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 2009 8.00pm |
Grande Messe des Morts (Requiem) Festivals Europäische Kirchenmusik [European Church Music Festival] |
Heilig-Kreuz-Münster, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz Stuttgarter Kantorei conductor: Kay Johannsen Burkhart Fritz (tenor) |
2 August 2009 7.30pm Live broadcast on BBC Radio 3. Available as audio on demand for the following week |
Te Deum BBC Proms 2009 |
Royal Albert Hall, London, UK BBC Symphony Orchestra BBC Symphony Chorus Bach Choir Crouch End Festival Chorus Choristers of St Paul’s Cathedral Trinity Boys Choir conductor: Susanna Mälkki Simon Preston (organ) Jörg Schneider (tenor) |
3 August 2009 7.00pm Live broadcast on BBC Radio 3. Available as audio on demand for the following week |
Overture Les francs-juges Symphonie funèbre et triomphale BBC Proms 2009 |
Royal Albert Hall, London, UK BBC National Orchestra of Wales conductor: Thierry Fischer |
6 August 2009 7.00pm |
L’Invitation à la valse Weber, arr. Berlioz Aspen Music Festival |
Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, Colorado, USA Aspen Chamber Symphony conductor: David Zinman |
6 August 2009 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique Indiana University Summer Music Festival |
Musical Arts Center, IU School of Music, Bloomington, USA Festival Orchestra conductor: Giancarlo Guerrero |
6 August 2009 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain |
Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga, USA The Philadelphia Orchestra conductor: Charles Dutoit |
6 August 2009 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Kursaal, San Sebastián, Spain West-Eastern Divan Orchestra conductor: Daniel Barenboim |
6 August 2009 |
“Something About Others” Ballet set to Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique Edinburgh Festival Fringe |
Dance Base – National Centre for Dance, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Nottingham Youth Dance in association with the New English Contemporary Ballet Performers: NECB dancers Benoit Egloff, Alex Sklavos NYD dancers Amy Barker, Tom Baylis, Kieran Boothroyd Melanie Collinson, Tom Davies,Emily Griffiths, Kasim Hamid Charlotte Hampshire,Laura-Kate Marshall, Emily Pottage Brad Waller and Cerys Williams music director: Niall McMahon Choreographed by Richard Wherlock and Jamie Thomson |
7 August 2009 8.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland West-Eastern Divan Orchestra conductor: Daniel Barenboim |
7 August 2009 9.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été 27th edition of Festival du Périgord Noir « Les nuits d’été de Berlioz » |
Jardins du Manoir d’Eyrignac,
Salignac-Eyvigues, France Marie Devellereau (soprano) Jean-Marc Bouget (piano) Alain Carré (narrator) |
7 August 2009 |
“Something About Others” Ballet set to Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique Edinburgh Festival Fringe |
Dance Base – National Centre for Dance, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Nottingham Youth Dance in association with the New English Contemporary Ballet Performers: NECB dancers Benoit Egloff, Alex Sklavos NYD dancers Amy Barker, Tom Baylis, Kieran Boothroyd Melanie Collinson, Tom Davies,Emily Griffiths, Kasim Hamid Charlotte Hampshire,Laura-Kate Marshall, Emily Pottage Brad Waller and Cerys Williams music director: Niall McMahon Choreographed by Richard Wherlock and Jamie Thomson |
8 August 2009 8.00pm |
Roméo et Juliette (excerpts) Klassik Open Air beim Picknick im Park Paris – New York: Liebe verbindet [Love binds] |
Luitpoldhain (the Central Park), Nürnberg, Germany Nürnberger Philharmoniker conductor: Alexander Shelley |
8 August 2009 8.30pm |
Works Unspecified (probably the Trio from L’Enfance du Christ) |
Salle des fêtes, Peyrins, France Trio Locatelli: Anne Aubert-Moulin and Franck Masquelier (flute) Pascal Pascally (guitar) |
8 August 2009 |
“Something About Others” Ballet set to Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique Edinburgh Festival Fringe |
