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- January 2007 -
Ludwig van Beethoven
Triple concerto,
for violin, cello & pianoforte op.56
Symphony N.6 « Pastorale », op.68
Daniel Sepec, violon
Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello
Andreas Staier, pianoforte
Orchestre des Champs-Élysées
Conductor Philippe Herreweghe
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In addition to his 3rd, 5th and 6th symphonies, Beethoven
dedicated the Triple Concerto for piano, violin and cello to
his patron prince, the music lover Franz Joseph von Lobkowitz.
The work is unique in the musical sphere, although it has been
compared to Brahms's Double Concerto, for violin and cello,
written 80 later. In 1807 and 1808, three years after his Triple
Concerto, Beethoven wrote the 6th Symphony ("Pastorale"),
another work that is one of a kind, since it is Beethoven's only
programmatic symphony. Its form does not follow the
four-movement classical structure anymore, but develops a
theme chosen by Beethoven, in a manner that is close to the
nature experience.
The work inspired many composers, in particular, Berlioz, who
wrote a brilliant and romantic analysis of the work.
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Grenoble
MC2
January 12th, 2007
Tickets :+33 4 76 00 79 00
Bruges (BE)
Concertgebouw
January 14th, 2007
Tickets : +32 (0)50 47 69 99
Utrecht (NL)
Muziekcentrum Vredenburg
January 16th, 2007
Tickets : +31 30 231 45 44
Eindhoven (NL)
Muziekcentrum Frits Philips
January 17th, 2007
Tickets : +31 (0) 40 244 20 20
Groningen (NL)
De Oosterpoort
January 18th, 2007
Tickets : +31 (0) 50 3680368
Paris
Salle Pleyel
January 20th, 2007
Tickets : +33 1 42 56 13 13
St Quentin-en-Yvelines
Théatre
January 21st 2007
Tickets : +33 1 30 96 99 00
Thonon-Evian
Maison des Arts
January 24th, 2007
Tickets : + 33 4 50 71 45 15
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- March 2007 -
(1)
Johannes Brahms
Schicksalslied, op.54
Alt-Rhapsody*, op.53
Anton Bruckner
Mass N.3, in F minor “The Great”
Ingela Bohlin, soprano
Ingeborg Danz*, alto
Steve Davislim, tenor
Alfred Reiter, bass
RIAS-Kammerchor
Orchestre des Champs-Élysées
Conductor Philippe Herreweghe
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Brahms and Bruckner are generally considered the two last
great symphonists in the Germanic tradition, after Haydn,
Mozart, Betthoven and Schubert. They disagreed with one
another in the aesthetics discord aroused by Wagner's music
in the 19th century.
Bruckner admired Wagner and was criticized by the upholders
of a more classical expression, an ideal which found its
primary spokesman in Brahms.
Yet the two musicians were united in their love for choral
music. Bruckner looked back to the Renaissance for models
whereas Brahms was influenced by Bach's music throughout
his life.
In the end, however, for both composers, counterpoint was the
driving force behind their music.
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- March 2007 -
(2)
Joseph Haydn
Symphony N.83 «The hen»
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Oboe concerto in C major K.314
Symphony N.40 K.550
Marcel Ponseele, oboe
Orchestre des Champs-Élysées
Peter Hanson, violin & konzertmeister
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In 1785, Haydn was 52 years old and had already composed
83 symphonies.The 83rd is joyful and written in
the traditionnal four movement form. The editor chose the title
in reference to the first movement whose dotted rhythm
reminded him of the squeal that poultry make when scratching
te ground.
The concerto K. 314, later transcribed for flute by Mozart, was
composed for the oboist Giuseppe Ferlendis. The theme from
the 3rd movement was taken from the air "Welche Wonne,
welche Lust" from "Die Entführung aus dem Serail".
The Symphony N.40 is a perpetual quest, full of questions -
to which the Jupiter Symphony, N. 41 will give answers.
