Symphonic Concert
Bacchanale
Les Siècles
Saturday, 20 May 2017 — 4:30pm
Program
Maurice Ravel
Shéhérazade, Ouverture de féérie
Camille Saint-Saëns
Concerto pour piano n°5 "L'Egyptien"
Entracte
Paul Dukas
La Péri
Edouard Lalo
Namouna (Suite)
Camille Saint-Saëns
Bacchanale
Distribution
- Les Siècles
- François-Xavier Roth, conducting
- Jean-Philippe Collard, piano
When French music encounters the seduction of the Orient. After Saint-Saën’s colourful Bacchanale, come the incredible sonorities of his “Egyptian” concerto in the elegant hands of Jean-Philippe Collard.
media
Scheherazade, Op. 35: Festival at Bagdad - the Sea - the Shipwreck Against a Rock Surmounted By a Bronze Warrior (The Shipwreck)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in F, Op.103 'Egyptian': II. Andante - Allegretto tranquillo quasi andantino
Fanfare Pour Précéder "La Péri"
Danse Bacchanale from Act III of Samson et Dalila, Op. 47