Classical music
A Journey with Marcel KhalifÉ
This Lebanese artist with his prolific output (film music, ballets, concertos, symphonies...), a recognized “Unesco Artist for Peace" for his commitment to his country’s musical heritage, has set himself the task of reviving the spirit of Middle Eastern music. By way of mixing cultures, Marcel Khali...
America : From Bernstein to Bartok
In concert on April 8, 2017 at the Opéra de Dijon, with David Grimal and Les Dissonances:
America! A new world of dreams and fortune that captures the migrant as soon as he sees the Statue of Liberty and the docks of New York from the deck of the boat. But also America, a land of disappointed hopes,...
Following the leader
How to lead an orchestra without a conductor? How to bring down the institution that elevated the "Maestro" to the status of demigod?
An investigation within the classical music community into the relationship between power and creation, through the example of the Dissonances (60-piece orchestra pla...
Haydn’s The Seasons : Paris Chamber Orchestra, Accentus choir
Concert recorded on December 16, 2017 at La Philarmonie de Paris
Laurence Equilbey conducts Joseph Haydn's great oratorio, "The Seasons", performed by the Accentus choir and the Paris Chamber Orchestra. This is the Philharmonie de Paris’ Christmas concert, a participatory event in which the public i...
Schumann – Bruckner
In concert on January 30, 2017 at the Philharmonie de Paris.
David Grimal is the soloist in a little known work, Robert Schumann's Violin Concerto, and explores with Les Dissonances Bruckner’s immense 7th Symphony, with its overwhelming Adagio mourning the death of Richard Wagner.
- Robert Schumann:...
The Rite of Spring (Stravinsky)
Performing the Rite of Spring at the Philharmonie de Paris with no conductor, David Grimal and the 97 musicians of the Dissonances give themselves a harder challenge each year.
This work by Stravinsky, written in 1913, explores simple themes: rhythm and harmony. However, it was one of the most scan...
Chilly Gonzales & Jarvis Cocker “Room 29” at the GaitÉ Lyrique
Only the fertile brains of Jarvis Cocker, former leader of the legendary band Pulp and icon of Britpop, and Chilly Gonzales, pianist and producer of genius, could have dreamed up such a crazy project.
Born from a long stay by the British musician at Chateau Marmont, the prestigious hotel in Los Ang...
Coronation Mass – Mozart (Jean-Christophe Spinosi & l’Ensemble Matheus)
Jean-Christophe Spinosi, the founder of French orchestra “Ensemble Matheus” leads two of the most majestic works of Mozart in the Royal Chapels of Versailles with participation of :
Soraya Mafi, soprano
Josè Maria Lo Monaco, mezzo-soprano
Philippe Talbot, tenor
Luigi De Donato, bass.
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