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Year 2013 (December)

The table below lists the performances in chronological order. 

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1 December 2013
2.30pm
Orphée et Eurydice 

Glück; Berlioz version of 1859
with two excerpts from the original Glück version of  Paris 1774

sung in French
Opéra, Marseille, France
Orchestre et Chœur de l’Opéra de Marseille
Ballet National de Marseille (ballet master: Sophie Faudot Abel)
conductor: Kenneth Montgomery
Stage design and choreography: Frédéric Flamand
Orphée: Varduhi Abrahamyan
Eurydice: Ingrid Perruche
Amore: Maïlys de Villoutreys

2012 production of the Opéra-Théâtre de  Saint-Étienne / Ballet National de Marseille
presented by the Ballet National de Marseille / Opéra de Marseille
1 December 2013
3.00pm
L’Enfance du Christ Eglise Saint Pierre et Paul, Obernai, France
Orchestre symphonique des Jeunes de Strasbourg
Ensemble Vocal Universitaire de Strasbourg (chorus master: Rémi Studer)
conductor: Sylvain Marchal
Marie: Mélanie Moussay (soprano)
Centurion / Récitant: Paul Gaugler (tenor)
Joseph / Polydorus: Jocelyn Desmares (baritone)
Hérode / père de famille: Philippe Kahn (bass)
5 December 2013
8.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Kimmel Center, Verizon Hall, Philadelphia, USA  
The Philadelphia Orchestra
conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas*

* He replaced Yannick Nézet-Séguin who were to conduct this concert.
5 December 2013
8.80pm
Symphonie fantastique Symphony Center, Chicago, USA 
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Stéphane Denève
6 December 2013
7.30pm
Symphonie fantastique Carnegie Hall, New York, USA 
The Philadelphia Orchestra
conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas*

* He replaced Yannick Nézet-Séguin who were to conduct this concert.
6 December 2013
7.30pm
Beyond the Score: Symphonie fantastique Symphony Center, Chicago, USA
Chicago Symphony Orchestra 
conductor: Stéphane Denève
creative director: Gerard McBurney
Matthew Krause: actor 
Lindsey Marks: actor 
John Irvin: tenor
7 December 2013
7.00pm
Overture Le Carnaval romain Centre Culturel, Haumont, France
Union philharmonique hautmontoise
conductor: Jerôme Monier
7 December 2013
7.30pm
Symphonie fantastique Westmorland Hall, Lakes Leisure, Kendal, UK
Westmorland Orchestra
conductor: Richard Howarth
7 December 2013
8.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Kimmel Center, Verizon Hall, Philadelphia, USA  
The Philadelphia Orchestra
conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas*

* He replaced Yannick Nézet-Séguin who were to conduct this concert.
8 December 2013
2.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Kimmel Center, Verizon Hall, Philadelphia, USA 
The Philadelphia Orchestra
conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas*

* He replaced Yannick Nézet-Séguin who were to conduct this concert.
8 December 2013
3.00pm
Beyond the Score: Symphonie fantastique Symphony Center, Chicago, USA 
Chicago Symphony Orchestra 
conductor: Stéphane Denève
creative director: Gerard McBurney
Matthew Krause: actor 
Lindsey Marks: actor 
John Irvin: tenor
10 December 2013
7.30.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Symphony Center, Chicago, USA 
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Stéphane Denève
11 December 2013
7.45pm
Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille
(from L’Enfance du Christ)
Priory Church of St Bartholomew-the-Great, London, UK
Canticum
conductor: Mark Forkgen
12 December, 2013
7.00pm

pre-concert introduction at 6.15 in the Foyer

La Damnation de Faust

 

staged production

Opernhaus, Staatstheater Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
Staatsopernchor Stuttgart
Extrachor der Oper Stuttgart
Staatsorchester Stuttgart
conductor: Kwamé Ryan
producer: Andrea Moses
chorus master: Johannes Knecht
video: Timo Schierhorn
costume: Christian Wiehle
cast:
Marguerite: Maria Riccarda Wesseling
Faust: Matthias Klink
Méphistophélès: Simon Bailey
Brander: Mark Munkittrick
14 December 2013
4.00pm
L’Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille
(from L’Enfance du Christ)




“Grand Concert de Noël de Radio Classique”
Salle Pleyel, Paris, France 
Orchestre Lamoureux
Chœur Lamoureux
Maîtrise de Paris
conductor: Fayçal Karoui
chorus master: Patrick Marco
presentation: Olivier Bellam
14 December 2013
7.30pm
Grande Messe des Morts (Requiem) Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, UK
Salisbury Musical Society
Chelsea Opera Group Orchestra 
conductor: David Halls
14 December 2013
7.30pm
Marche hongroise
(from La Damnation de Faust)
Hinchingbrooke Performing Arts Centre, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, UK
Huntingdonshire Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor: Adrian Brown
14 December 2013
8.00pm
L’Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille
(from L’Enfance du Christ)




