Archive of performances of Berlioz’s music around the world
The table below lists the performances in chronological order.
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| 1 August 2014 8.00pm |
La Damnation de Faust 75 Quincena Musical |
Auditorio Kursaal, Saint- Sebastien, Spain Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse Orfeón Donostiarra Orfeoi Txiki conductor: Tugan Sokhiev chorus director: J.A. Sainz Alfaro Julie Boulianne (Margarita, mezzo-soprano) Bryan Hymel (Fausto, tenor) Paul Gay (Mefistófeles, baritone) René Schirrer (Brander, bass) |
| 2 August 2014 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain 75 Quincena Musical |
Auditorio Kursaal, Saint- Sebastien, Spain Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse conductor: Tugan Sokhiev |
| 2 August 2014 8.30pm |
Un Bal (from Symphonie
fantastique) transcribed for this performance Festival de Musique en Albret |
Église Notre Dame, Francescas,
Sortir, France Trio Chausson: Philippe Talec (violin ) Antoine Landowski (cello)e Boris De Larochelambert, piano |
| 7 August 2014 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, Amsterdam,
Netherlands JeugdOrkest Nederland Conductor: Jurjen Hempel |
| 9 August 2014 7.30pm |
Overture Le Corsaire BBC Proms 2014 |
Royal Albert Hall, London, UK The Hallé conductor: Sir Mark Elder |
| 11 August 2014 8.00pm |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict Les Nuits d’été Symphonie fantastique Tanglewood Festival All-Berlioz Programme |
Seiji Ozawa Hall, Lenox, MA, USA Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra conductor: Stéphane Denève soloists: Sara LeMesh (mezzo-soprano Reilly Nelson (mezzo-soprano) Jason Weisinger (tenor) Conor McDonald (baritone) |
| 15 August 2014 8.00pm pre-concert lecture: “The Drama of Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique,” by Peter Bloom at 6:45 in the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse |
Symphonie fantastique | Avery Fisher Hall, Loncoln Center for the
Performing Arts, New York, USA Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra conductor: Louis Langrée |
| 19 August 2014 6.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique BBC Proms 2014 |
Royal Albert Hall, London, UK Melbourne Symphony Orchestra conductor: Sir Andrew Davis |
| 21 August 2014 5.00pm Read also a review of this concert by Christian Wasselin (in French) |
Festival de l’Industrie 1844
– Le Concert Monstre Spontini: Overture of La Vestale Gluck: (excerpts from Armide) Berlioz: Marche au supplice, from Symphonie fantastique Rossini: Prière de Moïse Weber: Overture of Der Freischütz Berlioz: Hymne à la France Auber: Prière from la Muette Halévy: Chorus from Charles VI Méreaux: Chant des travailleurs français Beethoven: finale of Symphony No. 5 Meyerbeer: Chorus of the Bénédiction des poignards, from the 4th act of Les Huguenots Mendelssohn: Hymne à Bacchus from Antigone Berlioz: Oraison funèbre et apothéose, from Symphonie funèbre et triomphale Bal américain: Sarah Savoys Hell-Raising Hayride Belisaire, music of the Cajuns of Louisiana (see also the 1844 Festival de l’Industrie that Berlioz organised and conducted and his related article in Journal des Débats.) Festival Berlioz 2014 - Grande ouverture festive |
Usine pensionnat Girodon, Saint-Siméon
de Bressieux, France Orchestre Symphonique de Mulhouse Orchestre des Pays de Savoie Chœur Emelthée Conductor: Nicolas Chalvin chorus master: Marie-Laure Teissèdre With participation of hundreds of amateur choristers from the Rhône-Alpes region |
| 21 August 2014 6.00pm |
Le Roi de Thulé, Chanson gothique | Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne,
Australia Sally-Anne Russell (mezzo-soprano) Brett Dean (viola) Andrea Katz (piano) |
| 22 August 2014 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, Amsterdam,
