Archive of performances of Berlioz’s music around the world
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1 April 2006 4.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Théâtre Mogador, Paris, France Orchestre Pasdeloup conductor: Tatsuya Shimono |
1 April 2006 7.30pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain |
St Mark’s Church, Broomhill, UK Sheffield Symphony Orchestra conductor: John Longstaff |
1 April 2006 7.30pm |
Te Deum |
Guildford Cathedral, Guildford, UK New Queen’s Hall Orchestra Wimbledon Choral Society Chamber Choir of King’s College School Dulwich College Chapel Choir Tiffin Boys’ Choir conductor: Michael Ashcroft Robin Tritschler (tenor) Norman Harper (organ) |
1 April 2006 8.00pm |
La Damnation de Faust |
Garde Arts Center, New London, CT, USA Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra Eastern Connecticut Symphony Chorus and guest soloists conductor: Xiao-Lu Li |
1 April 2006 8.00pm |
La Damnation de Faust (vocal excerpts) “Poetry and Love in France: A Bouquet from French Operas” |
Ankara Opera House, Ankara, Turkey Ankara State Opera and Ballet Orchestra conductor: Patrick Souillot director Gürçil Çeliktaş costumes and set design: İsmail Dede choreography: Mehmet Balkan soloists not announced A joint Turkish-French cultural production in cooperation with the French Cultural Center |
2 April 2006 2.30pm |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict |
Majestic Theatre, San Antonio, TX, USA San Antonio Symphony conductor: Larry Rachleff |
2 April 2006 4.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été chamber arrangement by Hugh Macdonald world première Richmond Festival of Music: Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia annual festival |
Second Presbyterian Church, Richmond, Virginia, USA performers include: violinists: Susan Bedell, Aaron Berofsky, Ara Gregorian, Emily Cornelius and Yoko Koto, violinist-violist: Kathryn Votapek, violist: Melissa Reardon, cellists: James Wilson and Amy Leung, double-bassists: Paul Bedell and Fred Dole, harpist: Yolanda Kondonassis, flutist: Mary Boodell, clarinetist: David Niethamer and mezzo-soprano: Carrie Stevens |
2 April 2006 6.00pm |
Overture Les Francs-Juges |
St Giles Church, Cripplegate, Barbican, London, UK London Medical Orchestra conductor: Michael Axtell |
5 April 2006 7.00pm |
Overture to Benvenuto Cellini | Grand Hall, Moscow Conservatory, Moscow, Russia The Academic Symphonic Orchestra of the Moscow Philharmony Conductor: Jury Simonov |
5 April 2006 7.30pm |
Trio (from L’Enfance du Christ) |
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, Clitheroe, UK Performers: Intriplicate (flute, oboe and piano trio) |
5 April 2006 7.30pm |
Scène d’amour (from Roméo et Juliette) |
Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, UK London Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Emmanuel Krivine |
5 April 2006 8.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire Harold en Italie |
Volkshaus, Jenaer, Germany Jenaer Philharmonie conductor: Nicholas Milton Antoine Tamestit (viola) |
5 April 2006 8.00pm |
La Damnation de Faust (vocal excerpts) “Poetry and Love in France: A Bouquet from French Operas” |
Ankara Opera House, Ankara, Turkey Ankara State Opera and Ballet Orchestra conductor: Patrick Souillot director Gürçil Çeliktaş costumes and set design: İsmail Dede choreography: Mehmet Balkan soloists not announced A joint Turkish-French cultural production in cooperation with the French Cultural Center |
6 April 2006 7.30pm |
Scène d’amour (from Roméo et Juliette) |
Brighton Dome, Brighton, UK London Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Emmanuel Krivine |
6 April 2006 7.30pm |
Harold en Italie [Cancelled at short notice] |
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, USA The New Philharmonic conductor: Lorin Maazel Cynthia Phelps (viola) |
7 April 2006 11.00am |
Harold en Italie [Cancelled at short notice] |
