Lucie Tesnière

Alex Vizorek revisits Saint-Saëns’s Carnival of the Animals. The French composer never imagined that his bestiary would become one of the most famous works in musical history, a staple repertory piece on a par with Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf. The Belgian comedian and actor has rewritten the text of this "grand zoological fantasy", which he narrates here alongside Duo Jatekok and the Orchestre National de Lille under the direction of Lucie Leguay.

From Charlie Parker to Piazzolla: the recorder as you've never heard it before! The present programme is a collection of music rooted in folk cultures from all around the world, personally sourced and curated by Lucie Horsch, presented here in newly commissioned arrangements and transcriptions for the recorder. The entire programme features a variety of supporting musicians, including the trailblazing genre-bending collective Fuse Ensemble, as a quintet from the Dutch orchestra Ludwig, and many others.