Name: Star-crossed Lovers – Bartók, Janáček, Debussy
Start: 2023-11-23T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-11-23T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Barbican Centre

Organization

Conductor

Duncan Ward

Instrumentalist

Isabelle Faust

Violin

Violinist

London Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra

Star-crossed Lovers – Bartók, Janáček, Debussy

London

United Kingdom

Barbican Centre

Barbican Concert Hall

Star-crossed Lovers – Bartók, Janáček, Debussy: Violin Concerto No.1, Sz.36 Bartók (+3 More)

Public

Private

Violin Concerto No.1, Sz.36

Taras Bulba raphsody

Poème, op. 25

The sea, three symphonic sketches for orchestra, L. 109

Approved

Bass

Pianist

Cellist

Violist

Flutist

Clarinetist

Guitarist

Organist

Percussionist

hornist

Oboist

Bassoonist

Trumpeter

Contrabassist

Trombonist

Harper

Saxophonist

Harpsichordist

Bassist

Accordionist

Tuba Player

Recorder Player

Lutenist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Mandoline Player

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Violino Piccolo Player

Viola da gamba

Musette de cour Player

Viola Pomposa Player

Archlutenist

Vibraphonist

Cornettist

Viola d’amore Player

Theorbist

Composer

Stage director

Librettist

Set designer

Costume designer

Choreographer

Lighting designer

Dancer

Actor

Chorus master

Video designer

Dramaturge

Translator

Sound designer

Repetiteur

Makeup artist

Executive producer

Hairstylist

Other

Stage Manager

Choir

Poet

Vocal coach

Teacher

Photographer

Broadcasting

Illustrator

Writer

Writing and performance

Chorus Director

Wig & Makeup Designer

Orchestra Operations

Extra

Baritone

Singer

Mezzo-soprano

Bass-baritone

Contralto

Soprano

Tenor

Countertenor

Spoken

Child vocalist

Silent

Alto

Continuo

The Programme
Bartók dedicated his First Violin Concerto to the famed musician Stefi Geyer, but she refused it, unable to return his adoration. It wasn’t performed until 1956, when listeners discovered an unusual musical portrait of Geyer, exploring Bartók’s dreamy admiration and his crush’s quick wit.

Janáček’s Taras Bulba tells a rousing tale of Cossack warriors, featuring another doomed romance. Lamenting horns and tender oboes introduce a pair of lovers on opposing sides of a battle. 

Chausson’s sensuous Poème was inspired by a short story about two men in love with the same woman, while Debussy’s scintillating evocation of the sea was written in the midst of an adulterous affair.    

The Performers
Duncan Ward and the LSO set out to sweep you off your feet in this performance, while Isabelle Faust offers sensitive insights into the music of Bartók.

‘One letter from you, a line, even a word – and I am in a transport of joy, the next brings me almost to tears, it hurts so. What is to be the end of it all?’ – Bartók to Stefi Geyer.

English

Star-crossed Lovers – Bartók, Janáček, Debussy by Bartók, Janáček, Chausson, Debussy, Déa 23 Samh 2023, Ó (2023/2023), Seoltóir Duncan Ward, Barbican Centre, London, United Kingdom

Creidmheasanna feidhmíochta (Foireann & Criú )

Ionstraimíocht

Ensemble

Clár, Eolas & Achoimre

Grianghraif

Tuilleadh léitheoireachta

Dátaí & Ionaid Feidhmíochta

Ionaid