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Les Siècles et Bertrand Chamayou à la recherche de l'ADN wagnérien au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

Les Siècles / Bertrand Chamayou / Jakob Lehmann
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Le pupitre de contrebasses des Siècles
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Bertrand Chamayou
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Jakob Lehmann
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“Quelle rondeur et quelle plénitude, jusque dans le pianissimo, et quel mystère à la fin !”
Reviewed at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris on 9 January 2026
Wagner, Tristan and Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod
Liszt, Piano Concerto no. 1 in E flat major, S 124
Liszt, Piano Concerto no. 2 in A major, S 125
Wagner, Parsifal: Prelude, Act 1
Wagner, Parsifal: Verwandlungsmusik (Transformation Music)
Wagner, Parsifal: Karfreitagszauber (Good Friday Music)
Les Siècles
Jakob Lehmann, Conductor
Bertrand Chamayou, Piano
Christof Loy’s understated Werther at the TCE
****1
Shimmering, disjointed: Poppe and Ligeti in Lucerne
***11
Mixed performances in Ligeti and Mozart from Les Siècles
***11
A stunning Barbican debut by Les Siècles
*****
Paris 1913 brought to life by Les Siècles and François-Xavier Roth
****1
An exotic banquet to savour from Les Siècles
*****
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