The table below lists the performances in chronological order.
2 July 2003
8.00pm
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Overture Les Francs-Juges
Herminie
Symphonie fantastique
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Stuttgarter Liederhalle, Beethovensaal,
Stuttgart, Germany
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR
conductor: Roger Norrington
Melanie Diener (soprano)
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3 July 2003
7.30pm
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La Damnation de Faust
staged performance
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San Francisco Opera, War Memorial Opera House
San Francisco, USA
San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus
conductor: Donald Runnicles
director: Jürgen Rose
general director: Pamela Rosenberg
David Kuebler (Faust)
Angela Denoke (Marguerite)
Kristinn Sigmundsson (Méphistophélès)
Gregory Stapp (Brander)
Production based on Munich State Opera, reconstructed
by San Francisco
Opera;
production team: Runnicles, Langhoff, Rose, Berman, Bauer
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3 July 2003
8.00pm
Introduction to the concert at 7.00pm
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Overture Les Francs-Juges
Herminie
Symphonie fantastique
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Stuttgarter Liederhalle, Beethovensaal,
Stuttgart, Germany
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR
conductor: Roger Norrington
Melanie Diener (soprano)
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4 July 2003
8.00pm
Introduction to the concert at 7.00pm
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Overture Les Francs-Juges
Herminie
Symphonie fantastique
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Stuttgarter Liederhalle, Beethovensaal,
Stuttgart, Germany
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR
conductor: Roger Norrington
Melanie Diener (soprano)
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4 July 2003
9.00pm
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Overture Le Carnaval romain
Messe Solennelle
Berlioz Bicentenary concert
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Basilique du Sacré Cœur du
Prado, Marseille, France
Ensemble Vocal d’Arles (EVA)
Orchestre du Roy René, formed by the
musicians from
the Opéra d’Avignon and the Opéra de Marseille
Le
Chœur Domitla, of Goult in Vaucluse Département
L’Ensemble Amadeus, of Fos-sur-Mer, in the Bouches du Rhône
conductor: Bernard Viti
Karine Magneto (soprano)
Gérard Tussau (tenor)
Thierry Delaroche (bass-baritone)
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4 July 2003
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Overture Le Carnaval romain
Messe Solennelle
Berlioz Bicentenary concert
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Collégiale Saint-Barnard, Romans-sur-Isère,
France
Ensemble Dauphinelle, Charmant Som (altogether 130 choristers)
Orchestra composed of 55 musicians
(professors of the conservatoire
and music schools of Grenoble region)
conductor: André Chamberod
Claire Delgado Boge (soprano)
Jérôme Varnier (bass)
Jean Delescluse (tenor) |
5 July 2003
8.00pm
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L’Enfance du Christ
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Christuskirche, Karlsruhe, Germany
Chor der Christuskirche and Oratorienchor Karlsruhe
Kammerphilharmonie Karlsruhe
conductor: Carsten Wiebusch
Andreas Reibenspies (baritone)
Locky Chung (bass)
Names of other soloists were
not available
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5 July 2003
9.00pm
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Overture Le Carnaval romain
Messe Solennelle
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Église St Symphorien
des Carmes, Avignon, France
Ensemble Vocal d’Arles (EVA)
Orchestre du Roy René, formed by the
musicians from
the Opéra d’Avignon and the Opéra de Marseille
Le
Chœur Domitla, of Goult in Vaucluse Département
L’Ensemble Amadeus, of Fos-sur-Mer, in the Bouches du Rhône
conductor: Bernard Viti
Karine Magneto (soprano)
Gérard Tussau (tenor)
Thierry Delaroche (bass-baritone) |
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5 July 2003
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La Damnation de Faust
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Grand Théâtre, Geneva,
Switzerland
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
The Grand Théâtre Chorus
conductor: Patrick Davint
Katarina Karnéus (Marguerite)
Jonas Kaufmann (Faust)
José van Dam (Méphistophélès)
Frédéric Caton (Brander)
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6 July 2003
7.15pm
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Neuf Mélodies (excerpts)
Buxton Festival
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Opera House, Buxton, UK
Yvonne Kenny (soprano)
Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano)
Graham Johnson (piano)
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6 July 2003
7.30pm
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Harold en Italie
Les Nuits d’été
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St. John’s, Smith Square,
London, UK
The Thorington Players
conductor: David Cairns
Luciano Iorio (viola)
Alison Buchanan (soprano)
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6 July 2003
10.30pm
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La Damnation de Faust
52nd Festival Internacional de Música y Danza de Granada
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Palacio de Carlos V, Grenada,
Spain
Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse
Orfeón Donostiarra (chorus master: José Antonio Sainz)
Coro de la Presentación (chorus master: Elena Peinado)
conductor: Michel Plasson
Zoran Todorovich (Faust)
Alain Vernhes (Méphistophélès)
Simon Orfila (Brander)
Sophie Koch (Marguerite)
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6 July 2003
11.30pm
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Symphonie funèbre et triomphale
52 Festival Internacional de Música y Danza de Granada
