The Colours of France

Programme

The series is sponsored by Epiim

Georges Bizet
L’Arlésienne, incidental music for the drama with the same name

Camille Saint-Saëns
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22

Claude Debussy
Symphonic triptych Nocturnes

Paul Dukas
Symphonic poem The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

Description

In March, conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier brings French music to the Estonia Concert Hall. Tortelier is a highly anticipated guest at the most prestigious orchestras of the world. He is a conductor emeritus of the BBC Philharmonic and his last appointment was as the principal conductor of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. The concert features incidental music written by Georges Bizet for Alphonse Daudet’s drama  L’Arlésienne. The symphonic triptych Nocturnes by Claude Debussy paints images of France at dusk. The Ellerhein Girls’ Choir will sing in the third part of the composition. The concert ends with the symphonic poem The Sorcerer’s Apprentice by Paul Dukas, based on a poem of the same name by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

Swiss pianist and soloist Louis Schwizgebel will perform one of the most popular piano concertos of the nineteenth century – Piano Concerto No. 2 by Camille Saint-Saëns. Schwizgebel is an internationally recognised artist, first prize winner of the Geneva International Music Competition, and second prize winner of the Leeds International Piano Competition.

Performers

LOUIS SCHWIZGEBEL piano
Ellerhein Girls' Choir
ERSO
Conductor YAN PASCAL TORTELIER