Dance Base – National Centre for Dance, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Nottingham Youth Dance in association with the New English Contemporary Ballet Performers: NECB dancers Benoit Egloff, Alex Sklavos NYD dancers Amy Barker, Tom Baylis, Kieran Boothroyd Melanie Collinson, Tom Davies,Emily Griffiths, Kasim Hamid Charlotte Hampshire,Laura-Kate Marshall, Emily Pottage Brad Waller and Cerys Williams music director: Niall McMahon Choreographed by Richard Wherlock and Jamie Thomson |
9 August 2009 9.00pm |
Works Unspecified (probably the Trio from L’Enfance du Christ) |
Salle de Danse, Alba-la-Romaine,
France Trio Locatelli: Anne Aubert-Moulin and Franck Masquelier (flute) Pascal Pascally (guitar) |
9 August 2009 |
“Something About Others” Ballet set to Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique Edinburgh Festival Fringe |
Dance Base – National Centre for Dance, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Nottingham Youth Dance in association with the New English Contemporary Ballet Performers: NECB dancers Benoit Egloff, Alex Sklavos NYD dancers Amy Barker, Tom Baylis, Kieran Boothroyd Melanie Collinson, Tom Davies,Emily Griffiths, Kasim Hamid Charlotte Hampshire,Laura-Kate Marshall, Emily Pottage Brad Waller and Cerys Williams music director: Niall McMahon Choreographed by Richard Wherlock and Jamie Thomson |
10 August 2009 6.00pm |
Excepts from: Benvenuto Cellini Béatrice et Bénédict Les Troyens Symphonie fantastique |
Salon, Berlin-Geflüster, Grunewald, Berlin, Germany Duo Musica è Parole: Katharina Richter (soprano) Rudolf Gäbler (piano) |
10 August 2009 |
“Something About Others” Ballet set to Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique Edinburgh Festival Fringe |
Dance Base – National Centre for Dance, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Nottingham Youth Dance in association with the New English Contemporary Ballet Performers: NECB dancers Benoit Egloff, Alex Sklavos NYD dancers Amy Barker, Tom Baylis, Kieran Boothroyd Melanie Collinson, Tom Davies,Emily Griffiths, Kasim Hamid Charlotte Hampshire,Laura-Kate Marshall, Emily Pottage Brad Waller and Cerys Williams music director: Niall McMahon Choreographed by Richard Wherlock and Jamie Thomson |
12 August 2009 |
“Something About Others” Ballet set to Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique Edinburgh Festival Fringe |
Dance Base – National Centre for Dance, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Nottingham Youth Dance in association with the New English Contemporary Ballet Performers: NECB dancers Benoit Egloff, Alex Sklavos NYD dancers Amy Barker, Tom Baylis, Kieran Boothroyd Melanie Collinson, Tom Davies,Emily Griffiths, Kasim Hamid Charlotte Hampshire,Laura-Kate Marshall, Emily Pottage Brad Waller and Cerys Williams music director: Niall McMahon Choreographed by Richard Wherlock and Jamie Thomson |
13 August 2009 |
“Something About Others” Ballet set to Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique Edinburgh Festival Fringe |
Dance Base – National Centre for Dance, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Nottingham Youth Dance in association with the New English Contemporary Ballet Performers: NECB dancers Benoit Egloff, Alex Sklavos NYD dancers Amy Barker, Tom Baylis, Kieran Boothroyd Melanie Collinson, Tom Davies,Emily Griffiths, Kasim Hamid Charlotte Hampshire,Laura-Kate Marshall, Emily Pottage Brad Waller and Cerys Williams music director: Niall McMahon Choreographed by Richard Wherlock and Jamie Thomson |
14 August 2009 9.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique Salzburg Festival |
Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg,
Austria West-Eastern Divan Orchestra conductor: Daniel Barenboim |
14 August 2009 |
“Something About Others” Ballet set to Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique Edinburgh Festival Fringe |
Dance Base – National Centre for Dance, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Nottingham Youth Dance in association with the New English Contemporary Ballet Performers: NECB dancers Benoit Egloff, Alex Sklavos NYD dancers Amy Barker, Tom Baylis, Kieran Boothroyd Melanie Collinson, Tom Davies,Emily Griffiths, Kasim Hamid Charlotte Hampshire,Laura-Kate Marshall, Emily Pottage Brad Waller and Cerys Williams music director: Niall McMahon Choreographed by Richard Wherlock and Jamie Thomson |
15 August 2009 |
“Something About Others” Ballet set to Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique Edinburgh Festival Fringe |
