Name: Beethovens Pastoralsymfoni
Start: 2018-10-13T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-04-27T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux

Organization

Stockholm Concert House

Singer

Mezzo-soprano

Aude Extrémo

La Perichole

Tenor

Stanislas de Barbeyrac

Piquillo

Baritone

Alexandre Duhamel

Don Andres de Ribeira

Éric Huchet

Don Miguel de Panatellas

Marc Mauillon

Don Pedro de Hinoyosa

Spoken

Enguerrand de Hys

Le Marquis de Satarem

Two notaries

François Pardailhé

Soprano

Olivia Doray

Guadalena

Manuelita

Julie Pasturaud

Berginella

Frasquinella

Mélodie Ruvio

Mastrilla

Ninetta

Adriana Bignagni Lesca

Brambilla

Conductor

Marc Minkowski

Stage director

Romain Gilbert

Emilie Valantin

Set designer

Mathieu Crescence

Lighting designer

Lila Meynard

Bertrand Couderc

Chorus master

Salvatore Caputo

Alan Gilbert

Christina Nilsson

Sopran

Costume designer

Opéra National de Bordeaux

Konserthuset Stockholm

Others

Bordeaux National Opera Choir

Orchestra

Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

Les Musiciens du Louvre

Beethovens Pastoralsymfoni

Stockholm

Sweden

Konserthus

The Main Hall

Bordeaux

France

Grand-Théâtre

Grand Foyer

Beethovens Pastoralsymfoni: Frontispiece for orchestra Chin (+2 More)

Public

Private

Frontispiece

Four Last Songs

Symphony No. 6 in F Major, op.68 ("Pastoral")

Approved

Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux

Konserthuset (Stockholm Concert Hall)

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Archlutenist

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Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

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Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

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Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

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Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Composer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

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Hairstylist

Illustrator

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Orchestra Operations

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Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Bass-baritone

Bass

Contralto

Countertenor

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Richard Strauss wrote many works with his wife Pauline as a source of inspiration – she herself was a successful soprano. He was in his 80s when he came across a poem by Joseph von Eichendorff, about an aging couple who, at the end of their lives together, look at the setting sun and ask themselves: "is it perhaps death?". This inspired him to begin composing a song cycle, which was never completed. After Strauss's death, his publisher brought the four completed songs together and named them Vier letzte Lieder, "Four Last Songs".

As a vocal soloist, we hear the young soprano Christina Nilsson, who cemented her place in opera heaven with the sensational role debut as Aida at the Royal Opera in 2018. She has appeared with the Royal Philharmonic several times, most recently at a summer concert in 2019.

The beautiful and peaceful continues in the Pastoral Symphony, where Beethoven describes life in the country at the beginning of the 19th century. He gave the various movements colorful names: "Awakening of happy feelings on arrival in the country", "By the stream", "Funny intercourse with country folk", "Thunderstorm and storm" and "Shepherd's song". It's a bright musical journey in the countryside, with only a thunderstorm to disturb the idyll.

The Royal Philharmonic's honorary conductor Alan Gilbert premiered Unsuk Chin's Frontispiece, which we hear at the beginning, when he took over as chief conductor of the NDR Elbphilharmonie in 2019. Unsuk Chin describes the music as a kind of fast-forward through history, where music from different eras emerges in new forms and mixes with each other. In 2013, Unsuk Chin was the subject of Konserthuset's Composer Festival.

English

Richard Strauss skrev många verk med sin fru Pauline som inspirationskälla – hon var själv en framgångsrik sopran. Han var i 80-årsåldern när han kom över en dikt av Joseph von Eichendorff, om ett åldrande par som i slutet av sina liv tillsammans ser på den nedgående solen och frågar sig: ”är det kanske döden?”. Detta inspirerade honom till att börja komponera en sångcykel, som aldrig blev klar. Efter Strauss död förde hans förläggare ihop de fyra slutförda sångerna och döpte dem till Vier letzte Lieder, ”Fyra sista sånger”.

Som sångsolist hör vi den unga sopranen Christina Nilsson, som befäste sin plats på operahimlen med den sensationella rolldebuten som Aida på Kungliga Operan 2018. Hon har framträtt med Kungliga Filharmonikerna flera gånger, senast vid en sommarkonsert 2019.

Det vackra och fridfulla fortsätter i Pastoralsymfonin, där Beethoven beskriver livet på landet i början av 1800-talet. Han gav de olika satserna målande namn: ”Glada känslors uppvaknande vid ankomsten till landet”, ”Vid bäcken”, ”Lustigt samkväm med lantfolk”, ”Åskväder och storm” och ”Herdesång”. Det är en ljus musikalisk resa på landet, med bara ett ovädersutbrott som stör idyllen.

Kungliga Filharmonikernas hedersdirigent Alan Gilbert uruppförde Unsuk Chins Frontispiece, som vi hör inledningsvis, när han 2019 tillträdde som chefdirigent för NDR Elbphilharmonie. Unsuk Chin beskriver musiken som en sorts snabbspolning genom historien, där musik från olika epoker uppstår i nya former och blandas med varandra. Unsuk Chin var 2013 föremål för Konserthusets Tonsättarfestival.

svenska

Beethovens Pastoralsymfoni by Offenbach, Chin, Strauss, Beethoven, Wed 26 Apr 2023, From (2018/2023), Directed by Romain Gilbert, Emilie Valantin,, Conductor Marc Minkowski, Alan Gilbert, Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France

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