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 2006 4.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain Aspen Music Festival 2006 |
Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, Colorado, USA American Academy of Conducting Orchestra conductor: the Low Strings Competition Winner |
1 August 2006 8.00pm Read a review of this performance by John Ahouse |
Symphonie funèbre et triomphale |
Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, CA, USA Los Angeles Philharmonic Granada Hills High School Highlander Marching Band Pacific Chorale conductor: Bramwell Tovey |
2 August 2006 12.45-1.45pm |
Symphonie fantastique Lunch time free concert |
The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow,
Scotland, UK Royal Scottish National Orchestra conductor: Stéphane Denève |
2 August 2006 7.30pm |
Overture to Benvenuto Cellini |
Main Amphitheater, Saratoga Performing Arts center, Saratoga, USA The Philadelphia Orchestra conductor: Charles Dutoit |
3 August 2006 8.00pm Read a review of this performance by John Ahouse |
Symphonie funèbre et triomphale |
Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, CA, USA Los Angeles Philharmonic Granada Hills High School Highlander Marching Band Pacific Chorale conductor: Bramwell Tovey |
3 August 2006 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique Colorado Music Festival 2006 “Fantastique Finale!” |
Chautauqua Auditorium, Boulder, USA Colorado Music Festival Orchestra conductor: Michael Christie |
4 August 2006 6.30pm The concert was recorded for broadcast |
Cléopâtre Grant Park Music Festival |
Orchestra Hall, Symphony Center, Chicago, USA Grant Park Orchestra conductor: Carlos Kalmar Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano) |
4 August 2006 7.00pm Live broadcast on BBC Radio 3 |
Symphonie fantastique BBC Proms 2006 |
Royal Albert Hall, London, UK Royal Scottish National Orchestra conductor: Stéphane Denève |
4 August 2006 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique Colorado Music Festival 2006 “Fantastique Finale!” |
Chautauqua Auditorium, Boulder, USA Colorado Music Festival Orchestra conductor: Michael Christie |
5 August 2006 7.30pm The concert was recorded for broadcast |
Cléopâtre Grant Park Music Festival |
Orchestra Hall, Symphony Center, Chicago, USA Grant Park Orchestra conductor: Carlos Kalmar Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano) |
6 August 2006 7.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique Blossom Festival |
Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, USA The Cleveland Orchestra conductor: Pinchas Steinberg |
12 August 2006 5.30pm |
La Marseillaise Symphonie Funèbre et Triomphale Pre-Festival concert Concert of the Académie du Festival Berlioz Festival Berlioz 2006 |
Les Halles and on the streets of La
Côte Saint André, France Professeurs de l’Académie Carpe Diem et de l’Académie En.V.I / Elèves des académies / Société Philharmonique, école de musique et Chorale Chante Bièvre de La Côte-Saint-André conductor: Eric Villevière Following the composer’s wish, the first movement of the Symphonie Funèbre was given in the streets of La Côte Saint André |
12 August 2006 8.30pm |
Overture to Benvenuto Cellini | Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, Argentina Orch conductor: Isaac Karabtchevsky |
13 August 2006 5.00pm |
Organ music (unspecified) | Abbatiale, Guîtres, France Joris Sauquet (organ) |
13 August 2006 8.00pm |
Marche hongroise (from La Damnation de Faust) | Rathausplatz, Korneuburg, Austria Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich conductor: Andrés Orozco-Estrada |
16 August 2006 7.30pm |
Marche funèbre pour la dernière scène d’Hamlet (from Tristia) |
Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Luzern, Konzertsaal, Lucerne, Switzerland Lucerne Festival Orchestra Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia conductor: Claudio Abbado chorus master: Roberto Gabbiani |
16 August 2006 9.00pm |
Les Troyens
(excerpts): Chasse royale et orage Pantomime Ballet music Festival Berlioz 2006 |
Château Louis XI, La Côte Saint
André, France Orchestre Symphonique du Festival Berlioz conductor: Eric Villevière |
17 August 2006 12.45pm |
Les Nuits d’été (excerpts:) Le Spectre de la Rose Sur les Lagunes Absence |
Holy Trinity Church, Dartford, Kent, UK Ian Wilson-Pope (Bass-Baritone) Kanae Sutcliffe (piano) |
17 August 2006 7.00pm |
