Saturday November 7
Czech Philharmonic / Semyon Bychkov
Behzod Abduraimov - Smetana, Rachmaninoff
The Czech Philharmonic, under its Music Director and Chief Conductor Semyon Bychkov, explores its repertoire of predilection—from Smetana to Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances and the Third Concerto featuring soloist Behzod Abduraimov.
8:00 pm
Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie
Paris Mozart Orchestra / Claire Gibault / Jiajing Lai
Suliane Brahim - Macé, Chopin, Viardot, Beethoven
The Paris Mozart Orchestra, long committed to championing the place of women in the arts, is the ideal ensemble to pay tribute to the literary legend George Sand and to trace her rich connections with the musicians of her time.
8:00 pm
Salle des concerts - Cité de la musique
Odyssée
Orchestre Pasdeloup - Christian Vásquez - Thomas Enhco - Lockwood, Mahler
Thomas Enhco appears as soloist in the Piano Concerto by Didier Lockwood, followed by Mahler’s ‘Titan’ Symphony—the masterstroke that laid the cornerstone of his musical language.
3:00 pm
Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie
Histoire de ma vie
Musiciens de l’Orchestre national d’Île-de-France - Delphine Armand - Corinne Feron - Chopin, Liszt, Viardot
George Sand, an impassioned witness to her age, reunites Chopin, Liszt, and Pauline Viardot. Their music and her words entwine, conjuring a time when art, friendship, and love shimmered beneath gilded ceilings of Nohant.
11:00 am
Amphithéâtre - Cité de la musique