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Work: Ma mère l'Oye (Mother Goose)

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ComposerRavel, Maurice (1875-1937)
PeriodEarly 20th century
Year1910
Work typeOrchestral
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KlostersEnchanted Garden

© Daniel Delong
Mozart, Reicha, Debussy, Ibert, Ravel, Bernstein
Pacific Quintet; Aliya Vodovozova; Haeree Yoo; Liana Lessmann

ParisPierre et le loup

© Grégoire Pont
Ravel, Prokofiev
Les Siècles; Nicolas Simon; Grégoire Pont; Emmanuel Bénèche

ManchesterMother Goose Suite

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Boulanger, Mägi, Ravel, Weinberg
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Izabelė Jankauskaitė
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Klaus Mäkelä and the Orchestre de Paris paint vivid pictures in Vienna

Klaus Mäkelä conducts the Orchestre de Paris © Julia Wesely
Maurice Ravel the orchestrator takes centre stage at the Musikverein in an evening of descriptive aural painting. 
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Morlot's evening of French music charms Seattle

Ludovic Morlot conducts the Seattle Symphony © Brandon Patoc

Ludovic Morlot and the Seattle Symphony commemorate the 150th anniversary of Maurice Ravel’s birth and present the world premiere of Benjamin Attahir's Hanoï Songs

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Personal reflections: Esa-Pekka Salonen's Organ Concerto in Berlin

Olivier Latry and the Berliner Philharmoniker © Stephan Rabold
Two forces of nature meet when Esa-Pekka Salonen and Olivier Latry share the stage for the German premiere of Salonen's own Organ Concerto, with a programme that also includes incandescent Bartók.
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ParisGeorge Benjamin by George Benjamin

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Dukas, Rihm, Benjamin, Ravel
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France; Sir George Benjamin; David Guerrier; Adélaïde Ferrière

ParisMa mère l'Oye (Mother Goose)

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Ravel
Orchestre National de France; Cristian Măcelaru; Beatrice Rana
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