Classical music
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...
J.S. Bach’s Goldberg variations
The Duo Mélisande, composed of two young and brilliant guitar players, Toulouse-based Sébastien Llinares and Nicolas Lestoquoy from Lille, present an enthralling and original version of the famous Goldberg Variations, a masterpiece by J-S. Bach, transcribed for two guitars.
The second half of the sh...
Jean Sibelius, violin concerto in D minor op. 47
Sibelius’s music combines popular inspirations with theoretical legacies. The violin concerto, the only the maestro composed, in 1903-1905, is very traditional in form : three movements (fast long, slow, fast short). It opens on small misty waves to the strings while the violin began its first theme...
Jordi Savall: Musician for Peace
Documentary dedicated to the Catalan musician Jordi SAVALL specialist of viola da gamba and baroque music. His work on ancient music is nourished by exchanges and interactions between the East, Asia and the West. He leads us to a reflection on peace having its source in several cultural and religiou...
JORDI SAVALL: TERRA NOSTRA, tribute to Planet Earth
As part of the 10th Music and History Festival for Intercultural Dialogue, under the direction of Jordi SAVALL, the Concert des Nations performs works by Marin Marais, Georg Philipp Telemann, Jean Philippe Rameau, Matthew Locke, Antonio Vivaldi, and Jean Fery Rebel .
The 17th century sa...
JORDI SAVALL: THE ROUTES OF SLAVERY (1500- 1888)
This concert evokes the history of the slave routes and the slave trade from the memory of the oral traditions of the descendants of its victims in Brazil, Mali, Madagascar, Colombia, Mexico and Bolivia. It pays tribute to the victims of this terrible triangular trade (Europe, Africa and the New Wor...
Mendelssohn: opening of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 21
Felix Mendelssohn was 17 when he first read William Shakespeare’s play, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. The story inspired him and he composed a sublime score for it... known today as the Overture. Twenty years later, King Frederick William IV of Prussia commissioned Mendelssohn to write a score for a ...
