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Year 2017 (May)

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3 May 2017
8.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Kongresshaus Stadthalle Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Philharmonisches Orchester Heidelberg
conductor: Eduardo Portal
4 May 2017
7.30pm
Symphonie fantastique St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Wales, UK
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
conductor: Xian Zhang
4 May 2017
7.30pm
Invitasjon til dans [Invitation à la valse]
(Weber, orch. Berlioz)
La Captive (arr. A. Manse)
Plaisir d’amour (arr. A. Manse)
Harold i Italia [Harold en Italie]
Grieghallen, Bergen, Norway
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor: Andrew Manze
Lawrence Power (viola)
4 May 2017
8.00pm
Au cimetière (from Les Nuits d’été) Auditorium du Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France
Geneva Camerata
conductor: David Greilsammer
Véronique Gens (soprano)
4 May 2017
8.00pm
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem)* Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, USA
San Francisco Symphony
San Francisco Symphony Chorus
conductor: Charles Dutoit
Paul Groves (tenor)

* Adrian G. Horn’s Piano/Vocal Score STAB Edition of the Requiem will be used at this concert.
4 May 2017
8.00pm
Les Nuits d’été Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Großer Saal, Hamburg, Germany
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester
conductor: Antonello Manacorda
Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor)
5 May 2017
7.30pm
Symphonie fantastique Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, Wales, UK
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
conductor: Xian Zhang
5 May 2017
8.00pm
Les Nuits d’été Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Großer Saal, Hamburg, Germany
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester
conductor: Antonello Manacorda
Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor)
5 May 2017
8.00pm
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem)* Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, USA
San Francisco Symphony
San Francisco Symphony Chorus
conductor: Charles Dutoit
Paul Groves (tenor)

* Adrian G. Horn’s Piano/Vocal Score STAB Edition of the Requiem will be used at this concert.
6 May 2017
11.00am
Les Nuits d’été Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Großer Saal, Hamburg, Germany
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester
conductor: Antonello Manacorda
Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor)
6 May 2017
8.00pm
Harold en Italie Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Burlington, VT, USA
Vermont Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Jaime Laredo
Nokuthula Ngwenyama (viola)

Further information:
6 May 2017
8.00pm
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem)* Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, USA
San Francisco Symphony
San Francisco Symphony Chorus
conductor: Charles Dutoit
Paul Groves (tenor)

* Adrian G. Horn’s Piano/Vocal Score STAB Edition of the Requiem will be used at this concert.
6 May 2017 Grande Messe des Morts (Requiem) St.-Paulus-Dom, Münster, Germany
Sinfonieorchester Münster
Orchester der Musikhochschule Münster
Orchester der Westfälischen Schule für Musik
Konzertchor Münster (director: Boris Cepeda)
Philharmonische Chor Münster (director: Martin Henning)
Capella Vocale Münster (Daniel Lembeck)
conductor: Fabrizio Ventura
7 May 2017
1.30pm
Harold en Italie Sumida Triphony Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Shunyukai Orchestra
conductor: Kazufumi Yamashita
Ryo Sasaki (viola)
7 May 2017
3.30pm
Symphonie fantastique Orchard Hall, Tokyo, Japan
NHK Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Pinchas Steinberg
8 May 2017
7.30pm

a short introduction at 7.00pm in the upper foyer
Les Nuits d’été

Ein Kreuzweg: La Reine / Die Königin [The Queen] staged performance to the music by
Berlioz (Les Nuits d’été) and Wagner (Wesendonck-Lieder), sung in French and German respectively
Nationaltheater Mannheim, Opernhaus, Mannheim, Germany
conductor: Benjamin Reiners
director: Thomas Bischoff
Angela Denoke (soprano)
9 May 2017
8.30pm
Symphonie fantastique Philharmonie 1, Grande salle Pierre Boulez, Paris, France
Orchestre National de Lyon
conductor: Leonard Slatkin
11 May 2017
7.30pm
Les Nuits d’été All Saints Church, Hove, East Sussex, UK
Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano)
Joseph Middleton (piano)
13 May 2017
7.30pm
La Damnation de Faust Theater am Goetheplatz, Bremen, Germany
Theater Bremen Orchestra and Chorus
conductor: Markus Poschner
chorus director: Alice Meregaglia
director: Paul-Georg Dittrich
Marguerite: Theresa Kronthaler
Faust: Chris Lysack
Méphistophélès: Claudio Otelli
Brander: Christoph Heinrich
14 May 2017
4.30pm
Harold en Italie Eglise Saint Pothin, Lyon, France
Loic Mallié (organ)
Karsten Dobers (viola)
17 May 2017
8.00pm
Le Spectre de la Rose (from Les Nuits d’été)
La Mort d’Ophélie
Zaïde (with castanets)*



