Classic_100_Music_of_France_(ABC)
In 2012, the Australian radio station ABC Classic FM held a Classic 100 Music of France countdown.[1]
The selection of works that were available in the survey was determined between 14 July 2012 and 17 August 2012 (with the public being able to add works to the list initiated by the station).[2] Voting (by the public) for the finalised list of works was held between 22 August 2012 and 14 September 2012.[3][4] Each voter could select up to five works from the list of available pieces.[3]
On 30 September Pinchgut Opera held a special concert "Music of France" at the Old Courts at the Art Gallery of New South Wales to celebrate the countdown, along with a private viewing of the exhibition Eugène Atget: Old Paris.[5][6] The concert was broadcast on ABC Classic FM and via the Internet on 3 October 2012.[7]
The broadcast of the countdown commenced on 8 October 2012[8] and continued until 14 October 2012.[9]
The results of countdown are as follows:
Rank | Composer | Work | Genre | Instrumentation | Completed |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
100 | Satie, Erik | "Je te veux"[lower-alpha 1] | Song | Piano, voice | 1903 |
99 | Debussy, Claude | Petite suite, L. 65 | Suite | Piano (four hands) | 1889 |
98 | Berlioz, Hector | Roméo et Juliette[lower-alpha 2] | Symphony | Orchestra, chorus | 1839 |
97 | Messiaen, Olivier | Vingt regards sur l'enfant-Jésus[lower-alpha 3] | Suite | Piano | 1944 |
96 | Fauré, Gabriel | Dolly Suite[lower-alpha 4] | Suite | Piano (four hands) | 1896 |
95 | Saint-Saëns, Camille | Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61 | Concerto | Violin | 1880 |
94 | Poulenc, Francis | Gloria, FP 177 | Mass | Orchestra, chorus, soprano | 1961 |
93 | Bolling, Claude | Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio[lower-alpha 5] | Suite | Flute, piano, string bass, drums | 1973 |
92 | Hahn, Reynaldo | "À Chloris" | Song | Piano, voice | 1913 |
91 | Massenet, Jules | Manon[lower-alpha 6] | Opera | Orchestra, chorus | 1884 |
90 | Berlioz, Hector | Les troyens[lower-alpha 7] | Opera | Orchestra, chorus | 1858 |
89 | Ravel, Maurice | Gaspard de la nuit | Suite | Piano | 1908 |
88 | Ravel, Maurice | Rapsodie espagnole | Rhapsody | Orchestra | 1907 |
87 | Franck, César | Violin Sonata in A major, M. 8[lower-alpha 8] | Sonata | Cello,[lower-alpha 8] piano | 1886 |
86 | Berlioz, Hector | Le carnaval romain, Op. 9 | Overture | Orchestra | 1843 |
85 | Chaminade, Cécile | Concertino for flute and orchestra in D major, Op. 107 | Concerto | Flute | 1902 |
84 | Franck, César | Variations symphoniques, M. 46 | Symphonic variations | Piano, orchestra | 1885 |
83 | Berlioz, Hector | La damnation de Faust[lower-alpha 9] | Dramatic legend | Orchestra, chorus, solo voices | 1846 |
82 | Saint-Saëns, Camille | Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A minor, Op. 28 | Introduction, rondo | Violin, orchestra | 1863 |
81 | Rouget de Lisle, Claude | "La Marseillaise" | Anthem | Orchestra | 1792 |
80 | Debussy, Claude | Images, Set 1, L. 110 | Impressionist | Piano | 1905 |
79 | Lully, Jean-Baptiste | Le bourgeois gentilhomme | Suite | Orchestra | 1670 |
78 | Debussy, Claude | Pelléas et Mélisande, L. 88[lower-alpha 10] | Opera | Orchestra, chorus | 1902 |
77 | Ravel, Maurice | Ma mère l'oye | Suite | Orchestra | 1911 |
76 | Couperin, François | Les baricades mistérieuses | Rondo | Harpsichord | 1717 |
75 | Lalo, Édouard | Symphonie espagnole in D minor, Op. 21 | Concerto | Violin | 1874 |
74 | Fauré, Gabriel | Sicilienne, Op. 78 | Siciliana | Piano, cello | 1898 |
73 | Gounod, Charles | Messe solennelle à Sainte Cécile | Mass | Orchestra, chorus | 1855 |
72 | Poulenc, Francis | Flute sonata, FP. 164 | Sonata | Flute, piano | 1957 |
71 | Boieldieu, François-Adrien | Harp concerto in C major | Concerto | Harp | 1801 |
70 | Debussy, Claude | Deux arabesques, L. 66 | Arabesque | Piano | 1891 |
69 | Saint-Saëns, Camille | Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33 | Concerto | Cello | 1872 |
68 | Berlioz, Hector | Te Deum, Op. 22 / H.118 | Te Deum | Orchestra, chorus | 1849 |