“Grand Concert de Noël de Radio Classique”
Salle Pleyel, Paris, France 
Orchestre Lamoureux
Chœur Lamoureux
Maîtrise de Paris
conductor: Fayçal Karoui
chorus master: Patrick Marco
presentation: Olivier Bellam
14 December 2013
8.30pm
L’Enfance du Christ Eglise des Jésuites, Molsheim, France 
Orchestre symphonique des Jeunes de Strasbourg
Ensemble Vocal Universitaire de Strasbourg (chorus master: Rémi Studer)
conductor: Sylvain Marchal
Marie: Mélanie Moussay (soprano)
Centurion / Récitant: Paul Gaugler (tenor)
Joseph / Polydorus: Jocelyn Desmares (baritone)
Hérode / père de famille: Philippe Kahn  (bass)
15 December 2013
2.00pm

broadcast live on BBC Radio 3

L’Enfance du Christ Barbican Centre, London, UK
BBC Symphony Orchestra
BBC Symphony Chorus
Trinity Laban Chamber Choir
conductor: François-Xavier Roth
Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano)
Yann Beuron (tenor)
Marcus Farnsworth (baritone)
Christopher Purves (bass)
15 December 2013
5.00pm
L’Enfance du Christ Palais des Fêtes, Strasbourg, France
Orchestre symphonique des Jeunes de Strasbourg
Ensemble Vocal Universitaire de Strasbourg (chorus master: Rémi Studer)
conductor: Sylvain Marchal
Marie: Mélanie Moussay (soprano)
Centurion / Récitant: Alexandre Ferreira (tenor)
Joseph / Polydorus: Jocelyn Desmares (baritone)
Hérode / père de famille: Philippe Kahn  (bass)
15 December 2013
8.00pm
L’Enfance du Christ Bremer Dom [Bremen Cathedral], Bremen, Germany
Bremer Domchor
Kammer Sinfonie Bremen
conductor: Tobias Gravenhorst
Tanya Aspelmeier: Marie (soprano)
Knut Schoch: narrator / centurion (tenor)
Raimonds Spogis: Polydor / Joseph (bass)
Krzysztof Szumanski: Herode / Householder (bass)
16 December 2013
7.30pm
Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille
(from L’Enfance du Christ)

A French Christmas – Joyeux Nöel!
Church of St John the Baptist, Wellington, Somerset, UK
Collegium Singers (chamber choir)
Emily Mullins (harp)
director: Peter Leech
17 December 2013
8.00pm
Overture Le Carnaval romain Pyramide du Louvre, Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Orchestre de Paris
conductor: Alain Altinoglu
18 December 2013
8.00pm
Overture Le Carnaval romain Salle Pleyel, Paris, France 
Orchestre de Paris
conductor: Alain Altinoglu
19 December 2013
8.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester
conductor: Tugan Sokhiev
20 December 2013
8.30pm
L’Enfance du Christ L’Auditori, Hall 1 Pau Casals, Barcelona, Spain
Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya (OBC)
Cor Madrigal
Cor Lieder Càmera
conductor: Pablo González 
Maria Ricarda Wesseling: Marie
Agustín Prunell-Friend: Récitant / Un centurion
Alexandre Duhamel: Joseph
Paul Gay: Hérode / Le Père de famille
Marc Pujol: Polydorus
21 December 2013
7.00pm
L’Enfance du Christ L’Auditori, Hall 1 Pau Casals, Barcelona, Spain
Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya (OBC)
Cor Madrigal
Cor Lieder Càmera
conductor: Pablo González 
Maria Ricarda Wesseling: Marie
Agustín Prunell-Friend: Récitant / Un centurion
Alexandre Duhamel: Joseph
Paul Gay: Hérode / Le Père de famille
Marc Pujol: Polydorus
22 December 2013
11.00am
L’Enfance du Christ L’Auditori, Hall 1 Pau Casals, Barcelona, Spain
Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya (OBC)
Cor Madrigal
Cor Lieder Càmera
conductor: Pablo González 
Maria Ricarda Wesseling: Marie
Agustín Prunell-Friend: Récitant / Un centurion
Alexandre Duhamel: Joseph
Paul Gay: Hérode / Le Père de famille
Marc Pujol: Polydorus
22 December 2013 
4.00pm
Works unspecified

(probably L’Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille
from L’Enfance du Christ)

Christmas concert: 
“ Chants pour le temps de Noël”
Chapelle du Martrou, Agen, France
Les Chants de Garonne:
12 soloists, accompanied by organ
29 December 2013
4.00pm
Works unspecified

(probably L’Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille
from L’Enfance du Christ)

Christmas concert: 
“ Chants pour le temps de Noël”
Eglise du Saint-Esprit, Lectoure, France
Les Chants de Garonne: 
12 soloists, accompanied by organ

November 2013   January 2014

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