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, USA The New Philharmonic conductor: Lorin Maazel Cynthia Phelps (viola) |
7 April 2006 7.30pm |
Scène d’amour (from Roméo et Juliette) |
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, UK London Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Emmanuel Krivine |
7 April 2006 8.00pm |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict |
Abravanel Hall, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Utah Symphony conductor: Larry Rachleff |
7 April 2006 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Roberts Hall, Marshall Auditorium, Haverford College, Haverford, USA Haverford-Bryn Mawr Orchestra conductor: Thomas Hong |
8 April 2006 6.00pm |
La Damnation de Faust | NHK Hall, Tokyo, Japan NHK Symphony Orchestra Nikikai Chorus Group, The Little Singers of Tokyo conductor: Charles Dutoit Ruxandra Donose (Marguerite) John Villars (Faust) Sir Willard White (Méphestophélès) Yasuhiro Sato (Brander), Akie Amou (Une voix) |
8 April 2006 6.30pm |
“Simfonia Fantastică” contemporary dance to Berlioz’s music A “choreographic theatre” |
Bucharest National Opera House, Bucharest,
Romania Bucharest National Opera choreographer: Gigi Caciuleanu cast includes: Razvan Mazilu, Corina Dumitrescu and actor Dan Puric conductor: Tiberiu Soare |
8 April 2006 7.30pm |
Scène d’amour (from Roméo et Juliette) |
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, UK London Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Emmanuel Krivine |
8 April 2006 7.30pm preview at 6.30pm: Gerald Larner on Romeo and Juliet: |
Roméo et Juliette (excerpts) |
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, UK BBC Philharmonic conductor: Gianandrea Noseda |
8 April 2006 8.00pm |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict |
Abravanel Hall, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Utah Symphony conductor: Larry Rachleff |
8 April 2006 8.00pm prelude talk by Raymond Harvey at 7.00pm |
Harold en Italie |
Miller Auditorium, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, USA Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra conductor: Raymond Harvey Igor Fedotov (viola) |
9 April 2006 11.00am |
Harold en Italie | Georg-Friedrich-Händel-Halle, Halle, Germany Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Halle conductor: Heribert Esser Wolfram Christ (viola) |
9 April 2006 3.00pm |
La Damnation de Faust | NHK Hall, Tokyo, Japan NHK Symphony Orchestra Nikikai Chorus Group, The Little Singers of Tokyo conductor: Charles Dutoit Ruxandra Donose (Marguerite) John Villars (Faust) Sir Willard White (Méphestophélès) Yasuhiro Sato (Brander), Akie Amou (Une voix) |
9 April 2006 3.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Prince of Peace Catholic Church, Sun City West, West Valley, USA West Valley Symphony conductor: James Yestdadt |
9 April 2006 5.30pm |
Songs (unspecified) |
Temple Emanu-El, San Francisco, USA Elza van den Heever (soprano) John Parr (piano) |
9 April 2006 | Trio for harp and flutes (from L’Enfance du Christ) |
Travis Park United Methodist Church, Travis, San Antonio, USA Camerata San Antonio: Rachel Ferris (harp) Tallon Sterling Perkes and Martha Fabrique (flutes) |
10 April 2006 7.30pm pre-concert talk at 6.45pm |
Harold en Italie | Georg-Friedrich-Händel-Halle, Halle, Germany Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Halle conductor: Heribert Esser Wolfram Christ (viola) |
10 April 2006 | Symphonie fantastique |
Palace of Culture, Tel Aviv, Israel Israel Symphony Orchestra conductor: Zubin Mehta |
12 April 2006 1.30pm |
Unspecified works |
Cameron Performing Arts Center, Cameron, TX, USA Blinn College Band conductor: Larry Campbell |
12 April 2006 6.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Samara Philharmonia Hall, Samara, Russia The Samara Philharmonic conductor: Jury Kochnev |
12 April 2006 7.00pm |
L’Enfance du Christ | Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, Moscow,
