The concert cycle “Bach in seven parts” by Raphaël Pichon and his ensemble Pygmalion explores the composer’s work according to different themes, and invites artists from other artistic disciplines to dialogue with the music.

The ensemble Le Balcon and its musical director Maxime Pascal have set themselves a challenge: to perform Karlheinz Stockhausen’s monumental Licht cycle in its entirety, with one opera per season. This slightly crazy undertaking has already given rise to three memorable performances.

If Brahms was regarded in his time as the defender of academic music, the richness of his work goes far beyond. Without any desire to break with the history of music, Brahms succeeded in reconciling tradition and innovation, in bringing out the originality of classical forms. This selection of concerts, in which you will find his symphonies, chamber music and A German Requiem, will prove it.

The Musée de la musique’s sumptuously decorated two-manual Ruckers/Taskin harpsichord (1646/1780) is the work of two renowned artists: Andreas Ruckers and Pascal Taskin. It thus bears witness of the evolution of the Flemish and French styles. As such, it is one of the rarest and most valuable pieces in the collection.