The gauzy, sensuous soundscape of Ravel’s pastoral ballet meets Wynton Marsalis’ jazz-inflected Trumpet Concerto.

In turn-of-the-century Paris, Ravel composed a ballet about ancient Greece for a Russian dance company. The result was music of fluid, diaphanous beauty, a languid drama of danger and desire. Confronting its strange, modern rhythms, the dancers are said to have chanted the name of Ballet Russe’s impresario ‘Ser-gei Dia-ghi-lev’ to stay on beat.

The choral phenomenon Tenebrae bring their unforgettable sound to Daphnis and Chloé.

Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and musician Wynton Marsalis mingles jazz, blues, soul and the classical tradition across his thrilling oeuvre.

This is the first time Sir Antonio Pappano, Chief Conductor Designate, has conducted music by Marsalis. The LSO and Alison Balsom pay tribute to the composer in this deeply felt performance of a work believed  to be perhaps the most important composition for the trumpet in 100 years.

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Photograph: Henrik Nilsson