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London Symphony Orchestra: Berlioz and Idefix at Festspielhaus Baden‐Baden

Baden‐Baden, Festspielhaus Baden‐Baden

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About the Event

They were virtuosos: Hector Berlioz in the 19th century and Pierre Boulez in the 20th century. Both great “B's” liberated music from traditional rituals. Berlioz recalled Lord Byron's pirate novel “The Corsair” and thus also bowed to the free spirit Byron, whose daughter Ada Lovelace was already writing computer programs at the beginning of the 19th century. Pierre Boulez was considered a math genius. In his work “Mémoriale”, he assigns fixed sound spaces to various wind instruments, in which they then develop a “life of their own”. They become the “explosante‐fixe” of the work, which takes us straight back to Berlioz's “Symphonie fantastique”, which is dedicated to the musical “idée fixe”. Idefix? That's exactly who reminds us of Berlioz in the comic.

Practical Information

The categories on the seating plan are divided as follows:
Category 1 = yellow
Category 2 = pink
Category 3 = red
Category 4 = blue
Category 5 = green
Category 6 = blackberry
Category 7 = dark brown
Category 8 = light brown

Program

Hector Berlioz – Le Corsaire
Pierre Boulez – Mémoriale
Pierre Boulez – Livre pour cordes
Hector Berlioz – Symphonie fantastique op. 14

Program is subject to change

Artists

Orchestra:	London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:	Antonio Pappano Currently Music Director of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano is the youngest conductor ever to have been invited to this position. Previously, he has been Music Director of the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels and the Norwegian Opera, and Principal Guest Conductor of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Born in London of Italian parents but living in the United States from the age of 13, Pappano’s work as pianist and assistant conductor rapidly led to his engagement in theatres throughout the world. Most notably, he was assistant to Daniel Barenboim for several productions at the Bayreuth Festival. Concurrently with his obligations at the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano is Music Director of the orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome.

Orchestra:

London Symphony Orchestra

Conductor:

Antonio Pappano

Currently Music Director of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano is the youngest conductor ever to have been invited to this position. Previously, he has been Music Director of the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels and the Norwegian Opera, and Principal Guest Conductor of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.

Born in London of Italian parents but living in the United States from the age of 13, Pappano’s work as pianist and assistant conductor rapidly led to his engagement in theatres throughout the world. Most notably, he was assistant to Daniel Barenboim for several productions at the Bayreuth Festival.

Concurrently with his obligations at the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano is Music Director of the orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome.

Address

Festspielhaus Baden‐Baden, Beim Alten Bahnhof 2, Baden‐Baden, Germany — Google Maps