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The Orchestre de Paris
This sumptuous Ravelian programme illustrates the composer’s talent as an orchestrator, illustrating the composer’s talent as an orchestrator, with his inimitable flair for bringing out instrumental timbres, contrasting textures, and forging new sonic alloys.
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This imposing diptych is made up of Brahms’s First Symphony, still composed under Beethoven’s intimidating gaze, paired with Dvořák’s Cello Concerto, which is not without Brahmsian colours.
The overture of Verdi’s opera—an orchestral tempest, with its constantly changing climate and architecture of a mini-symphony—sets the tone for this flamboyant programme centred around… the force of destiny.
This programme is made up of two poetic and educational masterpieces: Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra and Prokofiev’s masterful Peter and the Wolf, both used to introduce children to instrumental timbres.
Is it possible to paint with sound? Can music create the feeling of space or of a landscape? It is questions such as these, rooted in the aesthetic speculations of romanticism, that unite these three scores on the theme of journeys.
In 1952 began a collaboration between Federico Fellini and Nino Rota that would span decades, ending only with the composer’s death in 1978. In fact, ‘collaboration’ is a mild word for the powerful bond, what can only be described as true artistic communion, that formed between the two creators.
Fellini’s artistic universe was filled with colourful characters that he first imagined and then drew. A selection of film excerpts, drawings and music pieces illustrates for the young audience the magic of the Seventh Art.
Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No.1, dedicated to Rostropovich, delights in its sarcastic theatricality. In counterpoint, Bruckner’s Sixth Symphony illustrates his particular poetry of melodic units, matricial rhythms and monumental majesty.
With its Bartókian orchestra and climaxes, Bluebeard’s Castle is an experience of rare intensity. Bryce Dessner’s Violin Concerto reveals a new facet of a composer whose staggering scope ranges from rock to film, from ballet to orchestra music.
To write symphonies of his own, Brahms waited to be out from under the imposing shadow of Beethoven. Of the four he composed when the time came—at the age of 44—the last two are pure and incomparable masterpieces.
A touchstone in the history of animated cinema and a technical tour de force, Fantasia remains a fascinating visual and sound experience. For it was around music that this narrative suite was crafted.
The homage to the fugue as the quintessence of musical thought dominates this program, in which the Brahms’ Concerto for violin brings its touch of flamboyant virtuosity.
This evening, Klaus Mäkelä offers us a colourful orchestral anthology of Tchaikovsky's virtuoso and popular Piano Concerto No. 1, combining Russian passion with French refinement and Spanish fever.
International orchestras
Andris Nelsons reunites with the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra after conducting a memorable new production of Lohengrin for the opening of the Bavarian festival in 2010.
The enchantment of Weber’s evocative sorcery, to which Hindemith responded with a work both critical and amorous, is followed by the majesty of Schubert’s final symphony. Who better than the Berlin musicians to bring these stunning pages to life?
Alongside the intoxicating alacrity of Prokofiev, the powerful dialectic of the Shakespearean tragedy in the hands of Tchaikovsky is an exquisite ode to orchestra, to which the delicate art of Josef Suk responds with a stirring homage to nature.
Hailed by BBC Music Magazine as one of the ten best orchestras in the world, the Budapest Festival Orchestra returns to the Philharmonie de Paris with its founder, Iván Fisher, conducting.
The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, who recently renewed his contract as LSO Music Director until 2023, focus their energies on two Central European composers: Mahler and Bartók.
The musicians of the Bamberger Symphoniker, conducted by their musical director Jakub Hrůša, interpret the Ninth Symphony by Mahler, a composer with whom they have a deep affinity.
Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin—which he began conducting some thirty years ago—lend their extraordinary bond and musical connection to Schumann’s four symphonies, in a complete cycle over two evenings.
Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin—which he began conducting some thirty years ago—lend their extraordinary bond and musical connection to Schumann’s four symphonies, in a complete cycle over two evenings.
Riccardo Chailly, whose spirited conducting Parisians enjoyed days before concert halls closed in the spring of 2020, is back for two evenings at the head of the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala.
