Archive of performances of Berlioz’s music around the world
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| 1 March 2009 11.00am |
Arias from operas (unspecified) Les P’tits dimanches ensoleillés |
Centre culturel de Sorel-Tracy, Sorel-Tracy, Québec, Canada Lise Brunelle (mezzo-soprano) probably with piano accompaniment |
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1 March 2009 2.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain |
Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth, TX, USA Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra conductor: Jean-Claude Casadesus |
| 1 March 2009 | L’Enfance du Christ
New production |
Opéra de Toulon Provence Mediterranée,
Toulon, France Orchestra and Chorus of the Opéra de Toulon Provence Mediterranée conductor: Laurent Petitgirard producer Frédéric Andrau costumes: Luc Londiveau lighting and video: Ivan Mathis Avi Klemberg (narrator, a centurion) Blandine Staskiewicz (Marie) Thomas Dolié (Joseph, Polydorus) Paul Gay (Hérode) Jean-Marie Frémeau (père de famille) |
| 3 March 2009 | Marche hongroise (from La Damnation de Faust) |
Aula der Realschule Dinklage, Dinklage, Germany Luftwaffenmusikkorps 3 Münster conductor: Timor Oliver Chadik |
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6 March 2009 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Royal Festival Hall, London, UK London Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier |
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6 March 2009 7.30pm |
Overture Les Francs-Juges |
Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, Wales, UK BBC National Orchestra of Wales conductor: Thierry Fischer |
| 6 March 2009 9.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain |
Teatro Peón Contreras Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico Yucatan Symphony Orchestra conductor: Juan Carlos Lomónaco |
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7 March 2009 2.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Pershore Abbey, Pershore, Worcestershire, UK Worcester Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Neil Aston |
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7 March 2009 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Brighton Dome, Brighton, UK London Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier |
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7 March 2009 7.30pm |
Overture Le Corsaire |
Cranmer Methodist Church, Wolverhampton, UK Wolverhampton Symphony Orchestra conductor: Peter Morris |
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7 March 2009 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Central Theatre, Chatham, UK City of Rochester Symphony Orchestra conductor: Anthony Halstead |
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7 March 2009 7.30pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain |
St George’s Bristol, Bristol, UK Bristol Music Club Orchestra conductor: William Goodchild |
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8 March 2009 11.00am |
Phantastische Erscheinungen
eines Themas von Berlioz für großes Orchester [Fantastic Appearances of a Theme by Hector Berlioz for large orchestra] composer: Walter Braunfels (1882-1954) [The theme is from La Damnation de Faust: Chanson de Méphistophélès, “Une puce gentille …”] |
Liederhalle, Beethovensaal, Stuttgart, Germany Staatsorchester Stuttgart conductor: Manfred Honeck |
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8 March 2009 3.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Benaroya Hall, Seattle, USA Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra conductor: Stephen Rogers Radcliffe |
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8 March 2009 7.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain |
Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, USA New York Philharmonic conductor: Lorin Maazel |
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9 March 2009 7.30pm |
Phantastische Erscheinungen
eines Themas von Berlioz für großes Orchester [Fantastic Appearances on a Theme by Hector Berlioz for large orchestra] composer: Walter Braunfels (1882-1954) [The theme is from La Damnation de Faust: Chanson de Méphistophélès, “Une puce gentille …”] |
Liederhalle, Beethovensaal, Stuttgart, Germany Staatsorchester Stuttgart conductor: Manfred Honeck |
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9 March 2009 7.30pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain |
Symphony Center, Chicago, USA New York Philharmonic conductor: Lorin Maazel |
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12 March 2009 7.30pm pre-concert talk at 6.15pm "To Hell and Back" |
La Damnation de Faust |
Symphony Hall, Birmingham, UK City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus & Youth Chorus conductor: Ludovic Morlot Ruxandra Donose (Marguerite) Jean-Pierre Furlan (Faust) Nicholas Cavallier (Méphistophélès) Jonathan Lemalu (Brander) |