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Plaza del Carmen, Grenada, Spain
Banda de música del Cuartel general del ejército de tierra
conductor: Abel Moreno
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9 July 2003
11.00am
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Symphonie fantastique
(Liszt transcription)
Buckingham Summer Festival
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Radcliffe Centre, Buckingham, UK
Mark Bebbington (piano)
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9 July 2003
7.30pm
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Harold en Italie
(Liszt transcription)
Buckingham Summer Festival
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Radcliffe Centre, Buckingham, UK
Benjamin Davey (piano)
Robert Secret (viola)
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10 July 2003
8.30pm
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Te Deum
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Cathédrale Saint-Étienne, Metz, France
Orchestre national de Lorraine
Chœur de l’ALAM (chorus master: Gérard Heitz)
Grand chœur de l’École de musique agréée de Metz-Sablon et
Montigny-lès-Metz
(chorus master: Yves Weeger)
chœur d’enfants
conductor: Jacques Mercier
Gilles Ragon (tenor)
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11 July 2003
8.00pm
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Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict
Cléopâtre
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Beethovenhalle, Bonn, Germany
Orchester der Beethovenhalle
conductor: Marc Soustrot
Iris Vermillion (alto)
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11 July 2003
10.00pm
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Symphonie fantastique
(Liszt transcription)
The Lichfield Festival
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Cathedral Lady Chapel, Lichfield,
UK
Mark Bebbington (piano)
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12 July 2003
6.00pm |
Marche hongroise
(from La Damnation de Faust)
(two pianos, eight hands)
Les Nuits d’été (piano, soprano)
open air Berlioz bicentenary concert
|
Jardin de Ville, Grenoble, France
No information on the performers was available.
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12 July 2003
7.30pm |
L’Invitation à la valse
(Weber arr. Berlioz)
Les Nuits d’été
Messe Solennelle
Berlioz Bicentenary Concert - Warwick Festival 2003
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St Mary’s Church, Warwick, UK
Warwickshire Symphony Orchestra
Collegium, Choir of St Mary’s
St Mary’s Girls Choir
conductor: Katherine Dienes
Gaynor Keeble soprano
Sean Clayton (tenor)
Adam Linstead (bass)
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12 July 2003
8.00pm
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Te Deum
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Cologne Philharmonie, Cologne, Germany
Bergisch Symphonic Orchestra
Girls and Boys of the Choirs of the Cologne High Cathedral
Philharmonic Chorus Cologne
Oratorienchor Köln e. V ( Oratory chorus Cologne)
Parish choir of the High Cathedral of Altenberg
Chorus of the High Cathedral of Altenberg
conductor: Andreas Meisner
Wilhelm Hartmann (tenor)
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12 July 2003
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Symphonie fantastique
open air concert
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Bavarian State Opera, Max-Joseph-Platz,
Munich, Germany
Bayerisches Staatsorchester, and
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor: Zubin Mehta
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13 July 2003
4.00pm
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Overture Le Carnaval romain
Messe Solennelle
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Cathédrale de la Major,
Marseille, France
Orchestre du Roy René, formed by the
musicians from the Opéra d’Avignon and the Opéra de Marseille
Le
Chœur Domitla, of Goult in Vaucluse Département
L’Ensemble Amadeus, of Fos-sur-Mer, in the Bouches du Rhône
conductor: Bernard Viti
Karine Magneto (soprano)
Gérard Tussau (tenor), Thierry de Laroche (bass-baritone)
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13 July 2003
6.00pm
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Marche hongroise
(from La Damnation de Faust)
(two pianos, eight hands)
Les Nuits d’été (piano, soprano)
open air Berlioz bicentenary concert
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Villeneuve, Place Rouge,
Grenoble, France
No information on the performers was available.
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14 July 2003
6.00pm
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Overture Le Corsaire
Hymne des Marseillais
(La Marseillaise)
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Federation Concert Hall, Hobart,
Australia
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Philippe Bender
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14 July 2003
8.00pm
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Harold en Italie
(Liszt transcription)
Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival
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Schloss, Heide, Germany
Dejan Lazić (piano)
Albrecht Breuninger (viola)
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14 July 2003
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Excerpts of Berlioz’s orchestral works on six themes:
– The ardour and the impetuosity:
La Marche Triomphale
– The youth and the nature:
La Danse des Sylphes
– The dream and the love:
Un Bal from Symphonie fantastique
– The women: L’Invitation à la Valse
– The travels: Benvenuto Cellini
– The despair: La Marche Funèbre
– The political engagement: La Marseillaise
– The rage: La Damnation de Faust
Bastille Day celebrations
open air Berlioz bicentenary concert
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Grenoble, France
The exact location and performers are not known
The 14th July celebrations fireworks display to accompany Berlioz’s
music was cancelled because of the dry summer weather at the time.
