Organization

Singer

Contralto

Eve-Maud Hubeaux

Bass

Yorck Felix Speer

Mezzo-soprano

Héloïse Mas

Tenor

John Irvin

Artavazd Sargsyan

Conductor

Gergely Madaras

Soprano

Anne-Catherine Gillet

Baritone

David Bizic

Patrick Bolleire

Others

Hungarian National Choir

Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège (OPRL)

Bozar

Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège & César Franck 1822 - 2022

Brussels

Belgium

Henry Le Boeuf Zaal

Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège & César Franck 1822 - 2022: Concert Various

Public

Concert

Approved

To close the César Franck Bicentennial, the OPRL and Gergely Madaras perform Les Béatitudes, the composer's favourite work, considered on its creation as one of the three most important creations of musical art, along with Bach's Mass in B and Wagner's Parsifal. This spectacular oratorio for eight soloists and choir includes a prologue and eight movements in which an earthly choir and a heavenly choir systematically go head to head, using Wagnerian chromaticism and leitmotifs, commenting on the word of Christ. It is a masterpiece not to be missed!

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Ensemble