FREE Radio 3 Concert: Stanford 100

Set in an imaginary land in medieval times, the symbolist play Pelléas et Mélisande is a tragic love story. Pelléas loves Mélisande, but she’s married to his brother. What unfolds inspired a range of composers, including Debussy and Fauré, with Fauré’s first response coming in 1898. It was the incidental music for a London production of the play, written at breakneck speed and orchestrated by his pupil Charles Koechlin for orchestration. However,...