Programme
- Robert SchumannOuvertüre zu Lord Byrons Dramatischem Gedicht „Manfred“ es-Moll op. 115
- Hector Berlioz„Les nuits d'été“ - Liederzyklus nach Théophile Gautier für Mezzosopran und Orchester op. 7
- Robert SchumannSinfonie Nr. 3 Es-Dur op. 97 („Rheinische“)
About
An ensemble from outside the German tradition brings fresh ears to familiar music. Insula orchestra and Laurence Equilbey make their Konzerthaus debut with a programme that turns that distance into a perspective: Schumann seen from afar, and a Berlioz restored to its native sound-world. The Manfred overture opens the evening with the torments of a Byronic hero at war with himself. Then comes Les Nuits d'été: Berlioz's orchestral song cycle on poems by Gautier, intimate, delicately scored, and rarely heard live. Franco-Canadian mezzo-soprano Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur brings her celebrated
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