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Du crépuscule au jour nouveau : Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Elsa Dreisig et l’Orchestre de Paris

Jukka-Pekka Saraste en répétition avec l'Orchestre de Paris
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By Pierre Michel, 25 April 2025
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“les silences de la grande salle Pierre Boulez traduisent l’éloquence du geste de Saraste”
Reviewed at Philharmonie de Paris: Grande salle Pierre Boulez, Paris on 24 April 2025
Programme
Brahms, Tragic Overture, Op.81
Strauss R., Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs)
Sibelius, Symphony no. 5 in E flat major, Op.82
Performers
Orchestre de Paris
Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Conductor
Elsa Dreisig, Soprano
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