Performing Arts
Monteverdi’s Madrigals, Book I
Paul Agnew’s monumental project to perform all eight books of Monteverdi’s madrigals in just four years seems as ambitious as performing the complete works of Bach! A bold challenge, like the work itself. Contained within these eight Books are the foundations of modern music, from the end of the Ren...
PHILIPPE JAROUSSKY : Italian music for the Sun King, a concert for Mazarin
Concert given in 2010 in Lyon by the Ensemble La Fenice, under the direction of Jean TUBERY, with counter-tenor Philippe JAROUSSKY.
- "Toccata seconda" by Marco Uccellini
- "Sumite psalmum" by Alessandro Grandi
- "Madre non mi far monaca" (anonymous)
- "Partite sopra La Monica"...
Quatuor Ebène : Debussy, Fauré, Ravel – string quartets (Artistic Confessions)
Rehearsal and recording of works by Debussy, Fauré and Ravel with the Quatuor Ebène under the artistic direction of Etienne COLLARD. The Ebène quartet composed of Mathieu HERZOG, violist, Pierre COLOMBET, first violin, Gabriel LE MAGADURE, second violin and Raphaël MERLIN, cellist, met in a rural se...
THE MAD LOVERS
A lyrico-dramatic show by Orianne Moretti, based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
A journey through the madness of passionate love and shattered futures.
A show at the crossroads of the Arts, in which words (theatre and poetry), notes (song, piano, cello) and movement (dance) transport us to a reinter...
TINARIWEN AT THE BOUFFES DU NORD
During their Spring 2011 European tour, Tinariwen gave a one-off acoustic concert at the Bouffes du Nord Theatre, in which they performed their new album, “Tessalit”, in its entirety.
The sight of these Tuareg musicians in their indigo tagelmusts within the Parisian setting of Peter Brook’s famous t...
TURANDOT (Ferruccio Busoni)
The opera is inspired by the play "Turandot" by Count Carlo Gozzi. "Turandot, the Emperor’s daughter, challenges her suitors to solve three riddles. She will marry the one who succeeds, but those who fail will be executed. Kalaf, an exiled prince in disguise, takes up the challenge”. Busoni composed...
Beethoven, Symphony No. 1 in C Major, op. 21
Although still in the style of Mozart and Haydn, the audacious form and orchestration of Beethoven's First Symphony marks a turning point from the classical technique.
The third movement, classical manner "menuetto", is close to a Romantic scherzo: the tempo is much faster than a traditional menuet...
Beethoven, Symphony No. 7 in A Major, op. 92
Beethoven uses an extraordinary palette of rhythms, colours and nuances in this work, increasing the contrasts and creating a sensation of perpetual motion. Wagner said "this symphony is the apotheosis of dance itself." This dancing character reaches its peak in the final, Dionysian scherzo. Yet ...
Bel Air Festival 2010 – Saint Saëns & Schubert
Concert given as part of the 15th Rencontres de musique de chambre de Bel Air in Chambéry on September 4, 2010.
With : Renaud CAPUÇON (violin), Etienne ABELIN (violin) Béatrice MUTHELET (viola), David GUERRIER (horn), Henri DEMARQUETTE (cello), Bertrand CHAMAYOU (piano), Marc-Antoine BO...
BEST OF Renaud Capuçon & Friends
Concert given as part of the 15th Rencontres de musique de chambre de Bel Air in Chambéry.
Renaud CAPUCON and guests perform works by Mahler, Brahms, Shostakovich, Dvorak and Mendelssohn.
With : Nicholas ANGELICH (piano), Renaud CAPUÇON (violin), Lise BERTHAUD (viola), Yan Levionnois...
