Archive of performances of Berlioz’s music around the world
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1 December 2010 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Kobacker Hall, Moore Musical
Arts Center, Bowling Green, USA Bowling Green Philharmonia conductor: Dr. Emily Freeman Brown |
1 December 2010 | “Roméo et Juliette” Maurice Béjart’s ballet created in 1966 set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette | Maison de la Culture de la
Nièvre, Nevers, France Malandain Ballet Biarritz choreography: Thierry Malandain decor and costumes: Jorge Gallardo director, conception and lighting: Jean-Claude Asquié |
2 December 2010 7.30pm |
Harold en Italie (Liszt transcription) Paganini and the Great Composers |
Kings Place, Hall One, London, UK Lise Berthaud (viola) Claire-Marie Le Guay (piano) |
3 December 2010 8.00pm |
L’Enfance du Christ
(selection) (probably Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille) |
Rye Congregational Church,
Rye, NH, USA Rockingham Choral Society conductor: Andrew Gaydos |
4 December 2010 4.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Salle Pleyel, Paris, France Orchestre Pasdeloup conductor: Domingo Hindoyan |
4 December 2010 7.30pm |
L’Enfance du Christ
(selection) (probably Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille) |
Timberlane Performing Arts
Center, Plaistow, NH, USA Rockingham Choral Society conductor: Andrew Gaydos |
4 December 2010 7.30pm |
Te Deum |
St Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, UK Norwich Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus conductor: Matthew Andrews chorus master: David Dunnett Ben Johnson (tenor) David Dunnett (organ) |
4 December 2010 7.30pm |
Marche hongroise (from La Damnation de Faust) |
Church of St Philip and St Paul with Wesley, Southport,
UK Southport Orchestra conductor: Jeff Rimmer |
4 December 2010 8.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire | Mandel Hall, Chicago, USA University Chicago Symphony Orchestra conductor: Barbara Schubert |
4 December 2010 8.30pm |
Works unspecified (probably Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille, from L’Enfance du Christ) Concert de Noël [Christmas Concert] |
Église Sainte-Madeleine,
Besançon, France Chœur Schutz conductor: Jean Mislin Pascal Reber (organ) |
5 December 2010 3.00pm |
L’Enfance du Christ
(selection) (probably Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille) |
Exeter Congregational
Church, Exeter, NH, USA Rockingham Choral Society conductor: Andrew Gaydos |
5 December 2010 3.00pm |
L’Invitation à la valse Weber; orch. Berlioz |
Assembly Hall Theatre, Tunbridge Well, UK Royal Tunbridge Wells Symphony Orchestra conductor: Neil Thomson |
5 December 2010 3.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique Lélio, ou le Retour à la vie Chagrin d’amour sublimé |
Palais des Beaux-Arts / Salle Henry Le Bœuf, Brussels,
Belgium Orchestre National de Lille Chœur Régional Nord-Pas-de-Calais conductor: Jean-Claude Casadesus chorus master: Éric Deltour Julien Behr (tenor) Stephen Salters (baritone) Daniel Mesguisch (récitant) Paulina Sawicka Pollet (piano)/Jean-Michel Dayez (piano) |
5 December 2010 4.00pm See review by P.-R. Serna (in Frenchj) |
Les Troyens | Deutsche Oper Berlin, Berlin, Germany Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin (director: William Spaulding) Opernballett der Deutschen Oper Berlin conductor: Donald Runnicles director: David Pountney artistic-production manager: Christian Baier choreography: Renato Zanella cast: Énée: Ian Storey Didon: Béatrice Uria -Monzon Cassandre: Petra Lang Chorèbe: Markus Brück Anna: Liane Keegan Narbal: Reinhard Hagen Panthée: Seth Carico Ascagne: Heidi Stober Hylas, Iopas: Gregory Warren Priam: Lenus Carlson A Greek chief: Sergio Vitale Ghost of Hector: Hyung-Wook Lee Hélénus: Yosep Kang Trojan soldiers: Jörn Schümann, Ben Wager Mercure: Hyung-Wook Lee |
5 December 2010 5.00pm |
L’Enfance du Christ | Christuskirche, Bochum, Germany Stadtkantorei Bochum Bochumer Symphoniker conductor: Arno Hartmann Magali Léger (soprano) Jean-Pierre Ouellet (tenor) Joachim Höchbauer (bass-baritone) Jens Hamann (Bass) |
6 December 2010 3.00pm |
L’Enfance du Christ BBC Discovering Music Programme |
Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank Centre, London, UK BBC Concert Orchestra BBC Singers conductor: Charles Hazlewood |
6 December 2010 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Musikverein, Großer Saal,
Vienna, Austria Saito Kinen Orchestra conductor: Seiji Ozawa |
6 December 2010 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique Lélio, ou le Retour à la vie |
Nouveau Siècle, Lille,
France Orchestre National de Lille Chœur Régional Nord-Pas-de-Calais conductor: Jean-Claude Casadesus chorus master: Éric Deltour Julien Behr (tenor) Stephen Salters (baritone) Daniel Mesguisch (récitant) Paulina Sawicka Pollet (piano)/Jean-Michel Dayez (piano) |
7 December 2010 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique Lélio, ou le Retour à la vie |
Nouveau Siècle, Lille,
France Orchestre National de Lille Chœur Régional Nord-Pas-de-Calais conductor: Jean-Claude Casadesus chorus master: Éric Deltour Julien Behr (tenor) Stephen Salters (baritone) Daniel Mesguisch (récitant) Paulina Sawicka Pollet (piano)/Jean-Michel Dayez (piano) |
7 December 2010 8.00pm |
Melodies (unspecified) (probably selections from Les Nuits d’été) “La Nuit” |
Cathédrale Saint-Louis des
Invalides, Paris, France Isabelle Druet (mezzo-soprano) with piano accompaniment |
7 December 2010 8.00pm Recorded for broadcast on France Musique on 21 December at 12.30 |
Symphonie fantastique Homage to Jean-Louis Barrault |
Musée d’Orsay, Grand Nef, Paris, France Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France conductor: Myung Wung Chung |
9 December 2010 6.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique (excerpts) Concert du Partage |
Nouveau Siècle, Lille,
France Orchestre National de Lille conductor: Jean-Claude Casadesus |
10 December 2010 6.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique (excerpts) Concert du Partage |
Salle des Sports, Tour Du
Renard, Outreau, France Orchestre National de Lille conductor: Jean-Claude Casadesus |
10 December 2010 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, USA Los Angeles Philharmonic conductor: Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos |
10 December 2010 8.00pm |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict | Tucson Music Hall, Tucson, USA Tucson Symphony Orchestra conductor: Jorge Mester |
10 December 2010 |
Works unspecified (probably Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille from L’Enfance du Christ) Concert de Noël [Christmas Concert] |
Église, Comps-Lagrandville,
France Ensemble vocal des Quatre-Saisons conductor: Annie Cayrel |
11 December 2010 5.00pm |
Les Troyens | Deutsche Oper Berlin, Berlin, Germany Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin (director: William Spaulding) Opernballett der Deutschen Oper Berlin conductor: Donald Runnicles director: David Pountney artistic-production manager: Christian Baier choreography: Renato Zanella cast: Énée: Ian Storey Didon: Béatrice Uria -Monzon Cassandre: Petra Lang Chorèbe: Markus Brück Anna: Liane Keegan Narbal: Reinhard Hagen Panthée: Seth Carico Ascagne: Heidi Stober Hylas, Iopas: Gregory Warren Priam: Lenus Carlson A Greek chief: Sergio Vitale Ghost of Hector: Hyung-Wook Lee Hélénus: Yosep Kang Trojan soldiers: Jörn Schümann, Ben Wager Mercure: Hyung-Wook Lee |
11 December 2010 6.30pm |
Music by Hector Berlioz, Claude Debussy, Leonard
Bernstein, Astor Piazzola and Thierry Thibault Concert to mark Berlioz’s birthday |
Église, La Côte-Saint-André, France Ensemble de Cuivres Epsilon « The French Brass »: Franck Pulcini (trumpet) Jean-Pierre Cenedese (horn) Bruno Flahou (trombone) Thierry Thibault (tuba) |
11 December 2010 7.30pm |
Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille (from L’Enfance du Christ) The Glory of Christmas |
Trinity Church, North Finchley, London, UK Finchley Chamber Orchestra Finchley Chamber Choir conductor: David Lardi |
11 December 2010 7.30pm |
Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille (from L’Enfance du Christ) |
St Mary’s Church,
Marshfield, Wiltshire, UK Marshfield Bach Singers The Apollo Ensemble (chamber orchestra) conductor: Eric Roseberry |
11 December 2010 8.00pm |
Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille (from L’Enfance du Christ) |
St James’s Church, Muswell Hill, London, UK Crouch End Festival Chorus conductor: David Temple Peter Jaekel (organ) |