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15 July 2003
3.00pm
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Melodies
Buxton Festival
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Palace Hotel, Buxton, UK
Rebecca Evans (soprano)
Katarina Karnéus (mezzo-soprano)
Michael Pollock (piano)
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17 July 2003
7.30pm
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Symphonie fantastique
Cheltenham Festival of Music
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Town Hall, Cheltenham, UK
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Marin Alsop
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19 July 2003
7.00pm
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Marche hongroise
(from La Damnation de Faust)
BBC Proms 2003 |
Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
BBC Concert Orchestra
conductor: Barry Wordsworth |
19 July 2003
9.00pm
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Messe solennelle
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L’église, Goult, France
Chœur Domitia (with 55 choristers)
with piano accompaniment
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20 July 2003
9.00pm
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Symphonie funèbre et triomphale
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Palazzo Mauro de André, Ravenna, Italy
Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai
Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera de Il Cairo
Associazione del Coro Filarmonico della Scala
Coro dell’Accademia
Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Coro del Teatro dell’Opera de Il Cairo
conductor: Riccardo Muti
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21 July 2003
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Symphonie funèbre et triomphale
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Cairo, at the foot of the Guiza Pyramids, Egypt
Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai
Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera de Il Cairo
Associazione del Coro Filarmonico della Scala,
Coro dell’Accademia
Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Coro del Teatro dell’Opera de Il Cairo
conductor: Riccardo Muti |
23 July 2003
6.00pm
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Overture Le Carnaval Romain
Aspen Music Festival |
Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, Colorado, USA
Sinfonia
conductor: Steven Smith
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24 July 2003
9.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été
Festival musical des grands crus de Bourgogne
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Église, Tanlay, France
Ensemble Carpe Diem
conductor: Jean-Pierre Arnaud
Françoise Masset (soprano) |
25 July 2003
8.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été
Symphonie fantastique
Ravinia Festival |
Pavilion, Highland Park, Illinois, USA
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Christoph Eschenbach
Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) |
25 July 2003
8.30pm |
L’Enfance du Christ
Festival musical des grands
crus
de Bourgogne
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Église
Notre Dame, Noyers-sur-Serein,
France
Ensemble Carpe Diem
conductor: Jean-Pierre Arnaud
Françoise Masset (soprano) |
25 July 2003
9.00pm |
Symphonie funèbre et triomphale
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Abbatiale, Saint-Riquier, France
Académie d’été de Saint-Riquier
Orchestre à vent de Doullens
conductor: Marc Lefebvre
Gregory van der Struik (trombone) |
25 July 2003
8.30pm |
Roméo et Juliette
(orchestral excerpts, choral finale) |
Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
The Cleveland Orchestra, Blossom Festival chorus
conductor: Jahja Ling |
26 July 2003
5.00pm |
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem)
Salzburger Festspiele
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Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, Austria
Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Singverein
conductor: Valery Gergiev
Ramon Vargas (tenor) |
26 July 2003
7.30pm |
Les Nuits d’été
BBC Proms 2003 |
Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
Hallé Orchestra
conductor: Mark Elder
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) |
27 July 2003
9.00pm
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Grande Messe des morts (Requiem)
Salzburger Festspiele |
Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, Austria
Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Singverein
conductor: Valery Gergiev
Ramon Vargas (tenor)
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28 July 2003
7.30pm |
L’Enfance du Christ
BBC Proms 2003 |
Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
Monteverdi Choir
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Bernarda Fink (Mary)
James Gilchrist (Narrator)
Gilles Cachemaille (Joseph)
Jeremy White (Herod and Father of the Family) |
28 July 2003
8.00pm |
Roméo et Juliette
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Teatro Malibran, Venice, Italy
Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice
Coro del Teatro La Fenice,
conductor: Eliahu Inbal
chorus master: Guillaume Tourniaire
Enkelejda Shkosa (mezzo-soprano)
Stephen Mark Brown (tenor)
Giovanni Battista Parodi (bass) |
29 July 2003
8.15pm |
La Damnation de Faust
(excerpts) |
Amphitheater, Chautaugua Institution, Chautaugua,
New York, USA
Chautaugua Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Uriel Segal |
29 July 2003
9.00pm |
Roméo et Juliette
Berlioz bicentenary concert
Été Musical Loire en Rhône-Alpes |
Cour du château de La Bastie d’Urfé, La Bastie d’Urfé,
Saint-Etienne le Molard, France
La Maîtrise de la Loire
(formed
with the choristers of the Centre de région Rhône-Alpes)
Nouvel Orchesre de Saint-Etienne
conductor: Daniel Kawka
Vincent Le Texier (baritone)
Elsa Maurus (mezzo-soprano)
James Oxley (tenor) |
30 July 2003
8.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été
La Captive
Nuit paisible et sereine (from Béatrice et Bénédict)
Berlioz Bicentenary concert |
Westminster Congregational Church, Spokane, USA
Michele Troise (soprano)
Stefan Kozinski (piano)
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30 July 2003
8.00pm |
Melodies
(unspecified)
Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival
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Petruskirche, Kiel, Germany
Graham Johnson (piano)
Dame Felicity Lott (soprano) |
30 July 2003
8.00pm |
Overture to Benvenuto Cellini
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Mann Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, USA
The Philadelphia Orchestra
conductor: Neeme Järvi |
August 2003