67 | Charpentier, Marc-Antoine | Te Deum, H. 146[lower-alpha 11] | Te Deum | Orchestra, chorus | 1698 |
66 | Godard, Benjamin | "Oh! ne t'éveille pas encore" from Jocelyn | Aria | Orchestra, tenor | 1888 |
65 | Rameau, Jean-Phillipe | Les Indes galantes[lower-alpha 12] | Opera-ballet | Orchestra, chorus | 1736 |
64 | Litolff, Henry | Concerto Symphonique No. 4 in D minor, Op. 102[lower-alpha 13] | Concerto | Piano | 1852 |
63 | Debussy, Claude | Cello Sonata, L. 135 | Sonata | Cello, piano | 1915 |
62 | Ravel, Maurice | Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D major | Concerto | Piano | 1930 |
61 | Offenbach, Jacques | Gaîté parisienne[lower-alpha 14] | Ballet | Orchestra | 1938 |
60 | Duruflé, Maurice | Requiem, Op. 9[lower-alpha 15] | Mass, Requiem | Orchestra, chorus | 1947 |
59 | Jarre, Maurice | Lawrence of Arabia soundtrack[lower-alpha 16] | Soundtrack | Orchestra | 1962 |
58 | Jarre, Maurice | Doctor Zhivago soundtrack[lower-alpha 17] | Soundtrack | Orchestra | 1965 |
57 | Poulenc, Francis | Organ Concerto in G minor | Concerto | Organ, timpani, strings | 1938 |
56 | Debussy, Claude | String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10, L. 85 | String quartet | Strings | 1893 |
55 | Ravel, Maurice | Piano Trio in A minor | Trio | Piano, violin, cello | 1914 |
54 | Ravel, Maurice | Shéhérazade | Song cycle | Orchestra, soprano (or tenor) | 1903 |
53 | Berlioz, Hector | Grande messe des morts, Op. 5 | Mass, Requiem | Orchestra, chorus | 1837 |
52 | Berlioz, Hector | L'enfance du Christ, Op. 25[lower-alpha 18] | Oratorio | Orchestra, chorus | 1854 |
51 | Messiaen, Olivier | Turangalîla-Symphonie[lower-alpha 19] | Symphony | Orchestra, piano | 1948 |
50 | Ravel, Maurice | Le tombeau de Couperin[lower-alpha 20] | Suite | Orchestra | 1919 |
49 | Debussy, Claude | Nocturnes, L. 91 | Impressionist | Orchestra, chorus (female) | 1899 |
48 | Franck, César | Panis angelicus | Hymn | Orchestra, chorus | 1872 |
47 | Marais, Marin | Sonnerie de Ste-Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris | Chaconne | Viol, violin, harpsichord, basso continuo | 1723 |
46 | Fauré, Gabriel | "Clair de lune", Op. 46, No. 2 | Song | Voice, piano | 1887 |
45 | Berlioz, Hector | Harold en Italie, Op. 16 | Symphony | Orchestra | 1834 |
44 | Berlioz, Hector | Les nuits d'été[lower-alpha 21] | Song cycle | Orchestra, soprano | 1846 |
43 | Saint-Saëns, Camille | Piano Concerto No. 5 in F major, Op. 103 | Concerto | Piano | 1896 |
42 | Franck, César | Symphony in D minor, M. 48 | Symphony | Orchestra | 1888 |
41 | Saint-Saëns, Camille | Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22 | Concerto | Piano | 1868 |
40 | Debussy, Claude | Children's Corner, L. 103 | Suite | Piano | 1908 |
39 | Chabrier, Emmanuel | España | Impressionist | Orchestra | 1883 |
38 | Franck, César | Violin Sonata in A major, M. 8[lower-alpha 22] | Sonata | Violin, piano | 1886 |
37 | Adam, Adolphe | Giselle[lower-alpha 23] | Ballet | Orchestra | 1841 |
36 | Bizet, Georges | Symphony in C major | Symphony | Orchestra | 1855 |
35 | Berlioz, Hector | "La Marseillaise" (arrangement) | Arrangement | Orchestra, chorus | 1830 |
34 | Offenbach, Jacques | Orphée aux enfers[lower-alpha 24] | Operetta | Orchestra, chorus | 1858 |
33 | Gounod, Charles | Ave Maria (on a Bach prelude in C major) | Song | Piano, voice | 1853 |
32 | Gounod, Charles | Faust[lower-alpha 25] | Opera | Orchestra, chorus | 1859 |
31 | Ravel, Maurice | Daphnis et Chloé | Ballet | Orchestra, chorus | 1912 |
30 | Fauré, Gabriel | Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11 | Cantata | Orchestra, organ | 1865 |
29 | Saint-Saëns, Camille | Samson et Dalila[lower-alpha 26] | Opera | Orchestra, chorus | 1877 |
28 | Delibes, Léo | Coppélia[lower-alpha 27] | Ballet | Orchestra | 1870 |
27 | Bizet, Georges | L'Arlésienne[lower-alpha 28] | Suite | Orchestra | 1872 |
26 | Dukas, Paul | L'apprenti sorcier | Symphonic poem | Orchestra | 1897 |
25 | Adam, Adolphe | "Cantique de Noël" | Carol | Orchestra, chorus | 1847 |