Riccardo Chailly, whose spirited conducting Parisians enjoyed days before concert halls closed in the spring of 2020, is back for two evenings at the head of the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala.
Gianandrea Noseda conducts the London Symphony Orchestra, of which he is principal guest conductor, in Shostokovich’s Fifteenth Symphony, written while the composer was already ill, and performs Beethoven’s ‘Emperor’ Concerto with Beatrice Rana.
Conducting the Roman orchestra he has headed as musical director since 2005, Antonio Pappano interprets two late-nineteenth-century works, Dukas’s The Sorceror’s Apprentice and Sibelius’s First Symphony; while Jean-Guihen Queyras plays Saint-Saëns.
In 1994, Maria João Pires, with André Previn, created what today remains one of the finest recordings of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 (DG). This evening will no doubt be infused with the same poetry, culminating in the orchestra setting out to sea.
With Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Tsar’s Bride, Tugan Sokhiev and the Bolshoi Orchestra continue a tradition they established several years ago, of bringing Russian opera to the Philharmonie de Paris.
Tugan Sokhiev conducts Shostakovich’s 'Leningrad’ Symphony, a vast war tableau evoking the anguish of the city under siege, blockaded by the German troops in 1941.
Their first concert together in 2005 marked the start of a fruitful collaboration between Fabio Luisi and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam. The Italian conductor and the Dutch orchestra return to the Philharmonie with a Russian programme.
Hélène Grimaud and her comrades of Camerata Salzburg show how Mozart’s Concerto K. 466 paved the way for Beethoven.
Thomas Guggeis conducts the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in Smetana’ Ma Vlást.
Yannick Nézet-Séguin has chosen to place Clara Schumann’s Piano Concerto, interpreted by Beatrice Rana, in dialogue with Brahms’ Third Symphony.
The Münchner Philharmoniker return for two evenings featuring a repertoire with which they are well-acquainted.
Andris Nelsons, a conductor well-acquainted with Strauss, takes the podium with the Boston Symphony Orchestra—before conducting the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig on 30 and 31 May—for two Straussian evenings including symphonic pieces and his Four Last Songs.
Andris Nelsons, a conductor well-acquainted with Strauss, takes the podium with the Boston Symphony Orchestra—before conducting the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig on 30 and 31 May—for two Straussian evenings including symphonic pieces and his Four Last Songs.
After two evenings of Strauss with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons takes the podium with the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig for two new concerts dedicated to the composer’s tone poems.
After two evenings of Strauss the previous week with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons takes the podium with the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig for two new concerts dedicated to the composer’s tone poems.
The Kinshasa-based Kimbanguist Symphony Orchestra—a passionate explorer of classical music and the only ensemble of its kind in sub-Saharan Africa—teams up with the Orchestre de Paris Chorus for a concert of epic proportions.
Sir Simon Rattle, one of Britain’s most emblematic conductors, conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in a programme build bridges between the romanticism of Brahms and Wagner, and the modernism of Ligeti and Betsy Jolas.
Thematic weekends
Voices
Andris Nelsons reunites with the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra after conducting a memorable new production of Lohengrin for the opening of the Bavarian festival in 2010.
William Christie conducts Les Arts Florissants and the singers from his Le Jardin des Voix vocal academy in Handel’s opera Partenope, with staging by Sophie Daneman.
Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, an emblem of Handel’s Italian period and a piece he reworked multiple times, conjures flamboyant melodies to portray the battle between austerity and pleasure—with none other than Beauty as the arbiter.
Never before has the monumental cycle of Stockhausen’s Licht been performed as a single production. This is the adventure Ensemble Le Balcon embarked upon three years ago. After Samstag (Saturday) and Dienstag (Tuesday), they give us the first two acts of Donnerstag (Thursday).
Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, a gem in the liturgical repertoire, is delicately poised between spiritual exaltation and secular confidence. Who better than Cecilia Bartoli could do justice to its subtlety?
