The orchestra Les Siècles distilled French essence of high level at the 2018 Granada Festival. Led by its founder François-Xavier Roth, it proposed a journey to the sound universe of the late 19th century and the conjunction of avant-garde and creativity that came together in the Paris of those years at a fundamental moment in the formation of modern styles. Together with pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, they performed César Franck's Symphonic Variations. The program included, among other works, Debussy's evocative Nocturnes, with the collaboration of the Orquesta Ciudad de Granada Choir for the "Song of Sirens".