Archive of performances of Berlioz’s music around the world
The table below lists the performances in chronological order.
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1 September 2010 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique Festival de Musique classique Montreux-Vevey “Septembre musical” |
Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Charles Dutoit |
2 September 2010 8.00pm |
Harold en Italie | Gewandhaus - Großer Konzertsaal, Leipzig, Germany London Symphony Orchestra conductor: Andrew Harding Tabea Zimmermann (Viola) |
2 September 2010 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique Musikfest Bremen |
Die Glocke, Großer Saal, Bremen, Germany Anima Eterna Brugge conductor: Jos van Immerseel |
4 September 2010 8.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Le Carré du Perche,
Mortagne-au-Perche, France Orchestre national de Lorraine conductor: Jacques Mercier |
5 September 2010 4.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Nagano-ken Matsumoto Bunka Kaikan, Matsumoto, Japan Saito Kinen Orchestra conductor: Seiji Ozawa |
6 September 2010 7.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Nagano-ken Matsumoto Bunka Kaikan, Matsumoto, Japan Saito Kinen Orchestra conductor: Seiji Ozawa |
6 September 2010 7.00pm Live broadcast on BBC Radio 3; available on demand for 7 days |
Overture Le Carnaval romain BBC Proms |
Royal Albert Hall, London, UK Royal Scottish National Orchestra conductor: Stéphane Denève |
7 September 2010 8.30pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain 2010-2011 Season Opening Night Gala |
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, USA San Francisco symphony conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas |
8 September 2010 7.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique Bezruc Opava Festival |
Červený Zámek, Hradec nad Moravicí, Czech
Republic Janáčkova filharmonie Ostrava [Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra] conductor: Jakub Zidek |
9 September 2010 7.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain Symphonie fantastique |
Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan Musashino Academia Musicae Symphony Orchestra conductor: Yukio Kitahara |
9 September 2010 7.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été
(two songs) Classical Rufus |
Portland Center for the Performing Arts, Portland, USA Oregon Symphony conductor: Carlos Kalmar vocalist: Rufus Wainwright |
9 September 2010 8.00pm |
L’Invitation à la valse Weber; orch. Berlioz Music of the Dance |
Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA Los Angeles Philharmonic Diavolo Dance Theater conductor: Bramwell Tovey |
9 September 2010 8.30pm |
Scène d’amour (from Roméo et Juliette) |
Auditorium di
Milano Fondazione Cariplo, Milan, Italy Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano conductor: Xian Zhang |
10 September 2010 7.00pm |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict | NHK Hall, Tokyo, Japan NHK Symphony Orchestra conductor: Sir Neville Marriner |
10 September 2010 8.00pm |
Scène d’amour (from Roméo et Juliette) |
Auditorium di
Milano Fondazione Cariplo, Milan, Italy Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano conductor: Xian Zhang |
11 September 2010 11.00am |
Symphonie fantastique (excerpts) Subscription concert for children |
Suntory Hall, Main Hall, Yokyo, Japan Tokyo Symphony Orchestra conductor: Naoto Otomo |
11 September 2010 3.00pm |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict | NHK Hall, Tokyo, Japan NHK Symphony Orchestra conductor: Sir Neville Marriner |
11 September 2010 Recorded for release on CD |
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) Wratislavia Cantans Festival |
Magdalena Church, Wroclaw, Poland Gabrieli Consort and Players Wratislavia Festival Orchestra Chetham’s School of Music Brass Ensemble Wrocław Philharmonic Choir Robert Murray (tenor) conductor: Paul McCreesh choir director: Agnieszka Franków-Żelazny assistant conductor: Benjamin Bayl |
11 September 2010 7.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, Moscow, Russia The Russian National Orchestra conductor: Nikolai Znaider |
11 September 2010 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique Opening night 2010-2011 season |
