kate Molleson

2.00pm
Hahn
L'île du rêve (The Island of Dreams), a Polynesian idyll in three acts
Hélène Guilmette, soprano - Mahénu
Ludivine Gombert, soprano - Téria, a woman from Tahiti / Faïmana, a noblewoman
Anaïk Morel, mezzo-soprano - Oréna, a Tahitian princess
Cyrille Dubois, tenor - Pierre Loti, in fact Georges de Kerven, an officer in the French navy
Le Concert Spirituel Chorus
Munich Radio Orchestra
Hervé Niquet, conductor

3.05pm
Arensky
Suite No 3 ‘Variations’ Op.33
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

3.35pm
Prokofiev
Violin Concerto No.1
James Ehnes (violin)
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

4.00pm
Sibelius
Symphony No.2 in D, Op.43
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Philharmonic
John Storgards, conductor