Classical music
Chilly Gonzales & Kaiser Quartet live at the Galerie de la Bibliothèque de Versailles
The pianist Chilly Gonzales is one of the most interesting and complex musicians of his generation. It’s in a building full of history with an amazing aura that this concert takes place: the galeries of the Bibliothèque de Versailles.
The former Hôtel des Affaires Etrangères in the time of Louis XV,...
Claude Debussy, La Mer
Claude Debussy was always particularly drawn to the sea and wrote La Mer in just 18 months, a very short time for him. He became a recognised artist and a leading reference in the world of music. He was also an important critic. In January of the same year, 1903, he was made Chevalier of the Legion ...
Engelbert Humperdinck: Prelude of Hänsel and Gretel (l’Orchestre National d’Ile de France)
Engelbert Humperdinck chosed the popular legend of Hansel and Gretel based on the Grimm brothers’ fairy tale to compose his opera in 3 acts which became his greatest masterpiece. Two children lost in the forest by their parents, attracted by the gingerbread house of an evil witch...
EugÈne Ysaye: Sonata N ° 3 for solo violin
Ysaÿe wanted to compose works for violin alone, reflecting the evolution of the violin techniques and music of his time. In this set of sonatas, he used the main features of early twentieth-century music, such as whole-tone scales, dissonances, and quarter-tones. Ysaÿe also used virtuoso bow and adv...
Francesco Cavalli : Il teatro di Sensi
The Cappella Mediterranea Ensemble, created in 2005 by Leonardo García Alarcón is taking on a challenge: to play 27 unpublished scores from Francesco Cavalli, in the famous Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venisce, Italy.
Born in February 1602 in Lombardy, Francesco Cavalli started as a singer, then he ...
Gustav Malher, des Knaben Wunderhorn (l’Orchestre National d’Ile de France)
Mahler draws on the collection « Des Knaben Wunderhorn » traditional German poems to create orchestral songs and voice and piano settings.
Their succession creates a sort of cycle, mini-tales made of childish wonder and philosophical outlook on the world. The composer was fascinated by these “liede...
Haendel, Messiah
Handel's Messiah was composed in less than a month, in 1741, after a succession of operas. Wishing to renew the genre of the oratorio, Handel now features the heroes of history, literature and religious texts. In England, the Messiah is such a success that the liturgical piece becomes a national eve...
HIRUNDO MARIS, Songs of South and North
Hirundo Maris is Latin for “sea swallow” and, like that bird’s nomadic flight, harpist Arianna Savall’s quintet – part early music ensemble, part folk group – drifts on musical currents between Norway and Catalonia.
In reference to the connections between the traditions that sea facilitated, this...
In an Italian Garden / William Christie
ln an Italian Garden is a celebration of Christie’s great passion, ltalian lyric works from the 16th to 18th centuries, to be performed by instrumentalist of Les Arts Florissants and six outstanding young singers chosen from his master-class academy, Le Jardin des Voix. The first half of the concert...
Italian Modernity: Pauline Buet & David Violi
Pauline Buet (cello) and David Violi (piano) play Ferruccio Busoni, Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco and Giuseppe Martucci.
Born into a family of musicians, Pauline Buet received an education based on the pleasure of playing, listening and discovering repertoires. These watchwords informed her career choi...