Artemus Ham Hall, University of Nevada at Las Vegas, Las
Vegas, USA Las Vegas Philharmonic conductor: David Itkin |
11 September 2010 8.00pm |
Overture to Benvenuto Cellini Pines of Rome |
Saenger Theatre of Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, USA Mobile Symphony Orchestra conductor: Scott Speck |
11 September 2010 8.30pm |
Mélodies (unspecified) [probably Villanelle and Le Spectre de la rose, from Les Nuits d’été] |
Abbaye de Saint-Papoul,
Saint-Papoul, France Roger Pujol (tenor) Thierry Jam (piano) |
11 September 2010 | Symphonie fantastique | Theatro Municipal, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira conductor: Roberto Minczuk |
11 September 2010 | “Roméo et Juliette” Maurice Béjart’s ballet created in 1966 set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette Festival Le Temps d’Aimer |
Gare du Midi, Biarritz,
France Malandain Ballet Biarritz choreography: Thierry Malandain decor and costumes: Jorge Gallardo direction, conception and lighting: Jean-Claude Asquié |
12 September 2010 2.30pm |
Overture to Benvenuto Cellini Pines of Rome |
Saenger Theatre of Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, USA Mobile Symphony Orchestra conductor: Scott Speck |
12 September 2010 4.00pm |
Scène d’amour (from Roméo et Juliette) |
Auditorium di
Milano Fondazione Cariplo, Milan, Italy Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano conductor: Xian Zhang |
12 September 2010 4.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts, Reno, Nevada, USA Reno Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Laura Jackson |
12 September 2010 Recorded for release on CD |
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) Wratislavia Cantans Festival |
Magdalena Church, Wroclaw, Poland Gabrieli Consort and Players Wratislavia Festival Orchestra Chetham’s School of Music Brass Ensemble Wrocław Philharmonic Choir Robert Murray (tenor) conductor: Paul McCreesh choir director: Agnieszka Franków-Żelazny assistant conductor: Benjamin Bayl |
13 September 2010 7.30pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain Les Nuits d’été Lucerne Festival |
Concert Hall, KKL Luzern, Switzerland San Francisco Symphony conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) |
14 September 2010 7.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark, New Jersey, USA New Jersey Symphony Orchestra conductor: Jacques Lacombe |
14 September 2010 7.30pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts, Reno, Nevada, USA Reno Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Laura Jackson |
15 September 2010 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Musical Arts Cente, Bloomington, Indiana, USA Indiana University Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Leonard Slatkin |
15 September 2010 9.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain Les Nuits d’été |
Teatro degli
Arcimboldi, Milan, Italy San Francisco Symphony conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) |
17 September 2010 8.00pm |
Cléopâtre | Collégiale, Seclin, France Orchestre nationale de Lille conductor: Jean-Claude Casadesus Sophie Fournier (mezzo-soprano) |
17 September 2010 8.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été | St Carthage’s Cathedral, Lismore, County Waterford,
Ireland Sinead Ni Mhurchu (soprano Antoinette Baker (piano) |
18 September 2010 7.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été | Atheneum, Nantucket, Nantucket Island, MA, USA Krista River (mezzo-soprano) Stephen Porter (piano) |
18 September 2010 7.30pm |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict |
St George’s Bristol, Bristol, UK Bristol Classical Players conductor: Tom Gauterin |
18 September 2010 8.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire Grand Opening Night |
Civic Center Music Hall, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA Oklahoma City Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Joel Levine |
18 September 2010 8.30pm |
Symphonie funèbre et triomphale | Place de l’Arsenal,
Belfort, Alsace, France Orchestre d’harmonie de la Ville de Belfort Ensemble instrumental de Belfort and professors and students of music schools in the city of Belfort and the Communauté d’Agglomération Belfortaine (altogether 100 musicians) conductor: Laurent Zemp |
