Eos 2022

Dorothee Eberhardt's fifth portrait on Genuin is made up of new and recent works for unusual instrument combinations. First-class ensembles and musicians such as the Monet Quintet, the Trio Tricolor (Korbinian Altenberger, violin, Christoph Eß, horn, and Boris Kusnezow, piano), Zoltán Kovács (clarinet) Axel Gremmelspacher (piano), and Catherina Lendle (violin) take part.

Dorothee Eberhardt's fifth portrait on Genuin is made up of new and recent works for unusual instrument combinations. First-class ensembles and musicians such as the Monet Quintet, the Trio Tricolor (Korbinian Altenberger, violin, Christoph Eß, horn, and Boris Kusnezow, piano), Zoltán Kovács (clarinet) Axel Gremmelspacher (piano), and Catherina Lendle (violin) take part.

Soft Machine were never a commercial enterprise and indeed remain unknown even to many listeners who came of age during the late '60s and early '70s, when the group was at its most visible peak. In their way, however, they were one of the more influential bands of their era, and certainly one of the most influential underground outfits. Soft Machine, one of the original British psychedelic groups, were instrumental in the birth of both progressive rock and jazz-rock.

On the 100th anniversary of the discovery of Tutankhamun's treasure-packed tomb, Dr Janina Ramirez turns detective and heads to Egypt to uncover the real story of how a Briton called Howard Carter unearthed a pharaoh's tomb when everyone else believed there were no more great Egyptian finds to be made.

Hallucinogenic drugs—popularly called psychedelics—have been used by human societies for thousands of years. Today, scientists are taking a second look at many of these mind-altering substances—both natural and synthetic—and discovering that they can have profoundly positive clinical impacts, helping patients struggling with a range of afflictions from addiction to depression and PTSD.

Musicien de génie, Jean-Baptiste Lully a mis dans les grands motets toute sa science musicale au service d'une intense émotion oratoire. Ces vastes compositions religieuses, au puissant caractère dramatique, étaient représentatives du faste déployé à la cour de Louis XIV. Dies Irae et De Profundis, empreints d'une très grande solennité, furent donnés lors des funérailles royales de l'épouse de Louis XIV, la Reine Marie-Thérèse d'Autriche, en 1683, en la Basilique Saint-Denis. Cette Pompe Funèbre extraordinaire fut magnifiée par les œuvres de Lully, faisant dire à Madame de Sévigné qu´à leur exécution "tous les yeux étaient pleins de larmes". Stéphane Fuget et Les Epopées -une véritable armée de généraux- restituent une version grandiose et chatoyante, théâtrale et oratoire de cette musique, l'habillant d'une abondance ornementale aux scintillements éclatants, comme le soleil fait vibrer les vitraux, les miroirs et les ors de Versailles, jusqu’au vertige de la mort.

Helen Skelton and Jules Hudson return to follow life at Cannon Hall Farm in South Yorkshire, where brothers Rob and Dave Nicholson are preparing for the season. JB Gill joins the team along with The Yorkshire Vet's Matthew Jackson-Smith and Shona Searson, with insights into how the farm's animals are adjusting to the colder months, films exploring the British countryside, and a celebration of local craft and produce. Julia Bradbury joins the series in the last two episodes.

How to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the ensemble La Pietà? The answer came naturally to Angèle Dubeau: through music! For the occasion, she proposes an album entirely conceived, performed and composed by women. T