11 December 2010 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, USA Los Angeles Philharmonic conductor: Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos |
11 December 2010 8.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Théâtre, Anzin, France Orchestre National de Lille conductor: Jean-Claude Casadesus |
11 December 2010 | “Roméo et Juliette”
Maurice Béjart’s ballet created in 1966 set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette |
Espace Carpeaux, Courbevoie,
France Malandain Ballet Biarritz choreography: Thierry Malandain decor and costumes: Jorge Gallardo director, conception and lighting: Jean-Claude Asquié |
11 December 2010 |
Works unspecified (probably Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille from L’Enfance du Christ) Concert de Noël [Christmas Concert] |
Église du Sacré-Cœur,
Rodez, France Ensemble vocal des Quatre-Saisons conductor: Annie Cayrel |
12 December 2010 2.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, USA Los Angeles Philharmonic conductor: Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos |
12 December 2010 |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict | Tucson Music Hall, Tucson, USA Tucson Symphony Orchestra conductor: Jorge Mester |
12 December 2010 5.00pm |
L’Enfance du Christ | Christuskirche, Bochum, Germany Stadtkantorei Bochum Bochumer Symphoniker conductor: Arno Hartmann Magali Léger (soprano) Jean-Pierre Ouellet (tenor) Joachim Höchbauer (bass-baritone) Jens Hamann (Bass) |
12 December 2010 7.30pm |
L’Enfance du Christ
(selections) (probably Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille from L’Enfance du Christ) A Masterworks Christmas |
St Clare Catholic Church, O’Fallon,
IL, USA Masterworks Chorale conductor: Dr Stephen Mager |
13 December 2010 7.00pm |
Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille (from L’Enfance du Christ) |
St Clement Danes, London, UK CLIC Sargent Symphony Orchestra Collegium Musicum of London conductor: Craig Greene [CLIC stands for: Cancer and Leukaemia in Childhood] |
14 December 2010 7.00pm |
Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille (from L’Enfance du Christ) Christmas Celebrations |
Brangwyn Hall, Guildhall, Swansea, Wales, UK St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Wales BBC National Orchestra of Wales BBC National Chorus of Wales conductor: Grant Llewellyn |
14 December 2010 8.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été | Théâtre des
Champs-Elysées, Paris, France Ensemble orchestral de Paris conductor: Douglas Boyd Béatrice Uria-Monzon (mezzo-soprano) |
14 December 2010 | “Roméo et Juliette”
Maurice Béjart’s ballet created in 1966 set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette |
Le Minotaure, Vendôme,
France Malandain Ballet Biarritz choreography: Thierry Malandain decor and costumes: Jorge Gallardo director, conception and lighting: Jean-Claude Asquié |
15 December 2010 7.00pm |
Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille (from L’Enfance du Christ) Christmas Celebrations |
St David’s Hall,
Cardiff, Wales, UK BBC National Orchestra of Wales BBC National Chorus of Wales conductor: Grant Llewellyn |
15 December 2010 7.00pm |
Symphonie Fantastique |
Tchaikovsky Conservatoire, Moscow, Russia Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France conductor: Myung-whun Chung |
15 December 2010 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Carnegie Hall, Stern Auditorium/ Perelman Stage, New York, USA Saito Kinen Orchestra conductor: Seiji Ozawa |
16 December 2010 5.00pm |
Les Troyens | Deutsche Oper Berlin, Berlin, Germany Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin (director: William Spaulding) Opernballett der Deutschen Oper Berlin conductor: Donald Runnicles director: David Pountney artistic-production manager: Christian Baier choreography: Renato Zanella cast: Énée: Ian Storey Didon: Béatrice Uria -Monzon Cassandre: Petra Lang Chorèbe: Markus Brück Anna: Liane Keegan Narbal: Reinhard Hagen Panthée: Seth Carico Ascagne: Heidi Stober Hylas, Iopas: Gregory Warren Priam: Lenus Carlson A Greek chief: Sergio Vitale Ghost of Hector: Hyung-Wook Lee Hélénus: Yosep Kang Trojan soldiers: Jörn Schümann, Ben Wager Mercure: Hyung-Wook Lee |
