Philharmonie de Paris: Grande salle Pierre Boulez221 Avenue Jean Jaurès, Paris, Île-de-France, 75019, France
Dates/times in Paris time zone
Programme
| Schoenberg, Arnold (1874-1951) | A Survivor from Warsaw, for narrator, male chorus and orchestra, Op.46 | |
| Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975) | Symphony no. 13 in B flat minor, "Babi Yar", Op.113 |
Performers
| Orchestre National de Lille | |
| Joshua Weilerstein | Conductor |
| Lambert Wilson | Actor |
| Dmitry Belosselskiy | Bass |
| Philharmonia Chorus | |
| Gavin Carr | Choirmaster / chorus director |
The Orchestre National de Lille makes a vibrant plea against the scourge of antisemitism. Evoking the victims of the past, this programme reminds us that, in the words of Bertolt Brecht, ‘the belly is still fertile from which the foul beast sprang’.
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