Dance Base – National Centre for Dance, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Nottingham Youth Dance in association with the New English Contemporary Ballet Performers: NECB dancers Benoit Egloff, Alex Sklavos NYD dancers Amy Barker, Tom Baylis, Kieran Boothroyd Melanie Collinson, Tom Davies,Emily Griffiths, Kasim Hamid Charlotte Hampshire,Laura-Kate Marshall, Emily Pottage Brad Waller and Cerys Williams music director: Niall McMahon Choreographed by Richard Wherlock and Jamie Thomson |
16 August 2009 5.00pm |
Ballet des Sylphes “Circus Caracho ” |
Klosterbergegarten Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany Amadeuskomplott – Warnfried Altmann (Saxophone) – Ingo Fritz (viola) – Marcel Körner (cello) – Marco Reiß (violin) – Yoichi Yamashita (violin) – Ludwig Schumann (narrator) |
16 August 2009 5.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique
(4th movement) Liszt transcription Bard Music Festival |
Sosnoff Theater, Richard B Fisher Center, for the Performing Arts, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, USA Jeremy Denk (piano) |
16 August 2009 |
“Something About Others” Ballet set to Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique Edinburgh Festival Fringe |
Dance Base – National Centre for Dance, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Nottingham Youth Dance in association with the New English Contemporary Ballet Performers: NECB dancers Benoit Egloff, Alex Sklavos NYD dancers Amy Barker, Tom Baylis, Kieran Boothroyd, Melanie Collinson, Tom Davies,Emily Griffiths, Kasim Hamid Charlotte Hampshire,Laura-Kate Marshall, Emily Pottage, Brad Waller and Cerys Williams music director: Niall McMahon Choreographed by Richard Wherlock and Jamie Thomson |
17 August 2009 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Konzerthaus Berlin –Großer Saal, Berlin, Germany Orchestre Symphonique des Jeunes de Montréal conductor: Louis Lavigueur |
17 August 2009 9.00pm |
« Berlioz: 7 overtures » Le Carnaval romain; Waverley; Le Roi Lear; Les Francs-Juges; Le Corsaire; Béatrice et Bénédict; Benvenuto Cellini Festival Berlioz 2009 |
Château Louis XI, La Côte-St-André, France Orchestre du Festival Berlioz conductor: Carlos Dourthé |
18 August 2009 9.00pm |
Harold en Italie Estate Musicale di Portogruaro |
Teatro Comunale Luigi Russolo,
Portogruaro, Italy Orchestra dell’Accademia Musicale Naonis conductor: Enrico Bronzi Simonide Braconi (viola) |
19 August 2009 11.00am |
Symphonie fantastique |
Stadthalle, Großes Haus, Bayreuth, Germany West-Eastern Divan Orchestra conductor: Daniel Barenboim |
19 August 2009 9.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été Festival Berlioz 2009 |
Château Louis XI, La Côte-St-André, France Orchestre de Bretagne conductor: Olari Elts Véronique Gens (soprano) |
21 August 2009 7.00pm Live broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and at 7.30pm on BBC Four TV. Available as audio on demand for the following week |
Symphonie fantastique BBC Proms |
Royal Albert Hall, London, UK West-Eastern Divan Orchestra conductor: Daniel Barenboim |
21 August 2009 7.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain Tanz und Freude |
Hessische Akademie für musisch-kulturelle Bildung, Germany Saal im Ökonomiegebäude von Schloss Hallenburg, Schlitz Landesjugendsinfonieorchester (LJSO) Hessen conductor: Prof. Nicolás Pasquet |
21 August 2009 9.00pm |
Harold en Italie Festival Berlioz 2009 |
Château Louis XI, La Côte-St-André, France Orchestre Symphonique Région Centre – Tours conductor : Jean-Yves Ossonce Philip Dukes (viola) |
21 August 2009 9.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique Liszt transcription |
Grange aux Concerts, Evologia, Cernier, Switzerland Roger Muraro (piano) |
22 August 2009 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Alfred-Fischer-Halle, Hamm, NRW, Germany Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie conductor: Frank Beermann |
22 August 2009 9.00pm |
Les Troyens (excepts: ballets) Festival Berlioz 2009 |
Château Louis XI, La Côte-St-André, France Orchestre Les Siècles conductor: François-Xavier Roth |
22 August 2009 9.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique Liszt transcription |