A subtle assortment of operas arias, romances and lieder make up this exceptional recital by Juan Diego Flórez, an artist celebrated on the world’s finest stages, accompanied by his peerless pianist, Vincenzo Scalera.
With its Bartókian orchestra and climaxes, Bluebeard’s Castle is an experience of rare intensity. Bryce Dessner’s Violin Concerto reveals a new facet of a composer whose staggering scope ranges from rock to film, from ballet to orchestra music.
Premiered in 2016 at the Royal Opera House in London, Philip Venables’ award-winning opera 4.48 Psychosis, on a text by Sarah Kane, is given in concert version.
After performing a ballet version of L’Allegro, il penseroso ed il moderato at the Opéra de Paris in 2007, William Christie and Les Arts Florissants return to the Handel’s pastoral ode in concert.
After their foray into Mozartian territory, inter alia, Raphaël Pichon and his Ensemble Pygmalion return to Bach and Handel, reuniting with Sabine Devieilhe for the occasion.
A Parisian-American evening: the Orchestre de chambre de Paris invites American conductor Karen Kamensek and French coloratura soprano Patricia Petitbon for a Bernstein-themed recital.
Les Arts Florissants complete their exploration of Gesualdo’s output, relatively small in quantity but of major importance in the musical evolution of his era, with Book Six of the Madrigals.
A couple both on stage and in life, united by clear complicity, Roberto Alagna and Aleksandra Kurzak perform great arias and duets of Italian opera—from Bellini and Puccini to Verdi and Mascagni.
Three concerts in the form of a sacred journey: Ensemble Pygmalion, conducted by Raphaël Pichon, performs different ‘stations’ from Johann Sebastian Bach’s sacred music devoted to the figure of Jesus.
Three concerts in the form of a sacred journey: Ensemble Pygmalion, conducted by Raphaël Pichon, performs different ‘stations’ from Johann Sebastian Bach’s sacred music devoted to the figure of Jesus.
Three concerts in the form of a sacred journey: Ensemble Pygmalion, conducted by Raphaël Pichon, performs different ‘stations’ from Johann Sebastian Bach’s sacred music devoted to the figure of Jesus.
Zimmermann’s great opera Die Soldaten was premiered in Cologne in 1965 by Michael Gielen. A work rarely performed in France, it is conducted here by François-Xavier Roth at the head of the Gürzenich-Orchester Köln.
In terms of publicity, bats have had a difficult two years. With a note of humour, the students of the Conservatoire de Paris have chosen Johann Strauss II’s Die Fledermaus (‘The Bat’) for their pedagogical project.
With Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Tsar’s Bride, Tugan Sokhiev and the Bolshoi Orchestra continue a tradition they established several years ago, of bringing Russian opera to the Philharmonie de Paris.
Four years after their triumphant tour with Wolf’s Italienisches Liederbuch—including a showing at the Philharmonie de Paris not soon to be forgotten—Diana Damrau and Jonas Kaufmann together take up Schumann and Brahms.
Twenty-five years after the recording that introduced music lovers to Caldara’s oratorio Magdalene at the feet of Christ, René Jacobs returns to the work, this time accompanied by the Freiburger Barockorchester.
Pygmalion, a choir founded 15 years ago by Raphaël Pichon, continues its exploration of the Germanic repertoire, from Mendelssohn to Schoenberg.
Breaking from his collaborations with Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht worked with political composer Hanns Eisler to create the didactic play The Decision in 1930.
Jordi Savall and Le Concert des Nations juxtapose two major Mozart scores that they know well: his last work for orchestra, the ‘Jupiter’ Symphony; and his Requiem.
In June 2018, Patricia Petibon and La Cetra conducted by Andrea Marcon joined forces at the Philharmonie de Paris for a series of ‘love arias’ by Gluck and Mozart. A triumph! They return in chiaroscuro, this time with Handel and Rameau.
Showcasing a Bach repertoire lesser known than the works composed during his Leipzig years (from 1723 to his death), Les Arts Florissants and Paul Agnew explore his cantatas written in Arnstadt and Mühlhausen.
