Symphonic Concert
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Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie
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Duration: about
1h40
with 1 intermission
Program
Distribution
Edward Elgar
Concerto pour violon
Intermission
Robert Schumann
Nachtlied
Johannes Brahms
Schicksalslied
Orchestre de Paris
Choeur de l'Orchestre de Paris
Daniel Harding,
conducting
Renaud Capuçon,
violin
Elgar’s Violin Concerto unfolds its lyricism and sensuality, all the while preserving its original enigma, the composer having revealed that there was a soul enshrined within it… Two choral Lieder, also shrouded in mystery, further heighten the mystique.
The oracular mysteries of the ‘romantic night’ hover over the three choral Lieder gathered here: the sonic fabric literally palpitates in Schumann’s Nachtlied, hymn to night, to a text by Hebbel; Brahms’s Schicksalslied in three movements, sometimes called his ‘Little Requiem’, is a marvel of melodic charm and harmonic colours.
The oracular mysteries of the ‘romantic night’ hover over the three choral Lieder gathered here: the sonic fabric literally palpitates in Schumann’s Nachtlied, hymn to night, to a text by Hebbel; Brahms’s Schicksalslied in three movements, sometimes called his ‘Little Requiem’, is a marvel of melodic charm and harmonic colours.
In Elgar’s expansive Violin Concerto, Renaud Capuçon’s bow can only add to the general aura of mystery. A work at once lyrical and rhapsodic, melancholy, sensual and tempestuous, it did indeed cultivate an enigmatic reputation, as the composer had noted on the score, in Spanish, a dedication: ‘Herein is enshrined the soul of…’

Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie
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Porte de Pantin station
M5 Paris Underground (Métro) Line 5
3B Tram 3B
Address
221 avenue Jean-Jaurès, 75019 Paris
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