16 December 2010 7.30pm |
Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille (from L’Enfance du Christ) |
St James’s Church,
Piccadilly, London, UK London Oriana Choir conductor: David Drummond with organ accompaniment |
16 December 2010 8.00pm |
Songs and Operatic arias (unspecified) Concert includes also works by Verdi, Gounod, Moussorgski, Puccini, Poulenc and Caplet « Enfer et Paradis » [Hell and Paradise] A musical travel through Dante’s Divine Comedy: Hell, Purgatory and Paradise |
Chapelle de la Fondation Eugène Napoléon, Paris, France Sylvie Kolb (soprano) Marco Avallone (tenor) Jean-Philippe Doubrère (basse) Misha Capnist (narrator) |
16 December 2010 8.30pm Direct broadcast of this performance on www.medici.tv Meeting with Serge Baudo at the Librairie Musicalame (16, rue Pizay, Lyon 1er) on 17 December at 7.30pm |
L’Enfance du Christ Concerts de Noël |
Auditorium, Lyon, France Orchestre national de Lyon Chœurs de Lyon-Bernard Tétu Chœur de femmes Émelthée conductor: Serge Baudo Marie-Claude Chappuis (Marie) Olivier Lallouette (Joseph) Renaud Delaigue (Hérode) Sébastien Droy, ténor (Récitant) Markus Hollop (Père de famille) Olivier Naveau (Polydore) Svetlin Chaumien (Centurion) |
17 December 2010 12.30pm |
L’Enfance du Christ (excerpts) Les Concerts expresso |
Auditorium, Lyon, France Orchestre national de Lyon conductor: Serge Baudo presenter: Joël Nicod Marie-Claude Chappuis (Marie) Olivier Lallouette (Joseph) Renaud Delaigue (Hérode) Sébastien Droy (Récitant) |
17 December 2010 7.30pm |
Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille (from L’Enfance du Christ) North State Symphony’s annual Holiday Concert |
Bidwell Presbyterian Church, Chico, CA, USA Members of the North State Symphony Redding chorus Harmonia (Ken Westrick, conductor) Red Bluff Mastworks Chorale (led by Mark Franklin) conductor: Kyle Wiley Pickett |
17 December 2010 8.00pm |
Symphonie Fantastique XI International Winter Festival “Arts Square” |
St Petersburg Academic Philharmonic, Grand Hall, St
Petersburg, Russia Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France conductor: Myung-whun Chung |
17 December 2010 8.30pm |
L’Enfance du Christ | Concertzaal,
Tilburg, Netherlands Het Brabants Orkest Brabant Koor conductor: Alan Buribayev Cora Burggraaf (mezzo-soprano) Andrew Kennedy (tenor) Henk Neven (baritone) Jaco Huijpen (bass) |
17 December 2010 | “Roméo et Juliette”
Maurice Béjart’s ballet created in 1966 set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette |
Théâtre Olympia, Arcachon,
France Malandain Ballet Biarritz choreography: Thierry Malandain decor and costumes: Jorge Gallardo director, conception and lighting: Jean-Claude Asquié |
17 December 2010 |
Works unspecified (probably Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille from L’Enfance du Christ) Concert de Noël [Christmas Concert] |
Église Saint-Joseph-l’Artisan,
Onet-le-Château, France Ensemble vocal des Quatre-Saisons conductor: Annie Cayrel |
18 December 2010 4.00pm |
Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille (from L’Enfance du Christ) |
St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, UK New London Singers conductor: Ivor Setterfield |
18 December 2010 6.00pm |
L’Enfance du Christ Concerts de Noël |
Auditorium, Lyon, France Orchestre national de Lyon Chœurs de Lyon-Bernard Tétu Chœur de femmes Émelthée conductor: Serge Baudo Marie-Claude Chappuis (Marie) Olivier Lallouette (Joseph) Renaud Delaigue (Hérode) Sébastien Droy, ténor (Récitant) Markus Hollop (Père de famille) Olivier Naveau (Polydore) Svetlin Chaumien (Centurion) |
18 December 2010 7.30pm |
Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille (from L’Enfance du Christ) North State Symphony’s annual Holiday Concert |
State Theatre, Red Bluff, CA, USA Members of the North State Symphony Redding chorus Harmonia (Ken Westrick, conductor) Red Bluff Mastworks Chorale (led by Mark Franklin) conductor: Kyle Wiley Pickett |
18 December 2010 8.00pm |
L’Invitation à la valse Weber; orch. Berlioz |
Chamber Music Hall, Berlin, Germany The Sinfonie Orchester Berlin conductor: Michael Höltzel |
18 December 2010 8.15pm |
L’Enfance du Christ | Muziekgebouw Frits Philips,