19 September 2010 3.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire | Lincoln Theater, Yountville, California, USA Napa Valley Symphony conductor: JoAnn Falletta |
20 September 2010 8.00pm |
Cléopâtre | Salle Jacques de Rette,
Oye-Plage, France Orchestre nationale de Lille conductor: Jean-Claude Casadesus Sophie Fournier (mezzo-soprano) |
22 September 2010 8.00pm |
Overture to Béatrice
et Bénédict Amour viens rendre à mon âme (air d’Orphée, from Orphée et Eurydice) Gluck / Berlioz |
Théâtre des Champs
Elysées, Paris, France Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon conductor: Kazushi Ono Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) |
23 September 2010 7.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire Opening Gala |
Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, USA Philadelphia Orchestra conductor: Charles Dutoit |
23 September 2010 7.30pm |
Les Nuits d’été | Wigmore Hall, London, UK Clara Mouriz (mezzo-soprano) Joseph Middleton (Piano) |
23 September 2010 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Woodruff Arts Center: Atlanta Symphony Hall, Atlanta,
Georgia, USA Atlanta Symphony Orchestra conductor: Robert Spano |
23 September 2010 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique Lélio, ou retour à la vie |
Symphony Center, Chicago, USA Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (chorus director: Duain Wolfe) conductor: Riccardo Muti Mario Zeffiri (tenor) Kyle Ketelsen (bass-baritone) Gérard Depardieu (narrator) |
24 September 2010 2.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire | Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, USA Philadelphia Orchestra conductor: Charles Dutoit |
24 September 2010 5.30pm |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict Open Rehearsal |
Veterans Memorial Auditorium Arts and Cultural Center,
Providence, Rhode Island, USA Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Larry Rachleff |
24 September 2010 7.00pm |
Cléopâtre | Philharmonie, Saint-Petersburg, Russia Orchestre nationale de Lille conductor: Jean-Claude Casadesus Sophie Fournier (mezzo-soprano) |
24 September 2010 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique Lélio, ou retour à la vie |
Symphony Center, Chicago, USA Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (chorus director: Duain Wolfe) conductor: Riccardo Muti Mario Zeffiri (tenor) Kyle Ketelsen (bass-baritone) Gérard Depardieu (narrator) |
24 September 2010 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Woolsey Hall, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Yale Philharmonia conductor: Shinik Hahm |
25 September 2010 7.00pm |
Cléopâtre | Philharmonie, Moscow, Russia Orchestre nationale de Lille conductor: Jean-Claude Casadesus Sophie Fournier (mezzo-soprano) |
25 September 2010 7.30pm |
Marche hongroise (Rákóczy March) (from La damnation de Faust) |
Tilson Auditorium, Indiana State University, Terre
Haute, Indiana, USA Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra conductor: David Bowden |
25 September 2010 8.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire | Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, USA Philadelphia Orchestra conductor: Charles Dutoit |
25 September 2010 8.00pm |
Tristia Rêverie et Caprice |
Eglise St Remacle, Verviers, Belgium Orchestre Symphonique Royal du Val de Sambre Chorale « Jehan Lebel » de Liège Chorale « L’Emulation » de Verviers conductor: Bart Bouckaert Mady Acke (violin) |
25 September 2010 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Woodruff Arts Center: Atlanta Symphony Hall, Atlanta,
Georgia, USA Atlanta Symphony Orchestra conductor: Robert Spano |
25 September 2010 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique Lélio, ou retour à la vie |
Symphony Center, Chicago, USA Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (chorus director: Duain Wolfe) conductor: Riccardo Muti Mario Zeffiri (tenor) Kyle Ketelsen (bass-baritone) Gérard Depardieu (narrator) |
25 September 2010 8.00pm |
Roméo et Juliette (orchestral excerpts) |
Chrysler Hall, Norfolk, VA, USA Virginia Symphony Orchestra conductor: JoAnn Falletta |
25 September 2010 8.00pm |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict Opening Night |
Veterans Memorial Auditorium Arts and Cultural Center,
