Le Concert des Nations sans frontières au Festival Berlioz

By Tristan Labouret, 01 September 2021

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“une joie juvénile, simple et lumineuse, jamais dans la démonstration de force ou de puissance”

Reviewed at Château Louis XI, Cour, La Côte-Saint-André on 29 August 2021

Schubert, Symphony no. 8 in B minor "Unfinished", D.759

Beethoven, Symphony no. 9 in D minor "Choral", Op.125

Sara Gouzy, Soprano

Laila Salome Fischer, Mezzo-soprano

Martin Platz, Tenor

Manuel Walser, Baritone

Coro El León de Oro

Marco Antonio García de Paz, Choirmaster / chorus director

Le Concert des Nations

Jordi Savall, Conductor

Savall conducts Beethoven and Haydn at the Elbphilharmonie

Mengguang Huang, 3rd April

Beethoven's Christus am Ölberge is paired with Haydn's Die sieben letzten Worte, a journey from agony to transcendence in which the agony proves the more honest companion.

***11

In Berlin, Jordi Savall stars in a Mozart double-bill

Elena Luporini, 16th March

The Catalan conductor and his Concert des Nations bring an all-Mozart programme to the Berlin Philharmonie, with the help of the basset clarinet.

****1

Ballet du Capitole’s double bill: a glorious musical feast

Jonathan Gray, 24th October

The conducting of Jordi Savall thrills during the Ballet du Capitole's double bill of ballets by Gluck.

****1

Le Concert des Nations: Ravel for the ages at Saint-Jean-de-Luz

Roy Westbrook, 3rd September

Jordi Savall explores the music of Maurice Ravel within the context of the French Baroque and beyond.

****1

A garden of musical delights: La clemenza di Tito at the Mozartwoche

Orsolya Gyárfás, 25th January

While the semi-staging falters, Hanna-Elisabeth Müller and Magdalena Kožená prove a thrilling pair in Mozart's final opera seria.

***11

Savall's Beethoven sets Salzburg aflame

Mark Pullinger, 7th August

At the Salzburg Festival, Savall pairs two of Beethoven's most revolutionary symphonies in fiery performances.

*****

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Tristan Labouret

Musicologue diplômé du CNSMD de Paris, Tristan Labouret collabore avec de nombreux artistes et institutions musicales (Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo, Orchestre national d'Île-de-France, Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier, festivals de musique de chambre de Deauville, Just Classik Festival…), menant des activités de médiation à destination de tous les publics. Ex-altiste toujours passionné par les répertoires chambristes et symphoniques, il occupe depuis 2018 le poste de rédacteur en chef de la partie francophone de Bachtrack.