Name: Berlioz’s ‘Lélio’
Start: 2019-02-17T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2019-02-17T00:00:00.000Z
Location: City Halls

Admin

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra

Others

Edinburgh Festival Chorus

Conductor

Pascal Rophé

Soprano

Karen Cargill

Chorus master

Aidan Oliver

Tenor

Samuel West

Lèlio

Andrew Tortise

Horatio

Sam Furness

Baritone

Neal Davies

Un Capitaine

Berlioz’s ‘Lélio’

Glasgow

United Kingdom

City Halls

Grand Hall

Public

Concert

Waverley

The Death of Cleopatra

Lélio or The Return to Life

Jnanakumar P

Approved

“Oh! How can I find her – the Ophelia, the Juliet for whom my heart cries! To intoxicate myself with the anguish and joy that is true love!” Lélio is a lover, a dreamer - and a composer. And if you think his name sounds a bit like Berlioz: well, we don’t want to give too much away about 'Lélio or The Return to Life' – the extraordinary autobiographical musical drama that Berlioz composed in 1831 at the height of an unrequited love affair. But it’s utterly unique: a delirious odyssey through the Romantic imagination, told in some of Berlioz’s most flamboyantly original music. In a change to the originally advertised conductor, Pascal Rophé brings all his sense of theatre to this rare full performance, preceded by the composer’s Walter Scott-inspired 'Waverley' overture, and Karen Cargill in the sensuous and dramatic solo cantata, 'The Death of Cleopatra'.

This concert is part of ‘Berlioz - The Ultimate Romantic’, a celebratory weekend of live and specially recorded concerts showcasing the BBC Orchestras and Choirs, as well as the Ulster Orchestra, marking the anniversary of the remarkable composer, writer, and master-orchestrator Hector Berlioz, who died on 8 March 1869. ‘Berlioz - The Ultimate Romantic’ runs from 15-17 February and all performances and this unique collection of broadcasts will be available on BBC Radio 3 and will be available for 30 days on BBC Sounds.

The BBC SSO’s concert in Glasgow will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 - presented by Mark Forrest. It will also be live streamed via the BBC SSO website and via YouTube (and will be available for 30 days on BBC iPlayer).

English

Berlioz’s ‘Lélio’ by Berlioz, Ó (2019/2019), Seoltóir Pascal Rophé, City Halls, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Creidmheasanna feidhmíochta (Foireann & Criú )

Ensemble

Clár, Eolas & Achoimre

Grianghraif

Tuilleadh léitheoireachta

Dátaí & Ionaid Feidhmíochta

Ionaid