24 | Messiaen, Olivier | Quatuor pour la fin du temps[lower-alpha 29] | Quartet | Clarinet, violin, cello, piano | 1941 |
23 | Fauré, Gabriel | Pavane in F-sharp minor, Op. 50 | Dance | Orchestra, flute | 1887 |
22 | Satie, Erik | Trois Gnossiennes | Dance | Piano | 1890 |
21 | Ravel, Maurice | Piano Concerto in G major | Concerto | Piano | 1931 |
20 | Ravel, Maurice | String Quartet in F major | Quartet | Strings | 1903 |
19 | Widor, Charles-Marie | Symphony for Organ No. 5 in F minor, Op. 42, No. 1[lower-alpha 30] | Symphony | Organ | 1879 |
18 | Debussy, Claude | Préludes, Book 1, L. 117[lower-alpha 31] | Impressionist | Piano | 1910 |
17 | Offenbach, Jacques | Les contes d'Hoffmann[lower-alpha 32] | Opera | Orchestra, chorus | 1881 |
16 | Saint-Saëns, Camille | Danse macabre | Tone poem | Orchestra | 1874 |
15 | Delibes, Léo | Lakmé[lower-alpha 33] | Opera | Orchestra, chorus | 1882 |
14 | Massenet, Jules | Thaïs[lower-alpha 34] | Opera | Orchestra, chorus | 1894 |
13 | Ravel, Maurice | Pavane pour une infante défunte[lower-alpha 35] | Dance | Orchestra | 1910 |
12 | Debussy, Claude | La mer, L. 109 | Impressionist | Orchestra | 1905 |
11 | Debussy, Claude | Suite bergamasque, L. 75 | Suite | Piano | 1905 |
10 | Saint-Saëns, Camille | Le carnaval des animaux[lower-alpha 36] | Suite | Orchestra | 1886 |
9 | Ravel, Maurice | Boléro | Dance | Orchestra | 1928 |
8 | Canteloube, Joseph | Chants d'Auvergne[lower-alpha 37] | Songs | Orchestra, soprano | 1930 |
7 | Berlioz, Hector | Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 | Symphony | Orchestra | 1830 |
6 | Debussy, Claude | Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, L. 86 | Symphonic Poem | Orchestra | 1894 |
5 | Bizet, Georges | Au fond du temple saint | Aria | Orchestra, tenor, baritone | 1863 |
4 | Satie, Erik | Gymnopédies | Impressionist | Piano | 1890 |
3 | Fauré, Gabriel | Requiem in D minor, Op. 48 | Mass | Orchestra, chorus | 1890 |
2 | Saint-Saëns, Camille | Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 | Symphony | Orchestra, organ | 1886 |
1 | Bizet, Georges | Carmen[lower-alpha 38] | Opera | Orchestra, chorus | 1875 |
For more information about the works broadcast (including performers and recording details), see ABC Classic FM's programming notes:
The following 34 composers featured in the countdown:
- Music broadcast for number 100: The piano solo version was first broadcast, however the version for voice (sung by Juliette Noureddine) was later played.
- Music broadcast for number 96: Orchestral version of the suite, scored by Henri Rabaud in 1906.
- Music broadcast for number 18:
* La fille aux cheveux de lin
* La sérénade interrompue
* La cathédrale engloutie
* La danse de Puck
* Minstrels. - Music broadcast for number 15: Flower Duet (Act 1) and Bell Song (Act 2).
- Music broadcast for number 14: The Intermezzo (Méditation), and an excerpt from the end of the opera.
- "Classic 100 Music of France". ABC Classic FM. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
- "Classic 100 Works". ABC Classic FM. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
- "Vote for the Classic 100". ABC Classic FM. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- Lesnie, Melissa (August 2012). "ABC Classic 100: The Music of France". Limelight. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- "Music of France". Art Gallery of New South Wales. September 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- McDowall, Carolyn (24 August 2012). "Eugène Atget: Old Paris – Photographic Portrait of a City". The Culture Concept Circle. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- "Pinchgut Opera plays the Music of France". ABC Classic FM. 3 October 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- "Music Details for Monday 8 October 2012". ABC Classic FM. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- "Music Details for Sunday 14 October 2012". ABC Classic FM. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
- Official website
- Classic 100 – The Music of France – The Top Ten and Selected Highlights – ABC Shop Online pre-order