Eindhoven, Netherlands Het Brabants Orkest Brabant Koor conductor: Alan Buribayev Cora Burggraaf (mezzo-soprano) Andrew Kennedy (tenor) Henk Neven (baritone) Jaco Huijpen (bass) |
19 December 2010 2.00pm |
Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille (from L’Enfance du Christ) North State Symphony’s annual Holiday Concert |
All-Saints Episcopal Church, Redding CA, USA Members of the North State Symphony Redding chorus Harmonia (Ken Westrick, conductor) Red Bluff Mastworks Chorale (led by Mark Franklin) conductor: Kyle Wiley Pickett |
19 December 2010 3.00pm |
L’Enfance du Christ |
Chassé Theater, Breda, Netherlands Het Brabants Orkest Brabant Koor conductor: Alan Buribayev Cora Burggraaf (mezzo-soprano) Andrew Kennedy (tenor) Henk Neven (baritone) Jaco Huijpen (bass) |
19 December 2010 4.00pm |
Les Troyens | Deutsche Oper Berlin, Berlin, Germany Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin (director: William Spaulding) Opernballett der Deutschen Oper Berlin conductor: Donald Runnicles director: David Pountney artistic-production manager: Christian Baier choreography: Renato Zanella cast: Énée: Ian Storey Didon: Béatrice Uria-Monzon Cassandre: Petra Lang Chorèbe: Markus Brück Anna: Liane Keegan Narbal: Reinhard Hagen Panthée: Seth Carico Ascagne: Heidi Stober Hylas, Iopas: Gregory Warren Priam: Lenus Carlson A Greek chief: Sergio Vitale Ghost of Hector: Hyung-Wook Lee Hélénus: Yosep Kang Trojan soldiers: Jörn Schümann, Ben Wager Mercure: Hyung-Wook Lee |
20 December 2010 8.00pm |
L’Enfance du Christ |
Theater aan de Parade, ’s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Het Brabants Orkest Brabant Koor conductor: Alan Buribayev Cora Burggraaf (mezzo-soprano) Andrew Kennedy (tenor) Henk Neven (baritone) Jaco Huijpen (bass) |
20 December 2010 8.00pm Introductory presentation by Habakuk Traber at 6.55pm |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict | Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin conductor: Ward Stare |
20 December 2010 | “Roméo et Juliette”
Maurice Béjart’s ballet created in 1966 set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette |
Gare du Midi, Biarritz,
France Malandain Ballet Biarritz choreography: Thierry Malandain decor and costumes: Jorge Gallardo director, conception and lighting: Jean-Claude Asquié |
21 December 2010 7.30pm |
Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille (from L’Enfance du Christ) |
Kings Place, Hall One, London, UK New London Singers conductor: Ivor Setterfield Chris Lee (piano) |
21 December 2010 | “Roméo et Juliette”
Maurice Béjart’s ballet created in 1966 set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette |
Gare du Midi, Biarritz,
France Malandain Ballet Biarritz choreography: Thierry Malandain decor and costumes: Jorge Gallardo director, conception and lighting: Jean-Claude Asquié |
22 December 2010 | “Roméo et Juliette”
Maurice Béjart’s ballet created in 1966 set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette |
Gare du Midi, Biarritz,
France Malandain Ballet Biarritz choreography: Thierry Malandain decor and costumes: Jorge Gallardo director, conception and lighting: Jean-Claude Asquié |
29 December 2010 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain D’amour l’ardente flamme (from La Damnation de Faust) |
Philharmonie, Großer Saal, Berlin, Germany Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Gustavo Dudamel Elīna Garanča (mezzo-soprano) |
30 December 2010 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain D’amour l’ardente flamme (from La Damnation de Faust) |
Philharmonie, Großer Saal, Berlin, Germany Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Gustavo Dudamel Elīna Garanča (mezzo-soprano) |
31 December 2010 5.15pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain D’amour l’ardente flamme (from La Damnation de Faust) |
Philharmonie, Großer Saal, Berlin, Germany Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Gustavo Dudamel Elīna Garanča (mezzo-soprano) |
31 December 2010 8.30pm |
Works unspecified Waltzes, Polkas, Overtures, Arias by Berlioz, Rossini, Strauss, Donizetti, Giordano, Mascagni Puccini, Verdi, Bizet, Cardillo and Rihtma New Year Concert |
Sarajevo National Theater, Sarajevo, Bosnia and
Herzegovina Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Ivo Lipanovic (from Croatia) Janez Lotric (tenor, from Slovenia |