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Blois
Halle aux grains
March 24th, 2007
Tickets : +33 2 54 90 44 00
Châteauroux
Equinoxe
March 25th, 2007
Tickets : +33 2 54 08 34 34
Angoulême
Théâtre
March 27th, 2007
Tickets : +33 5 45 38 61 62
Poitiers
La Hune, St Benoît
March 29th, 2007
Tickets : +33 5 49 39 29 29
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- May 2007 -
Joseph Haydn
Symphony N.92 "Oxford"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
"Ah, lo previdi !" KV 272
"Voi avete un cor fedele" KV 217
Symphony N.38 "Prague"
Veronica Cangemi, soprano
Orchestre des Champs-Élysées
Conductor René Jacobs
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René Jacobs conducts the Orchestre des Champs-Elysées
for two programs.
The completed manuscript of Haydn's Symphony N. 92 was
dedicated to a French count and yet the parts were given
to a German prince !
Whoever were the true dedicatees, this work testifies
magnificently to the composer's full musical maturity,
and it earned him a doctor honoris causa nomination at
Oxford University.
The air K. 369, written for an amateur female opera singer,
shows great sobriety. It is also one of the last works
composed by Mozart in Munich before leaving for Vienna.
In the air K. 486, whose text is inspired from Metastasio's
Didone Abandoned, Mozart expresses the pain of this
separation with a touching simplicity.
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- May/ June 2007 -
Gioacchino Rossini
Tancredi
(concert version)
Tancredi, Bernarda Fink
Amenaide, Rosemary Joshua
Argirio, Lawrence Brownlee
Roggiero, Anna Chierichetti
Orbazzano, Federico Sacchi
Isaura, Elena Belfiore
English Voices
Orchestre des Champs-Élysées
Conductor René Jacobs
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This production of Rossini's Tancredi, along with the
Mozart/Haydn project in early May, marks the first
collaboration between René Jacobs and the Orchestre
des Champs-Élysées. After some attempts in the 1980's,
it is the first rendition of a Rossini opera on period
instruments.
Tancredi, was written for the Fenice Opera Theater and was
premiered in February 1813.
It achieved a great success with the Venitian public
and contributed a lot to the renown of Rossini
who was not yet 21 years old yet. Rarely performed in a
concert version, this opera marks a change in the style of
lyrical declamation manifest in opera seria.
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- June 2007 -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony N.40 K.550
Requiem K.626
Marie Arnet, soprano
Marijana Mijanovic, mezzo
Paul Agnew, tenor
Brindley Sheratt, bass
Collegium Vocale Gent
Orchestre des Champs-Élysées
Conductor Louis Langrée
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July 15th, 8 pm
Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin concerto, op. 61
Symphony N.6 « Pastorale », op.68
Patricia Kopatchinskaia, violin
Orchestre des Champs-Élysées
Conductor Philippe Herreweghe
July 18th, 8 pm
Johannes Brahms
Symphony N°2
Orchestre des Champs-Élysées
Conductor Philippe Herreweghe
July 19th, 8 pm
Johannes Brahms
Symphony N°4
Orchestre des Champs-Élysées
Conductor Philippe Herreweghe
July 22nd, 8 pm
Gustav Mahler
Symphony N°4
Carolyn Sampson, soprano
Orchestre des Champs-Élysées
Conductor Philippe Herreweghe
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- October 2007 -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sérénades "Nachtmusik" et "Gran Partita"
Harmonie des Champs-Élysées
Marcel Ponseele, oboe and conductor
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- October 2007 -
Richard Strauss
Orchesterlieder
Gustav Mahler
Symphonie N.4
Carolyn Sampson, soprano
Orchestre des Champs-Élysées
Conductor Philippe Herreweghe
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- November / December 2007 -
Johannes Brahms
Symphony N.2 & N.4
Orchestre des Champs-Élysées
Conductor Philippe Herreweghe
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Programmes and casting can be modified.
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