Vive la France! An evening dedicated entirely to French music: magnificent, colorful, full of elegance and passion. For all friends of the culture of the Grande Nation, for hopeless romantics, and for anyone open to hidden soundscapes.
Alongside Chief Conductor Sylvain Cambreling – renowned as a devoted interpreter of French musical tradition – the exceptional pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard returns to the Symphoniker Hamburg. Aimard – an artist of subtle depth, precise clarity, and inexhaustible curiosity – turns his attention to Debussy’s demanding Fantaisie for piano and orchestra, a work from the composer’s early period that is rarely heard but well worth discovering: a true treasure from the depths of the repertoire!
The program opens with Berlioz’s dramatic hunting and storm scene »Chasse royale et orage« from the grand opera »Les Troyens«, an orchestral whirlwind of elemental force. The grand romantic arc is ultimately drawn by Ernest Chausson’s monumental Symphony in B-flat major, op. 20, composed in 1890. By blending passion, melancholy, and shimmering sonic splendor, it continues to captivate with its multilayered harmonic fabric. A VielHarmonie concert that celebrates the musical spirit of the »Belle Époque« while sparking curiosity for the lesser-known facets of French sound culture.
PERFORMERS
Symphoniker Hamburg orchestra
Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano
Sylvain Cambreling conductor
PROGRAM
Hector Berlioz
Chasse royale et orage
Claude Debussy
Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra
Ernest Chausson
Sinfonie B-Dur op. 20
