Les Siècles/Roth *****
Prom 42, Royal Albert Hall, 16th August 2017
My reputation in certain quarters for having a sweet tooth is done no favours by delectable concerts like this one. French composers led the orientalist charge in the 19th century, so it was truly magnifique to welcome French period instrument orchestra Les Siècles and François-Xavier Roth to the BBC Proms for a highly perfumed programme of exotic sweetmeats on which to feast greedily. From an Indian bazaar to the Arabian desert, from a voyage down the Nile on to biblical Gaza, it was a veritable travelogue for the musical gourmet, performed with Gallic panache.
François-Xavier Roth
© BBC | Mark Allan
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