“Amour ”
Yeldeğirmeni Sanat Merkezi, Istanbul, Turkey
Dominique Hoff (mezzo-soprano, actress)
Jerfi Aji (piano)


*Ms Dominique Hoff plays also the castanets line: story of a bohemian poor princess, taking place in a fantasised Orient.
18 May 2017
8.30pm
Harold en Italie Auditorium Rai Arturo Toscanini, Torino [Turin], Italy
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale RAI
conductor: James Conlon Ula Ulijona (voola)
19 May 2017
7.30pm
Marche hongroise (from La Damnation de Faust)
Symphonie fantastique
South Suburban Christian Church, S. Broadway, Littleton, CO, USA
Arapahoe Philharmonic
conductor: Devin Patrick Hughes
19 May 2017
8.00pm
Harold en Italie Auditorium Rai Arturo Toscanini, Torino [Turin], Italy
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale RAI
conductor: James Conlon Ula Ulijona (voola)
19 May 2017
8.00pm
Grande Messe des Morts (Requiem) Konzerthaus Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
WDR Rundfunkchor Köln
Tschechischer Philharmonischer Chor Brünn
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
conductor: Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Andrew Staples (tenor)
19 May 2017
8.00pm
Overture Le Corsaire Sydney Opera House, Concert Hall, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Bramwell Tovey
20 May 2017
7.30pm
Marche hongroise (from La Damnation de Faust)
Symphonie fantastique
United Methodist Church, S. Broadway, Highlands Ranch, CO, USA
Arapahoe Philharmonic
conductor: Devin Patrick Hughes
20 May 2017
7.30pm
Scène d’amour (from Romeo et Juliette) Corn Exchange, Bedford, UK
Bedfordshire Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Michael Rose
20 May 2017
8.00pm
Overture Le Corsaire Sydney Opera House, Concert Hall, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Bramwell Tovey
20 May 2017
8.00pm
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem)* Chrysler Hall, Norfolk, VA, USA
Virginia Symphony Orchestra
Virginia Symphony Orchestra Chorus
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
conductor: JoAnn Falletta
chorus master: Robert Shoup
Robert McPherson (tenor)

* Adrian G. Horn’s Piano/Vocal Score STAB Edition of the Requiem will be used at this concert.
20 May 2017
8.00pm

pre-concert talk at 7.15
in Kraakhuis
Tristia De Bijloke Muziekcentrum, Cobcertzaal, Ghent, Belgium
deFilharmonie
Collegium Vocale Gent
conductor: Philippe Herreweghe
26 May 2017
7.30pm
Symphonie fantastique Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, UK
BBC Philharmonic
conductor: Juanjo Mena
26 May 2017
7.30pm
Les Nuits d’été (selection)




Salisbury International Arts Festival
Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, UK
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor: Christian Kluxen
Kari Postma (soprano)
26 May 2017
8.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Philharmonie im Gasteig, Munich, Germany
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor: Semyon Bychkov
27 May 2017
6.00pm
La Damnation de Faust

staged performance
Staatsoper im Schiller Theater, Berlin
Staatsoper Junge
Staatsoper Staatskapelle Berlin
conductor: Simon Rattle
director: Terry Gilliam
set designer: Hildegard Bechtler
video: Finn Ross
assistant to director: Leah Hausman
chorus master: Martin Wright
Marguerite: Magdalena Kožená
Faust: Charles Castronovo
Méphistophélès: Florian Boesch
Brander: Jan Martiník
Voice from heaven: Anna Charim/ Miho Kinoshita
Dancers:
Ini Dill / Renske Endel / Ula Liagaité / Carla Morera Cruzate / Martin Buczkó / Jofre Carabén van der Meer / Floris Dahlgrün / Connor Dowling / Damian Dudkiewicz / Carl Harrison / Angelo Smimmo / François Testory / Victor Villarreal
27 May 2017
7.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Philharmonie im Gasteig, Munich, Germany
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor: Semyon Bychkov
27 May 2017
8.00pm
La Captive (for voice, cello and piano) Château de Bussy-Rabutin, Bussy-le-Grand, Burgundy, France
Dame Felicity Lott (soprano)
Gauthier Herrmann (cello)
Jean-Michel Dayez (piano)
28 May 2017
6.00pm
La Damnation de Faust Theater am Goetheplatz, Bremen, Germany
Theater Bremen Orchestra and Chorus
conductor: Markus Poschner
chorus director: Alice Meregaglia
director: Paul-Georg Dittrich
Marguerite: Theresa Kronthaler
Faust: Chris Lysack
Méphistophélès: Claudio Otelli
Brander: Christoph Heinrich
28 May 2017
8.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Reise, Ravenna, Italy
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor: Semyon Bychkov

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