Russia The State Symphony Capella of Russia conductor: Valery Polyansky soloists not announced |
13 April 2006 7.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique Lélio ou retour à la vie |
Suntory Hall, Tokyo, Japan Japan Philharmonic Orchestra (with chorus) conductor: Ken-ichiro Kobayashi director: Tatsuji Iwata scripted by: Yoshiharu Kawaguthi Takuro Tatsumi (narrator, Lèlio) Toshiro Gorobe (tenor), Ikuo Oshima (baritone) |
13 April 2006 10.30am (rehearsal) 13 April 2006 8.00pm pre-concert talk by Jan Swafford at Symphony Hall,1hr.15mins before the performance |
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) |
Symphony Hall, Boston, USA Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus conductor: Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos chorus master: John Oliver Matthew Polenzani (tenor) |
14 April 2006 1.30pm pre-concert talk by Jan Swafford at Symphony Hall,1hr.15mins before the performance |
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) |
Symphony Hall, Boston, USA Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus conductor: Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos chorus master: John Oliver Matthew Polenzani (tenor) |
14 April 2006 6.00pm |
Messe solennelle | Historische Stadthalle Wuppertal,
Wuppertal, Germany Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal Chor der Konzertgesellschaft conductor: Toshiyuki Kamioka chorus master: Marieddy Rossetto Christian Elsner (tenor), Andreas Macco (bass) soprano soloist not announced |
14 April 2006 7.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique Lélio ou retour à la vie |
Suntory Hall, Tokyo, Japan Japan Philharmonic Orchestra (with chorus) conductor: Ken-ichiro Kobayashi director: Tatsuji Iwata scripted by: Yoshiharu Kawaguthi Takuro Tatsumi (narrator, Lèlio) Toshiro Gorobe (tenor), Ikuo Oshima (baritone) |
14 April 2006 8.30pm |
Hector Berlioz, Le
Musicien Fantastique [Hector Berlioz, The Fantastic Musician] A literary concert based on Berlioz’s Mémoires See also Berlioz Celebrations3 for details of an earlier performance |
Salle des fêtes, Venelles (Bouches-du-Rhène),
France Compagnie Interlude (Aix-en-Provence) producer: Julien Di Tommaso Julien Di Tommaso (actor, playing as Berlioz) Adila Carles (soprano) Orlando Soccavo (pianist) |
15 April 2006 7.30pm |
Overture Les Francs-Juges Cléopâtre Easter Concert |
Ecclesall Parish Church, Sheffield, UK City of Sheffield Youth Orchestra conductor: Christopher Gayford Marie Angel (soprano) |
15 April 2006 8.00pm pre-concert talk by Jan Swafford at Symphony Hall,1hr.15mins before the performance |
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) |
Symphony Hall, Boston, USA Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus conductor: Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos chorus master: John Oliver Matthew Polenzani (tenor) |
15 April 2006 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, Canada Vancouver Symphony Orchestra conductor: Ken Hsieh |
16 April 2006 8.00pm |
Unspecified works |
The Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, Purchase, NY, USA New York Brass Conference Festival Ensemble conductor: Mark Gould |
17 April 2006 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Bell Performing Arts Centre, Surrey, Canada Vancouver Symphony Orchestra conductor: Ken Hsieh |
17 April 2006 9.00pm |
L’Enfance du Christ Jean-Pierre Arnaud adaptation |
Cité Saint-Pierre, Auditorium Padre
Pio, Lourdes, France Ensemble Carpe Diem |
18 April 2006 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Barbican Hall, London, UK National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain conductor: Gianandrea Noseda |
18 April 2006 8.00pm |
Scène d’amour (from Roméo et Juliette) | Théâtre, Caen, France La Chambre philharmonique conductor: Emmanuel Krivine |
19 April 2006 8.00pm |
Scène d’amour (from Roméo et Juliette) | Cité de la musique, Paris, France La Chambre philharmonique conductor: Emmanuel Krivine |