Netherlands Melbourne Symphony Orchestra conductor Sir Andrew Davis |
| 23 August 2014 8.30pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain Tanglewood Festival |
Koussevitzky Music Shed, Lenox, MA, USA Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor: Charles Dutoit |
| 24 August 2014 11.00am |
Sinfonia Fúnebre e Triunfal: Apoteose [Symphonie Funèbre et Triomphale: Apothéose] |
Sala São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Banda Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo Banden-Württemberg Youth Wind Ensemble conductor: Felix Hauswirth |
| 24 August 2014 4.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Schloss Ulrichshusen, Ulrichshusen,
Germany Melbourne Symphony Orchestra conductor: Sir Andrew Davis |
| 25 August 2014 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen,
Denmark Melbourne Symphony Orchestra conductor: Sir Andrew Davis |
| 26 August 2014 9.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique Festival Berlioz 2014 |
Château Louis XI, La Côte-Saint-André,
France Orquestra Jovem do Estado [from São Paulo, Brazil] conductor: Cláudio Cruz |
| 28 August 2014 5.00pm |
Les Troyens Sung in French with English supertitles Edinburgh International Festival |
Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, UK Mariinsky Opera and Orchestra conductor: Valery Gergiev director: Yannis Kokkos cast includes: Enée: Sergei Semishkur Cassandre: Ekaterina Gubanova Didon: Ekaterina Semenchuk Chorèbe: Alexei Markov Narbal: Yuri Vorobiev |
| 28 August 2014 9.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été Festival Berlioz 2014 |
Château Louis XI, La Côte-Saint-André,
France Le Cercle de l’Harmonie conductor: Jérémie Rhorer Kate Lindsey (mezzo-soprano) |
| 29 August 2014 5.00pm |
Les Troyens Sung in French with English supertitles Edinburgh International Festival |
Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, UK Mariinsky Opera and Orchestra conductor: Valery Gergiev director: Yannis Kokkos cast includes: Enée: Sergei Semishkur Cassandre: Mlada Khudolei Didon: Yulia Matochkina Chorèbe: Vladislav Sulimsky Narbal: Yuri Vorobiev |
| 29 August 2014 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique arranged for wind instruments Festival de l’été Mosan |
Collégiale de Dinant, Dinant, Belgium Musique Royale des Guides conductor: Capitaine chef de musique Yves Segers |
| 30 August 2014 5.00pm |
Les Troyens Sung in French with English supertitles Edinburgh International Festival |
Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, UK Mariinsky Opera and Orchestra conductor: Valery Gergiev director: Yannis Kokkos cast includes: Enée: Sergei Semishkur Cassandre: Ekaterina Gubanova Didon: Ekaterina Semenchuk Chorèbe: Alexei Markov Narbal: Yuri Vorobiev |
| 30 August 2014 5.00pm |
Trois Pièces pour l’harmonium
: – Hymne pour l’élévation – Sérénade agreste à la madone sur le thème des pifferari romains – Toccata Festival Berlioz 2014 |
Église Notre Dame des Neiges, Alpe
d’Huez, France Maria Magdalena Kaczor (organ) |
| 30 August 2014 9.00pm |
Roméo et Juliette (excerpts) Festival Berlioz 2014 |
Château Louis XI, La Côte-Saint-André,
France London Symphony Orchestra conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner |
| 31 August 2014 9.00pm Read also 2 reviews of this concert by Pierre-René Serna and Christian Wasselin (both in French) |
La Damnation de Faust Festival Berlioz 2014 |
Château Louis XI, La Côte-Saint-André,
France Jeune Orchestre Européen Hector Berlioz Orchestre Les Siecles Solistes de Lyon et Chœur Britten conductor: François-Xavier Roth Anna-Caterina Antonacci (Marguerite) Michaël Spyres (Faust) Nicolas Courjal (Mephistopheles) Jean-Marc Salzmann (Brander) |
July 2014 
September 2014
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