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Orchestre de Paris / Klaus Mäkelä

Chœur de l’Orchestre de Paris - Sol Gabetta - Willard White - Chostakovitch, Walton
Symphonic Concert
Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie
Duration: about 1h36 with 1 intermission

Program

Distribution

Dmitri Chostakovitch
Suite pour orchestre de jazz n° 2
Concerto pour violoncelle n° 2
Intermission
William Walton
Belshazzar's Feast
Orchestre de Paris
Klaus Mäkelä , conducting
Sol Gabetta , cello
Sir Willard White , baryton-basse
Chœur de l'Orchestre de Paris
Ingrid Roose , choirmaster
Marc Korovitch , choirmaster
Cambridge University Symphony Chorus
Richard Wilberforce , choirmaster

Accompanying Sol Gabetta in Shostakovich’s poignant Concerto No.2, are two scores reflecting the influence of jazz, including Walton’s impressive Belshazzar’s Feast on a theme drawn from the Book of Daniel.

Shostakovich’s vibrant Suite for Jazz Orchestra No.2, a long-lost commissioned piece that was rediscovered in 1999, reflects the composer’s curiosity and the fascinating attempt to acclimatise jazz to Soviet Russia.

The late Concerto No.2, premiered in 1966 by Rostropovich, is remarkable for its meditative interiority, in stark contrast to the moments of restrained tension and extreme violence.

Walton’s most famous work Belshazzar’s Feast is a cantata on a biblical theme, that of the liberation of the Hebrew people after the sacrilege of the Babylonian king Balthazar. Richly orchestrated and intensely rhythmic, filled with acoustic and theatrical effects, the work is divided into ten sections, some of which reflect the composer’s love of jazz and popular music. 

Karina-Canellakis

Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie

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Getting here

Porte de Pantin station
Paris Underground (Métro) Line 5
Tram 3B 

Address

221 avenue Jean-Jaurès, 75019 Paris

To leave after this concert

taxi G7