19 April 2006 8.00pm |
La Damnation de Faust (vocal excerpts) “Poetry and Love in France: A Bouquet from French Operas” |
Ankara Opera House, Ankara, Turkey Ankara State Opera and Ballet Orchestra conductor: Patrick Souillot director Gürçil Çeliktaş costumes and set design: İsmail Dede choreography: Mehmet Balkan soloists not announced A joint Turkish-French cultural production in cooperation with the French Cultural Center |
20 April 2006 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Symphony Hall, Birmingham, UK National Youth Orchestra of Britain conductor: Gianandrea Noseda |
20 April 2006 7.30pm |
Marche hongroise
(from La Damnation de Faust) arr: Clark McAlister and Alfred Reed |
Horner Performing Arts Center, David Douglas High School,
Portland, USA Oregon Symphonic Band conductor: Michael Burch-Pesses |
20 April 2006 9.00pm |
Scène d’amour (from Roméo et Juliette) | Palau de la Música, Barcelona, Spain La Chambre Philharmonique conductor: Emmanuel Krivine |
21April 2006 7.30pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain |
Fowler Center, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas,
USA Arkansas Symphony Orchestra conductor: Israel Getzov |
22 April 2006 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Sturminster Newton High School, Sturminster Newton, Dorset, UK The Bournemouth Philharmonic Society Orchestra conductor: Sam Newgarth |
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April 2006 7.30pm |
Marche hongroise (from La Damnation de Faust) |
Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Canada Toronto Symphony Orchestra conductor: Alain Trudel |
22 April 2006 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique “Stages of the Dream” |
Greenwich High School auditorium, Greenwich, USA Greenwich Symphony Orchestra conductor: David Gilbert |
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April 2006 3.00pm |
Marche hongroise (from La Damnation de Faust) |
Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Canada Toronto Symphony Orchestra conductor: Alain Trudel |
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April 2006 3.00pm |
Marche hongroise
(from La Damnation de Faust) arr: Clark McAlister and Alfred Reed |
Clatskanie High School, Portland Oregon, USA Oregon Symphonic Band conductor: Michael Burch-Pesses |
23 April 2006 4.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique “Stages of the Dream” |
Greenwich High School auditorium, Greenwich, USA Greenwich Symphony Orchestra conductor: David Gilbert |
23 April 2006 8.00pm |
Marche hongroise (from La Damnation de Faust) |
Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emory University, Atlanta, USA Emory Brass Ensemble director: Michael Moore |
23 April 2006 | Overture Le Corsaire |
Wakefield Cathedral, Wakefield, UK East Yorkshire Motor Services Brass Band conductor: Jim Davies |
24 April 2006 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Centennial Theatre, North Vancouver, Canada Vancouver Symphony Orchestra conductor: Ken Hsieh |
25 April 2006 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Salon M, Hacettepe University, Ankara,
Turkey Hacettepe Conservatory Symphonic Orchestra conductor: Erol Erdinç |
26 April 2006 7.30pm |
Marche hongroise
(from La Damnation de Faust) arr: Clark McAlister and Alfred Reed |
Tualatin High School, Portland
Oregon, USA Oregon Symphonic Band conductor: Michael Burch-Pesses |
26 April 2006 8.00pm |
La Damnation de Faust (vocal excerpts) “Poetry and Love in France: A Bouquet from French Operas” |
Ankara Opera House, Ankara, Turkey Ankara State Opera and Ballet Orchestra conductor: Patrick Souillot director Gürçil Çeliktaş costumes and set design: İsmail Dede choreography: Mehmet Balkan soloists not announced A joint Turkish-French cultural production in cooperation with the French Cultural Center |
26 April 2006 | Symphonie fantastique | Hong Kong, Cultural Centre, Hong
