Performing Arts
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...
Broadway in Satin, Billie Holiday revisited by the National Jazz Orchestra
Some songs never die: they keep getting better and better. American popular songs from the 1920s to the 1950s, born through Broadway musicals or Hollywood movies, belong to them.
Daniel Yvinec pursues his quest for a reinterpretation of America's great standards, evoking through "Broadway in Sati...
Gérard Caussé : Bach suites (Artistic confessions)
Meeting with the French violist Gérard CAUSSE on the occasion of the release of his album "Bach 6 Suites de danses": extracts from suites by Jean Sébastien BACH and interview with Gérard CAUSSE about Bach and his artistic collaboration with Laurent TERZIEFF .Interview Gérard Caussé Excerpts Bach 6 D...
JORDI SAVALL : THE BORGIA, church and power during the Renaissance
As part of the 5th Music and History Festival for intercultural dialogue, given at the Fontfroide Abbey in Narbonne on July 31, 2010, Montserrat FIGUERAS, on vocals and zither, Driss EL MALOUMI, on vocals and oud, the Capella Reial de Catalunya, and Hespèrion XXI, under the direction of Jordi SAVALL...
JORDI SAVALL : THE CATHAR TRAGEDY, the forgotten kingdom
As part of the Music and History Festival for intercultural dialogue, under the direction of Jordi SAVALL, Montserrat FIGUERAS, vocals and zither, Pascal BERTIN, countertenor, Lluis VILAMAJO, tenor, Marc MAUILLON, baritone, Furio ZANASI, baritone, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, and Hespèrion XXI, pe...