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12 March 2009 8.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire |
Flint Center, Cupertino, CA, USA San Francisco Symphony conductor: James Conlon |
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12 March 2009 8.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire The programme includes also music by Beethoven, Brahms, Elgar, Mahler, Mozart and Schutz Sir Roger Norrington 75th Birthday Celebrations |
Liederhalle, Beethovensaal, Stuttgart, Germany Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra conductor: Sir Roger Norrington programme presented by Frank Elstner |
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12 March 2009 8.15pm |
Symphonie fantastique | De Harmonie, Leeuwarden,
Netherlands Noord Nederlands Orkest conductor: Arild Remmereit |
| 12 March 2009 8.30pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain Symphonie fantastique |
Auditorium, Lyon, France Orchestre national de Lyon conductor: Jun Märkl |
| 13 March 2009 9.45am (abridged production for school children) |
Les Orages désirés New production Romantic opera about the life of Berlioz Libretto by Christian Wasselin Music by Gérard Condé premiered on 22 November 2003 |
Opéra d’Avignon, Avignon, France Orchestre Lyrique de Région Avignon-Provence conductor: Jean-Luc Tingaud director: Sugeeta Fribourg Berlioz: Anne Rodier Nanci: Anne Lecoutour Mother: Nathalie Espalier Estelle: Txelin Victorès Benavente Father: Florian Westphal Colonel Marmion: Jean Goyetche Corsino: Jean-Michel Caune |
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13 March 2009 8.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire The programme includes also music by Beethoven, Brahms, Elgar, Mahler, Mozart and Schutz Sir Roger Norrington 75th Birthday Celebrations |
Liederhalle, Beethovensaal, Stuttgart, Germany Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra conductor: Sir Roger Norrington programme presented by Frank Elstner |
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13 March 2009 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | De Lawei, Drachten, Netherlands Noord Nederlands Orkest conductor: Arild Remmereit |
| 14 March 2009 6.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain Symphonie fantastique |
Auditorium, Lyon, France Orchestre national de Lyon conductor: Jun Märkl |
| 14 March 2009 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
TCU Place, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Saskatoon Youth Orchestra conductor: Yariv Aloni |
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14 March 2009 7.30pm |
Harold en Italie |
Stopsley Baptist Church, Stopsley, Luton, UK Luton Symphony Orchestra conductor: Uwe Rado Christopher Wolfe (viola) |
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14 March 2009 8.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire |
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, USA San Francisco Symphony conductor: James Conlon |
| 14 March 2009 8.00pm |
Les Orages désirés New production Romantic opera about the life of Berlioz Libretto by Christian Wasselin Music by Gérard Condé premiered on 22 November 2003 |
Opéra d’Avignon, Avignon, France Orchestre Lyrique de Région Avignon-Provence conductor: Jean-Luc Tingaud director: Sugeeta Fribourg Berlioz: Anne Rodier Nanci: Anne Lecoutour Mother: Nathalie Espalier Estelle: Txelin Victorès Benavente Father: Florian Westphal Colonel Marmion: Jean Goyetche Corsino: Jean-Michel Caune |
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14 March 2009 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Salle Claude-Champagne,Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada Orchestre symphonique des Jeunes de Montréal conductor: Louis Lavigueur |
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14 March 2009 8.15pm |
Symphonie fantastique | De Oosterpoort, Groningen,
Netherlands Noord Nederlands Orkest conductor: Arild Remmereit |
| 14 March 2009 | Overture Rob Roy |
E. J. Thomas Hall, Akron, OH, USA Akron Symphony Orchestra conductor: Daniel Hege |
| 14 March 2009 | Roméo et Juliette (excerpts) |
Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, USA The Pasadena Symphony conductor: Jorge Mester |
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15 March 2009 3.00pm |
Te Deum |
Meymandi Concert Hall, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA North Carolina Master Chorale Raleigh Boychoir Accompanied by a large orchestra conductor: Alfred E. Sturgis Wade Henderson (tenor) Susan McClaskey Lohr (organ) |
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16 March 2009 7.30pm Recorded for broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 18 March at 7.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire The programme includes also music by Beethoven, Brahms, Elgar, Mahler, Mozart and Schutz Sir Roger Norrington 75th Birthday Celebrations |
