Philharmonie de Paris: Salle des concerts de la Cité de la musique221 Avenue Jean Jaurès, Paris, Île-de-France, 75019, France
Dates/horaires selon le fuseau horaire de Paris
Programme
Artistes
| Brussels Philharmonic | |
| Michel Tabachnik | Direction |
| Ivo Pogorelich | Piano |
| Les Cris de Paris | |
| Geoffroy Jourdain | Chef de chœur |
| Chœur de l'Armée Française | |
| Aurore Tillac | Chef de chœur |
Freedom on the march: Beethoven’s only opera is an appeal for freedom. Thanks to its beautiful overture, the version entitled Leonore is the one best known. A struggle for freedom for Michel Tabachnik, and a metaphorical struggle between orchestra and pianist for Schumann.
In a text written by Schönberg himelf for one of his last works, A Survivor from Warsaw (1947), freedom is bitter and distant: a survivor of the camps testifies to the brutality of the Nazis. The end of the score is particularly shocking: while the Jews are being counted up to be taken to the gas chambers, they find the strength to offer up a prayer.
