Orchestre de Paris / Esa-Pekka Salonen

Chœur de l’Orchestre de Paris - Salonen, Ravel

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Concert

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Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie

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Duration: about 1h45 with 1 intermission

Program

Distribution

Esa-Pekka Salonen

Karawane

(Création française)

Intermission

Maurice Ravel

Daphnis et Chloé

Orchestre de Paris

Chœur de l'Orchestre de Paris

Esa-Pekka Salonen , conducting

Marc Korovitch , choirmaster

Ingrid Roose , choirmaster

Contrasts and complementary atmospheres characterise these two choral and symphonic scores which take us on a journey from the origins of Dadaist fantasy to a legendary Greece.

It is a privilege to hear Esa-Pekka Salonen conduct his piece Karawane (2014), in which he engages choir and orchestra in the discovery of the ‘sound poetry’ of Hugo Ball, one of the founders of the ‘Dada’ movement. The hypnotic textures create a soundscape that is lyrical and indeed wild, in the line of Philip Glass or John Adams.

By contrast, Daphnis et Chloé, a work patiently elaborated and often repeated, evokes the magical Hellad of Longus' novel. Bathed in seductive archaism and unreal light, the writing unfolds a sensual enchantment that does not exclude humour and even brutality, as in the famous War Dance. An emblematic score of French music, in which the choir takes back somewhat, albeit transfigured, the narrative function it encompassed in the time of Aeschylus.

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