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In its Balkan-Baroque! programme, Geneva Camerata – inspired by clarinettist Gilad Harel – really found their groove in a variety of dances from the Balkan regions.

Let's be brutally honest, concertgoers: Vivaldi's Four Seasons has been played to death - recorded by everybody who's anybody. It's been a wonderful old warhorse over the years, but it has been flogged once too often. Can it really be possible, then, to bring this animal back from the dead and rekindle our enthusiasm?

Question: how do you demonstrate to a sceptical audience that baroque opera seria doesn’t have to be boring? To answer this, the organisers of Sommets Musicaux and David Greilsammer, conductor of the Geneva Chamber Orchestra came up with a programme consisting of four Handel arias interspersed with orchestral passages from French baroque opera, these chosen for their variety and dance-based char

Con David Greilsammer como invitado doble, director y pianista, la OSN nos ofreció un programa cien por cien Mozart, una interesante propuesta que combinó elementos de la tradición con algunas referencias a la interpretación histórica y un toque contemporáneo.

Sandrine Piau aura émerveillé la nuit genevoise d’un Art du chant totalement intégré à son sens dramatique. La Geneva Camerata accompagnant avec sensibilité la chanteuse de mille délicatesse…  Chapeau bas !