After their concert the previous day, of Bach’s music from his Arnstadt and Mühlhausen period, Les Arts Florissants and Paul Agnew present the complete Italian Madrigals by Schütz, a composer they have seldom played.
Ingrid Roose, the new deputy conductor of the Orchestre de Paris Choir, delivers a concert this evening in which two pillars of choral singing dialogue with rarities of the repertoire. A passionately romantic program.
A diva in the first sense of the word, soprano Anna Netrebko most certainly is. It is a title that her latest album, called simply Diva (Deutsche Grammophon, 2018), claims without false
Jukka-Pekka Saraste, the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse and the Orfeon Donostiarra choir perform a masterpiece of the sacred music repertoire, Verdi’s Requiem.
Accompanied by the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, and with the great Joyce DiDonato, Berlioz devotee John Nelson continues his exploration of the French composer’s oeuvre.
After recording it in 2018, Matthias Goerne returns to Schumann’s Dichterliebe, this time with Daniil Trifonov on piano, whose performance in an accompanying role we are eager to discover.
Les Arts Florissants with Paul Agnew conducting presents two versions of the Biblical story of Jephthah (Jepthe): Carissimi’s from the mid-seventeenth century and Draghi’s written not long thereafter.
Jazz and world music
A major ambassador of Brazilian music, active since the 1960s, Gilberto Gil continues his relentless quest of spreading good vibrations. For this encounter with his French audience, he will be accompanied by his sons Bem and João Gil.
As energetic and inspired as ever, Chucho Valdés presents The Creation, an epic work retracing the emergence of the Yoruba culture in the Caribbean. Flamboyant and vibrant, this Afro-Cuban oratorio is preceded by a solo concert with Valdés on piano.
Illustrious Cuban pianist Chucho Valdés invites three close friends, clarinetist ans saxophonist Paquito D'Rivera, saxophonist Joe Lovano and violinist Yilian Cañizares, all superb soloists, to join him for the weekend of celebrations marking his 80th birthday.
As we count down the days to Christmas, iconoclastic Canadian pianist and singer Chilly Gonzales brings his delightful album A Very Chilly Christmas to the stage. His selection of traditional carols and pop songs, delivered with flair, is a fresh and spirited take on the Christmas repertoire.
Acclaimed for its jubilatory adaptations of children’s classics, intrepid jazz ensemble The Amazing Keystone Big Band turns Alice in Wonderland into a drole and gripping musical tale sure to delight spectators of all ages.
We regret to inform you that due to the sanitary situation the European tour of Maria Schneider will not be able to take place. This concert is canceled.
Bahauddin Dagar, a great modern-day master of classical Indian music, plays the rudra veena, a tube zither. Three examples of the instrument from the Musée de la musique collection will feature in this concert.
Once cannot mention Portuguese music without thinking of fado, the popular music genre evoking saudade, impossible love stories, nostalgia and ardour, with accompaniment on plucked strings—generally those of a Portuguese guitar or violão.
Fado, a genre emblematic of Portugal, is embodied here by two singers at the forefront of the scene today: Carminho, with her eclectic style influenced in part by Brazilian music, and Camané, as respectful of tradition as he is innovative.
Each at the head of their respective ensembles, two great Argentine musicians—pianist Gerardo Jerez Le Cam and bandoneonist Juan José Mosalini—celebrate Astor Piazzolla, the immortal tango nuevo maestro, in a two-part concert.
A ‘tango club’ immersing us in the underground tanguero of Buenos Aires, where one comes to listen and soak up the vim and vigour of a vibrantly fertile genre, poised between tradition and modernity.
The Quinteto Astor Piazzolla has spent more than twenty years perpatuating the repertoire of the legendary Argentine musician. The concert opens with young bandoneonist Louise Jallu, embarking on a new adventure in which she conjures the spirit and music of Astor Piazzolla.
The SFJAZZ Collective, a leading American jazz ensemble that excels in the art of revisiting the most celebrated repertoires, here presents new compositions inspired by the social issues that have shaken the planet over the past year.
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