Marche hongroise
(from La Damnation de Faust) arr. Clark McAlister Free summer concert |
Shute Park, Hillsboro, Oregon, USA Oregon Symphonic Band conductor: Michael Burch-Pesses |
17 August 2006 7.30pm |
Les Nuits d’été Rencontres musicales des Neuf Fontaines – Concert 4 |
Église, Salau, France Muriel Ferraro (mezzo-soprano) (probably with piano accompaniment) |
17 August 2006 8.15pm |
Overture to Benvenuto Cellini |
Chautauqua Institution Amphitheater, Chautauqua, USA Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra conductor: Enrique Arturo Diemecke |
17 August 2006 9.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été Malta Arts Festival – Summer 2006 |
Temi Zammit Hall, Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta, Malta Sophia Grech (mezzo-soprano) Eleonora Bekova (piano) |
18 August 2006 2.30pm |
Works unspecified Edinburgh International Festival Fringe |
St Andrew’s & St George’s Church, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Triplicity: Frances Cooper (soprano) Anne Lewis (mezzo-soprano) Colin Dundas (piano) |
19 August 2006 7.30pm |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict “Je vais le voir...” (from Béatrice et Bénédict) Merola Grand Finale annual concert, San Francisco Opera summer training programme |
War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, USA San Francisco Opera Orchestra conductor: Richard Buckley Soprano Andriana Chuchman (soprano) |
19 August 2006 8.00pm pre-concert talk by Alan Walker at 7.00pm |
L’Enfance du Christ
(excerpts) Bard Music Festival |
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, USA American Symphony Orchestra Bard Festival Chorale conductor: Leon Botstein chorus master: James Bagwell |
19 August 2006 9.00pm |
Te Deum Festival Berlioz |
Château Louis XI, La Côte Saint
André, France Symphony Orchestra of the National Philharmonic of Ukraine Dumka Chorus conductor: Mykola Dyadura chorus master: Evgeny Savchouk Igor Borko (tenor) |
21 August 2006 7.30pm Live broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and BBC TV Four |
Overture to Les Francs-Juges BBC Proms 2006 |
Royal Albert Hall, London, UK London Symphony Orchestra conductor: Sir Colin Davis |
23 August 2006 9.00pm |
Harold en Italie Festival Berlioz 2006 |
Château Louis XI, La Côte Saint
André, France Orchestre National de Lyon conductor: Jun Märkl Antoine Tamestit (viola) |
24 August 2006 9.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été Rêverie et Caprice Festival Berlioz 2006 |
Château Louis XI, La Côte Saint André, France Orchestre des Pays de Savoie conductor: Graziella Contratto Marie Devellereau (soprano) violin soloist (not announced) |
26 August 2006 5.00pm |
Hélène Nuit paisible et sereine (from Béatrice et Bénedict) Festival Berlioz 2006 |
Eglise de Châtenay, Châtenay, France Ensemble Vocal Berlioz Sophie calmel-Elcourt (soprano) Sabine Hwang (mezzo-soprano) Laurent Touche (piano) |
26 August 2006 9.00pm |
Ouverture Le Carnaval romain Cléopâtre Chasse Royale et orage (Les Troyens) Symphonie fantastique Festival Berlioz 2006 |
Château Louis XI, La Côte Saint André, France Orchestre Symphonique de Saint-Etienne conductor: Laurent Campellone Béatrice Uria-Monzon (mezzo-soprano) |
26 August 2006 9.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique Festival Internacional de Santander |
Palacio de festivales, Sala Argenta, Santander, Spain Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse conductor: Tugan Sokhiev |
26 August 2006 | Les Nuits d’été Rêverie et Caprice Les Estivales du château |
Cour d’honneur du château, Chambéry, France Orchestre des Pays de Savoie conductor: Graziella Contratto Marie Devellereau (soprano) violin soloist was not announced |
27 August 2006 2.30pm |
Overture Le Corsaire | Kyoto Concert Hall, Main Hall,
Kyoto, Japan Kyoto Symphony Orchestra conductor: Naoto Otomo |
27 August 2006 4.00pm |
Melodies
(unspecified) Festival Berlioz 2006 |
Eglise de La Frette, La Frette, France Caroline Sageman (piano) Jean Ferrandis (flute) |
28 August 2006 2.30pm |
Rêverie et Caprice Festival de La Chaise-Dieu |
Abbatiale, La Chaise-Dieu, France Orchestre des Pays de Savoie conductor: Graziella Contratto violin soloist was not announced |
31 August 2006 7.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Suntory Hall, Main Hall, Tokyo,
Japan Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra conductor: Jun-ichi Hirokami |