Royal Festival Hall, London, UK Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment The Schutz Choir of London conductor: Sir Roger Norrington programme presented by Sir Nicholas Kenyon |
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17 March 2009 7.30pm pre-concert talk before each concert - David Curtis in conversation with soloists, composers and the audience post-concert Conversation Club taking place in the Circle Bar 15 minutes after the end of the performance |
Les Nuits d’été
arr. Mathews |
Civic Hall, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK Orchestra of the Swan conductor: David Curtis |
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17 March 2009 8.00pm |
Songs (unspecified) Songs of the Irish Poets |
Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center, Manhattan, New York, USA presented by the New York Festival of Song with piano accompaniment |
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18 March 2009 8.30pm |
La Damnation de Faust | Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, Italy Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra Naples Teatro San Carlo Chorus Naples Teatro San Carlo Children’s Chorus conductor: George Pehlivanian director: Jean Kalman Sonia Ganassi, mezzo-soprano (Marguerite) José Bros, tenor (Faust) Erwin Schrott, bass-baritone (Méphistophélès) Maurizio Lo Piccolo, bass (Brander) |
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19 March 2009 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Benaroya Hall, Seattle, USA Seattle Symphony conductor: Leonard Slatkin |
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19 March 2009 8.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été |
Festsaal, Rathauses St. Johann, Saarbrücken,
Germany Orchestre Symphonique SaarLorraine conductor: Götz Hartmann Judith Braun (mezzo-soprano) |
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19 March 2009 8.15pm |
Les Nuits d’été | Auditorium Pollini, Padova, Italy Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto conductor: Alexander Shelley Clara Mouriz (mezzo-soprano) |
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20 March 2009 6.00pm |
La Damnation de Faust | Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, Italy Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra Naples Teatro San Carlo Chorus Naples Teatro San Carlo Children’s Chorus conductor: George Pehlivanian director: Jean Kalman Sonia Ganassi, mezzo-soprano (Marguerite) José Bros, tenor (Faust) Erwin Schrott, bass-baritone (Méphistophélès) Maurizio Lo Piccolo, bass (Brander) |
| 20 March 2009 7.00pm |
Simfonia fantastică [Symphonie fantastique] |
Filarmonica Banatul Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania Orchestra filarmonicii (Orchestra simfinica) conductor: Louis Lavigueur |
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20 March 2009 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Benaroya Hall, Seattle, USA Seattle Symphony conductor: Leonard Slatkin |
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20 March 2009 8.00pm |
Songs (unspecified) Recital to benefit the Art Song Festival at Baldwin-Wallace College |
Kulas Musical Arts Building, Gamble Auditorium, Berea, Ohio, USA Isabel Bayrakdarian (soprano) Serouj Kradjian (piano) |
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20 March 2009 8.15pm |
Les Nuits d’été | Auditorium Pollini, Padova, Italy Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto conductor: Alexander Shelley Clara Mouriz (mezzo-soprano) |
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21 March 2009 7.30pm |
Songs (unspecified) |
St. Andrew’s Place, Sudbury, Canada Pamela Teed (mezzo-soprano) Charlene Biggs (piano) |
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21 March 2009 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Benaroya Hall, Seattle, USA Seattle Symphony conductor: Leonard Slatkin |
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22 March 2009 2.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Benaroya Hall, Seattle, USA Seattle Symphony conductor: Leonard Slatkin |
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22 March 2009 2.30pm |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict |
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Seattle, USA Philharmonia Northwest conductor: Roupen Shakarian |
| 22 March 2009 3.00pm |
Béatrice et Bénédict (selection) | Théâtre Municipal, Colmar, France Orchestre symphonique de Mulhouse conductor: Emmanuel Joel-Hornak stage director, decor, costume and lighting: Philippe Arlaud with artists of the Opéra Studio (formerly Jeunes Voix du Rhin) |
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22 March 2009 3.00pm |
Marche hongroise (from La Damnation de Faust) |
BREC Independence Park Theatre, Baton Rouge, LA, USA Baton Rouge Concert Band conductor: Sheily Bell |
| 22 March 2009 4.00pm |