Saline Royale, Arc-et-Senans, France Roger Muraro (piano) |
25 August 2009 9.00pm |
Roméo et Juliette Festival Berlioz 2009 |
Château Louis XI, La Côte-St-André, France Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI Britten Chorus conductor : Daniel Kawka chorus master : Nicole Corti Isabelle Cals (mezzo-soprano) Fabrice Dalis (tenor) Vincent Le Texier (baritone) |
26 August 2009 9.00pm |
“Irish night” La Belle voyageuse Hélène La Mort d’Ophélie Chanson à boire Festival Berlioz 2009 |
Château Louis XI, La Côte-St-André, France Camarata Ireland conductor: Barry Douglas Les Solistes de Lyon – Bernard Tétu: Virginie Pochon (soprano), Marie-Hélène Ruscher (mezzo-soprano) Gilles Henrion (tenor), Olivier Naveau (baritone) Vincent Ordonneau (tenor), Guy Lathuraz (baritone) |
27 August 2009 7.00pm |
Harold en Italie 59. Festival junger Künstler Bayreuth [59th Festival of young artists Bayreuth] |
Stadthalle, Großes Haus, Bayreuth, Germany Symphonieorchester des 59. Festival junger Künstler Bayreuth conductor: Elisabeth Fuchs soloist not announced |
27 August 2009 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique Lélio (orchestral excerpts) |
Abbatiale Saint Ouen, Rouen, France Orchestre Les Siècles conductor: François-Xavier Roth |
27 August 2009 9.00pm |
Rêverie et caprice Festival Berlioz 2009 |
Château Louis XI, La Côte-St-André, France Orchestre National de Lyon conductor: Ruben Gazarian Henning Kraggerud (violin) |
28 August 2009 3.00pm |
Rêverie et Caprice Festival de La Chaise-Dieu |
Abbatiale Saint-Robert, La Chaise-Dieu,
France Orchestre national de Lyon conductor: Ruben Gazarian |
28 August 2009 7.00pm |
Harold en Italie |
Kirche St. Antonius, OT Neubau, Fichtelberg, Germany Symphonieorchester des 59. Festival junger Künstler Bayreuth conductor: Elisabeth Fuchs soloist not announced |
28 August 2009 7.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany Berliner Philharmoniker conductor: Sir Simon Rattle |
28 August 2009 8.00pm |
Roméo et Juliette Edinburgh International Festival |
Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Royal Scottish National Orchestra Edinburgh Festival Chorus conductor: Stéphane Denève chorus master: Christopher Bell Patricia Bardon (mezzo-soprano) Loïc Félix (tenor) Franz Hawlata (bass) |
29 August 2009 7.30pm |
Les Nuits d’été Snape Proms City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra – At Sea |
Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Snape, Suffolk, UK City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conductor: Andris Nelsons |
29 August 2009 8.00pm |
Harold en Italie |
Mehrzweckhalle, Glashütten, Germany Symphonieorchester des 59. Festival junger Künstler Bayreuth conductor: Elisabeth Fuchs soloist not announced |
29 August 2009 8.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été staged performance Les Azuriales Opera Festival |
Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat,
France music director and piano: Bryan Evans director: Thaddeus Strassberger designer: Madeleine Boyd production: Les Azuriales Sarah-Jane Davies (soprano) Ben Johnson (tenor) David Kempster (baritone) |
29 August 2009 8.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire Blossom Festival |
Blossom Festival, Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, USA The Cleveland Orchestra conductor: James Gaffigan |
29 August 2009 | Les Nuits d’été | Place du Consulat, Capdenac-le-Haut,
France Armelle Vautrin (soprano) Stéphane Berrone piano) |
30 August 2009 5.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique Liszt transcription Festival Berlioz 2009 |
Église, Penol, France Eric Ferrand N’Kaoua (piano) |
30 August 2009 9.00pm See review by P.-R. Serna (in French) |
Symphonie fantastique Lélio ou le Retour à la vie Festival Berlioz 2009 |
Château Louis XI, La Côte-St-André, France Orchestre Les Siècles et Chœurs de Lyon – Bernard Tétu conductor: François-Xavier Roth chorus master: Bernard Tétu Récitant: Charles Berling Pascal Bourgeois (tenor) Vincent Deliau (baritone) |
31 August 2009 7.30pm pre-concert talk at 6.30 |
Les Nuits d’été Lucerne Festival Summer 2009 |
Konzertsaal, Kultur- und Kongresszentrum, Luzern, Switzerland City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conductor: Andris Nelsons Vesselina Kasarova (mezzo-soprano) |