Fact file
| Year of birth | 1841 |
| Year of death | 1894 |
| Nationality | France |
| Period | Romantic |
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AmsterdamChristopher Maltman: Carnival of the Animals
Poulenc, Schumann, Ravel, Reger, Chabrier, Wolf
Christopher Maltman; Joseph Middleton
NagoyaSubscription Concert No. 166
Chabrier, Say, Ibert, Ravel, Debussy
Central Aichi Symphony Orchestra; Leoš Svárovský; Nobuya Sugawa
ReykjavikBrahms and Tortelier
Brahms, Farrenc, Chabrier
Iceland Symphony Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier; Ari Þór Vilhjálmsson; Sigurgeir Agnarsson
LondonL’Invitation au Voyage
Duparc, Debussy, Ravel, Saint-Saëns, Chabrier
Dame Sarah Connolly; James Newby; Joseph Middleton; Adam Walker
St PetersburgSpain
Bizet, Rodrigo, Rimsky-Korsakov, Chabrier, Ravel
St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra; Alexey Nyaga; Ekaterina Semion
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Philippe Cassard dons his dancing shoes
Waltzing on a Monday evening? Wigmore Hall is not exactly the Tower Ballroom, but last night it did a fair impression as a temple of dance when Philippe Cassard played the third of his Debussy Perspectives series.
Poulenc and Chabrier get an eccentric outing
Stephen Unwin's straight direction and some talented young singers from the Royal Academy of Music Opera school made these two works a real treat.
Underwhelming Lost Cello Concerto at Houston Symphony
In a program with Chabrier’s España and Falla’s The Three-Cornered Hat, the Houston Symphony ambitiously unearthed Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s Cello Concerto, last heard at its premiere with the New York Philharmonic in 1935.
Philadelphia Orchestra’s Paris Festival
Nezet-Seguin and his Philadelphians convey the brilliance and sophistication of France's undisputed "golden age" of classical music with works by six Parisian composers.
The Hallé ends its Nottingham season in high spirits
The Hallé brings its Nottingham concert season to an end with a programme of popular French and Russian works.