Symphonie funèbre et triomphale | Église de Clary, Clary, France Harmonie Est-Cambrésis Orchestre d’harmonie de Cambrai conductor: Ferdinand Dhaussy |
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22 March 2009 5.00pm |
La Damnation de Faust | Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, Italy Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra Naples Teatro San Carlo Chorus Naples Teatro San Carlo Children’s Chorus conductor: George Pehlivanian director: Jean Kalman Sonia Ganassi, mezzo-soprano (Marguerite) José Bros, tenor (Faust) Erwin Schrott, bass-baritone (Méphistophélès) Maurizio Lo Piccolo, bass (Brander) |
| 24 March 2009 8.00pm |
Béatrice et Bénédict (selection) | Théâtre Municipal, Colmar, France Orchestre symphonique de Mulhouse conductor: Emmanuel Joel-Hornak stage director, decor, costume and lighting: Philippe Arlaud with artists of the Opéra Studio (formerly Jeunes Voix du Rhin) |
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24 March 2009 8.30pm |
La Damnation de Faust | Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, Italy Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra Naples Teatro San Carlo Chorus Naples Teatro San Carlo Children’s Chorus conductor: George Pehlivanian director: Jean Kalman Sonia Ganassi, mezzo-soprano (Marguerite) José Bros, tenor (Faust) Erwin Schrott, bass-baritone (Méphistophélès) Maurizio Lo Piccolo, bass (Brander) |
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25 March 2009 2.30pm pre-concert talk before each concert - David Curtis in conversation with soloists, composers and the audience post-concert Conversation Club taking place in the Circle Bar 15 minutes after the end of the performance |
Les Nuits d’été
arr. Mathews |
Town Hall, Birmingham, UK Orchestra of the Swan conductor: David Curtis |
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25 March 2009 8.00pm |
La Damnation de Faust (excerpts) and other unspecified works |
Concert Hall, John F Kennedy Center, Washington DC, USA Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano) Samuel Ramey (bass-baritone) Martin Katz (piano) |
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25 March 2009 9.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Teatro Fraschini, Pavia, Italy George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Christian Mandeal |
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26 March 2009 6.00pm |
La Damnation de Faust | Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, Italy Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra Naples Teatro San Carlo Chorus Naples Teatro San Carlo Children’s Chorus conductor: George Pehlivanian director: Jean Kalman Sonia Ganassi, mezzo-soprano (Marguerite) José Bros, tenor (Faust) Erwin Schrott, bass-baritone (Méphistophélès) Maurizio Lo Piccolo, bass (Brander) |
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26 March 2009 7.30pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain |
California Theatre, San Jose, CA, USA Symphony Silicon Valley conductor: George Cleve |
| 26 March 2009 8.00pm |
Béatrice et Bénédict (selection) | Théâtre Municipal, Colmar, France Orchestre symphonique de Mulhouse conductor: Emmanuel Joel-Hornak stage director, decor, costume and lighting: Philippe Arlaud with artists of the Opéra Studio (formerly Jeunes Voix du Rhin) |
| 26 March 2009 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain Benefit concert for the Red Cross |
Philharmonie, Grand Auditorium, Luxembourg Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg conductor: Jukka-Pekka Saraste |
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26 March 2009 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain |
Hayes Hall, Philharmonic Center for the Arts, Naples, Florida, USA Naples Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Jorge Mester |
| 27 March 2009 6.00pm |
«La
symphonie dramatique, une trouvaille signée Berlioz» A talk given by Francis Albou in connection with the performance of La Damnation de Faust at the Manège de Reims on 29 March |
Caisse d’Epargne, Reims, France |
| 27 March 2009 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Salle Pleyel, Paris, France Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France conductor: Myung-Whun Chung |
| 27 March 2009 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain |
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Salle Henry
Le Bœuf, Brussels, Belgium Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg conductor: Jukka-Pekka Saraste |
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27 March 2009 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain |
Hayes Hall, Philharmonic Center for the Arts, Naples, Florida, USA Naples Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Jorge Mester |
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27 March 2009 8.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique
Bologna Festival 2009 |
Teatro Manzoni, Bologna, Italy Filarmonica George Enescu conductor: Cristian Mandeal |
| 28 March 2009 11.00am |
Symphonie fantastique | Maison de Radio France, Salle Olivier Messiaen,
Paris, France Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France conductor: Myung-Whun Chung |
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28 March 2009 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
De Montfort Hall, Leicester, UK Bardi Orchestra conductor: Claus Efland |
| 28 March 2009 7.30pm |
Songs (unspecified) Budapest Spring Festival |
Franz Liszt Music Academy, Budapest, Hungary Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor) Jérôme Ducros (piano) |
| 28 March 2009 8.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire |
Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, Canada Vancouver Symphony Orchestra conductor: Evan Mitchell |
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28 March 2009 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain |
California Theatre, San Jose, CA, USA Symphony Silicon Valley conductor: George Cleve |
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28 March 2009 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain |
Hayes Hall, Philharmonic Center for the Arts, Naples, Florida, USA Naples Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Jorge Mester |
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28 March 2009 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain |
Memorial Hall, Plymouth, MA Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Steven Karidoyanes |
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29 March 2009 11.00am |
Overture Le Carnaval romain |
Congresshall, Saarbrücken, Germany Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg conductor: Jukka-Pekka Saraste |
| 29 March 2009 2.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire |
Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, Canada Vancouver Symphony Orchestra conductor: Evan Mitchell |
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29 March 2009 2.00pm |
Works unspecified Music for Families Recommended for ages 7 and older |
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, USA San Francisco Symphony conductor: Edwin Outwater narrator: Lemony Snicket |
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29 March 2009 2.00pm concert prelude at 1.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain |
Hayes Hall, Philharmonic Center for the Arts, Naples, Florida, USA Naples Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Jorge Mester |
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29 March 2009 2.30pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain |
California Theatre, San Jose, CA, USA Symphony Silicon Valley conductor: George Cleve |
| 29 March 2009 2.30pm See review by Christian Wasselin (in French) |
La Damnation de Faust | Manège de Reims, Reims, France Orchestre OstinatO Musicians of the Orchestre du Grand Théâtre de Reims Chœur Nicolas de Grigny (director: Jean-Marie Puissant) Maîtrise de Reims conductor: Jean-Luc Tingaud Marie Gautrot: Marguerite Luca Lombardo: Faust Nicolas Courjal: Méphistophèles Marc Souchet: Brander |
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29 March 2009 3.00pm pre-concert Lecture at 2.15 |
Overture Le Corsaire Symphonie fantastique Summit Symphony Winter Concert |
Summit High School, Summit, New Jersey, USA Summit Symphony Orchestra conductor: James Sadewhite |
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29 March 2009 3.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
The Assembly Hall, Worthing, UK Worthing Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Ian McCrae |
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29 March 2009 6.30pm |
Works unspecified | Teatro Sybaris, Comune di Castrovillari, Italy Trio “César Cui ”: Iride Varani (flute) Mariella Veltri (violin) Francesca Infante (piano) |
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30 March 2009 8.00pm pre-concert talk in Komponistenfoyer at 7.30 |
La Reine Mab Scène d’amour (from Roméo et Juliette) |
Dortmund Konzerthaus, Dortmund, Germany Dortmunder Philharmonike conductor: Ivan Meylemans |
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31 March 2009 8.00pm pre-concert talk in Komponistenfoyer at 7.30 |
La Reine Mab Scène d’amour (from Roméo et Juliette) |
Dortmund Konzerthaus, Dortmund, Germany Dortmunder Philharmonike conductor: Ivan Meylemans |
| 31 March 2009 9.00pm See review by P.-R. Serna (in French) |
La Damnation de Faust | Théâtre de Suresnes Jean Vilar,
Suresnes, France Orchestre OstinatO Musicians of the Orchestre du Grand Théâtre de Reims Chœur Nicolas de Grigny (director: Jean-Marie Puissant) conductor: Jean-Luc Tingaud Marie Gautrot: Marguerite Luca Lombardo: Faust Nicolas Courjal: Méphistophèles Marc Souchet: Brander |
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