Providence, Rhode Island, USA Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Larry Rachleff |
25 September 2010 8.15pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Philharmonie,
Haarlem, Netherlands Holland Symfonia conductor: Otto Tausk |
25 September 2010 8.15pm |
Roméo et Juliette (selections) | De Doelen,
Rotterdam, Netherlands Codarts Symphony Orchestra conductor: Arie van Beek |
25 September 2010 8.30pm |
Les Nuits d’été Saisons de la voix |
Espace Simiane, Gordes,
Vaucluse, France Andrea Büchel (soprano) Catherine Courvoisier (piano) |
25 September 2010 9.30pm |
Rêverie et caprice | Auditório da Reitoria da
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa conductor: Luís Carvalho Carlos Dama (violin) |
25 September 2010 | Overture Les Francs-juges 2010 Swiss Open Brass Band |
Kongresszentrum Hall, Luzern,
Switzerland Brass Band Bugermusik Luzern conductor: Michael Bach |
26 September 2010 2.30pm |
Roméo et Juliette (orchestral excerpts) |
Sandler Center, Virginia Beach, VA, USA Virginia Symphony Orchestra conductor: JoAnn Falletta |
26 September 2010 3.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Vredenburg Leidsche
Rijn, Utrecht, Netherlands Holland Symfonia conductor: Otto Tausk |
26 September 2010 3.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Woodruff Arts Center: Atlanta Symphony Hall, Atlanta,
Georgia, USA Atlanta Symphony Orchestra conductor: Robert Spano |
26 September 2010 6.00pm |
Rêverie et caprice | A Voz do Operário, Lisbon,
Portugal Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa conductor: Luís Carvalho Carlos Dama (violin) |
26 September 2010 7.00pm |
Cléopâtre | Philharmonie, Nijni Novgorod, Russia Orchestre nationale de Lille conductor: Jean-Claude Casadesus Sophie Fournier (mezzo-soprano) |
28 September 2010 7.00pm |
Cléopâtre | Philharmonie, Tyumen, Russia Orchestre nationale de Lille conductor: Jean-Claude Casadesus Sophie Fournier (mezzo-soprano) |
28 September 2010 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique Lélio, ou retour à la vie |
Symphony Center, Chicago, USA Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (chorus director: Duain Wolfe) conductor: Riccardo Muti Mario Zeffiri (tenor) Kyle Ketelsen (bass-baritone) Gérard Depardieu (narrator) |
28 September 2010 8.00pm Read a review of this concert by Pierre-René Serna (in French) |
L’Enfance du Christ | Salle Pleyel, Paris, France Ensemble Orchestral de Paris Accentus Maîtrise de Paris conductor: Laurence Equilbey chorus master: Patrick Marco Vesselina Kasarova ( mezzo-soprano) Paul Groves (tenor) Laurent Naouri (bass-baritone) |
28 September 2010 8.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire Free College Concert |
Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, USA Philadelphia Orchestra conductor: Charles Dutoit |
28 September 2010 8.30pm |
Songs (unspecified) (probably Les Nuits d’été) |
Palais Soleiman, Marrakech, Morocco Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) Jacqueline Bourges-Maunoury (piano) |
29 September 2010 7.00pm |
Cléopâtre | Philharmonie, Ekaterinbourg, Russia Orchestre nationale de Lille conductor: Jean-Claude Casadesus Sophie Fournier (mezzo-soprano) |
29 September 2010 8.00pm |
Roméo et Juliette (selections): Introduction, Roméo seul, Grande fête chez Capulet, Scène d’amour Scenes from Roméo et Juliette |
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, USA San Francisco symphony conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas |
30 September 2010 1.30pm |
Scène d’amour (from Roméo et Juliette) |
New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark, New Jersey, USA New Jersey Symphony Orchestra conductor: Julian Kuert |
30 September 2010 7.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Antoni Wit |
30 September 2010 8.00pm |
Hymne des Marseillais Rouget de Lisle; arr. Berlioz |
Cathédrale Saint-Louis des
Invalides, Paris, France Orchestre d’harmonie de la Garde républicaine Chœur de l’Armée française conductor: François Boulanger |
30 September 2010 8.00pm |
Roméo et Juliette (selections): Introduction, Roméo seul, Grande fête chez Capulet, Scène d’amour Scenes from Roméo et Juliette |
Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts,
Davis, CA, USA San Francisco Symphony conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas |