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Berlioz’ Symphonie fantastique & Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme

Amsterdam, Concertgebouw — Main Hall

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About the Event

Last year Tchaikovsky's challenging Rococo Variations appeared on his latest album with Erato, now cellist Edgar Moreau plays them with the Orchestre Nationale de Lille. Also heard is Berlioz's exuberant Symphonie fantastique, a hallucinatory love story including an insane nightmare in the form of a witches' Sabbath.

Compelling symphonic narrative
Joshua Weilerstein, the new artistic director of the Orchestre Nationale de Lille, lets his orchestra shine in Hector Berlioz's dashing Symphonie fantastique. Without words, Berlioz wrote a richly orchestrated and evocative story of an obsessive and unrequited love. From musings and passions, a trip to the countryside and a sumptuous ball to the passage to the scaffold and a wild witch dance.

ovsky's Rococo Variations with Edgar Moreau
Music magazine The Strad praised “Edgar Moreau's expressive range” and “exquisite sense of nuance” and, according to Gramophone, “his tone is exquisite, and his phrasing delightful. The young French cellist shot into the world of classical music like a comet just under a decade ago, after winning the prestigious Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 2011 with the virtuoso Rococo Variations. Last year this Tchaikovsky masterpiece appeared on his latest album Rococo, now Moreau plays the heavenly variations with the Orchestre Nationale de Lille.

Program

  • Mieczyslaw Weinberg – Rhapsody on Moldovan Themes, op. 47, No. 1
  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
  • Hector Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique, H 48, op. 14
Program is subject to change

Artists

Orchestra: Orchestre National de Lille



Founded in 1976 on the initiative of Jean‐Claude Casadesus and the Regional Council for the Nord / Pas‐de‐Calais and with government support, the Orchestre National de Lille assumes an ambitious artistic programme aiming at the widest possible audience, performing a symphonic repertoire, giving prominence to contemporary work, and promoting young talent, cultural activities and educational projects. An outstanding ambassador for its region and the French culture across four continents and thirty countries, the orchestra has established itself as one of the leading orchestras in France, and is regularly featured in broadcasts on radio and television, paying special attention to releases of new works.

Conductor: Joshua Weilerstein
Cello: Edgar Moreau

Address

Concertgebouw, Concertgebouwplein, 10, Amsterdam, Netherlands — Google Maps

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