Kong London Symphony Orchestra conductor: Daniel Harding |
27 April 2006 7.30pm |
Les Nuits d’été |
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, USA New York Philharmonic conductor: Sir Colin Davis Ian Bostridge (tenor) |
27 April 2006 7.30pm |
Overture Le Roi Lear |
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, UK Hallé Orchestra conductor: Claus Peter Flor |
27 April 2006 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Luzern, Konzertsaal, Lucerne, Switzerland Luzerner Sinfonieorchester Junge Philharmonie Zentralschweiz conductor: John Axelrod |
27April 2006 7.30pm |
Unspecified works |
Cisel Recital Hall, Montana State University-Billings, Billings, USA MSU-Billings Symphonic Band conductor: Gary Behm |
27 April 2006 8.15pm |
Symphonie fantastique | De Harmonie, Leeuwarden, Netherlands Noord-Nederlands Orkest conductor: Jacques Mercier |
28 April 2006 8.00pm pre-concert lecture by Professor Hugh Macdonald |
Te Deum |
St. Louis Cathedral, St. Louis, Missouri, USA The St. Louis Archdiocesan Choir and Orchestra The St. Louis Archdiocesan Children’s Choir conductor: John Romeri Scott Kennebeck (tenor) Zachary Hemenway (organ) |
28 April 2006 8.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été |
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, USA New York Philharmonic conductor: Sir Colin Davis Ian Bostridge (tenor) |
28 April 2006 8.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été (selection) |
St. Matthew’s Church, Pacific Palisades, California, USA St. Matthew’s Chamber Orchestra soloists: Sara Campbell and Rose Beattie conductor: Thomas Neenan |
28 April 2006 8.15pm |
Symphonie fantastique | De Oosterpoort, Groningen, Netherlands Noord-Nederlands Orkest conductor: Jacques Mercier |
28 April 2006 | Overture to Benvenuto Cellini |
Copley Symphony Hall, San Diego, USA San Diego Symphony Orchestra conductor: Jahja Ling |
29 April 2006 2.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique Examinations conducting class of Carlo Jans |
Conservatoire, Luxembourg Orchestra of the Conservatoire |
29 April 2006 6.30pm |
“Simfonia Fantastică” contemporary dance to Berlioz’s music A “choreographic theatre” |
Bucharest National Opera House, Bucharest, Romania Bucharest National Opera choreographer: Gigi Caciuleanu cast includes: Razvan Mazilu, Corina Dumitrescu and actor Dan Puric conductor: Tiberiu Soare |
29 April 2006 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | De Doelen, Rotterdam, Netherlands Noord-Nederlands Orkest conductor: Jacques Mercier |
29 April 2006 8.00pm |
Te Deum Tristia |
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA The Little Orchestra Society The Orpheon Chorale conductor: Dino Anagnost |
29 April 2006 8.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été |
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, USA New York Philharmonic conductor: Sir Colin Davis Ian Bostridge (tenor) |
29 April 2006 8.00pm |
Works unspecified |
Filene Recital Hall, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, USA Skidmore College Orchestra conductor: Anthony Holland |
29 April 2006 8.00pm |
Scène d’amour (from Roméo et Juliette) |
Uihlein Hall, Milwaukee, USA Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra conductor: Nicholas McGegan |
29 April 2006 | Symphonie fantastique | National Chiang Kai-Shek Cultural
Centre, Taipei, Taiwan London Symphony Orchestra conductor: Daniel Harding |
29 April 2006 | Overture to Benvenuto Cellini |
Copley Symphony Hall, San Diego, USA San Diego Symphony Orchestra conductor: Jahja Ling |
30 April 2006 3.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique (4th movement) |
Arts Center of Okaloosa-Walton College, Niceville, Florida, USA Northwest Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra conductor: Liz Aylor |
30 April 2006 | Overture to Benvenuto Cellini |
Copley Symphony Hall, San Diego, USA San Diego Symphony Orchestra conductor: Jahja Ling |