Act I: Introduction —

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

Act I: Youths and maidens at play —

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

Act I: Labyrinthine dance —

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

Act I: Bacchus appears disguised - The dance is interrupted —

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

Act I: Bacchus envelops Ariadne in his black cloak - Ariadne faints —

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

Act I: Theseus and his companions rush at Bacchus - He reveals himself to them and with an imperious gesture shows them the way to the sea —

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

Act I: The clouds gather in the sky —

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

Act I: The sub reappears —

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

Act I: Bacchus Dance —

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

Act I: Ariadne, still asleep, dances with Bacchus —

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

Act I: Bacchus lays Ariadne on the rock

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

Act II: Prelude: Ariadne sleeps —

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

Act II: Ariadne awakes - She looks about her and believing she has been abandoned, tries to throw herself into the waves —

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

Act II: She falls into the arms of Bacchus - They relive their dream dance, Ariadne now awake

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

Act II: Bacchus dances alone —

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

Act II: The kiss —

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

Act II: The Dionysian spell —

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

Act II: The worshippers of Bacchus process —

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

Act II: Dance of Ariadne —

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

Act II: Dance of Ariadne and Bacchus —

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

Act II: Bacchanale —

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

Act II: The coronation of Ariadne

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

Prelude —

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

A garden - The spider sits in her web - She surveys her surroundings —

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

Entrance of the ants - They find a rose petal —

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

With great effort they lift the petal and carry it away —

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

The spider daydreams and watches the garden —

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

The spider mends her web —

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

Entrance of the dung beetles

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

The ants return … a butterfly appears —

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

Dance of the butterfly —

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

The spider invites the butterfly to dance closer to her web —

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

The butterfly is caught in the web and struggles - Death of the butterfly —

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

The spider rejoices - The spider frees the butterfly from her web and takes it to her larder —

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

The spider dances —

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

Suddenly fruits come crashing down —

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

Entrace of the fruit worms —

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

Warlike entrance of 2 praying mantises —

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

The ants circle —

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

The mantises challenge each other to a duel - The mantises fight —

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

The mantises become caught in the web - The spider dances —

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

Hatching of the mayfly —

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

The dance of the mayfly —

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

The mayfly stops, exhausted - The insects pay their respects - He rejects their advances —

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

The ants leave —

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

The works come out of the fruit —

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

Dance of the mayfly and the fruit worms —

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

Death of the mayfly —

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

The spider prepares to begin her feast, but one of the mantises, freed from the web, slips behind the spider and kills her —

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

Death throes of the spider —

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

Funeral of the mayfly —

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

The funeral cortege sets off and disappears into the distance - Night falls on the deserted garden.

Composer: Albert Roussel

Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier