Program Mezzo

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor) Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) Mathilde Laurent (perfumer) Alexander Scriabin 1872 - 1915 Prometheus, The Poem of Fire Alexander Scriabin’s symphonic poem ‘Prometheus, The Poem of Fire’ celebrates synesthesia and cosmic unity. Devised by San Francisco Symphony Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen, pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, and Cartier in-house perfumer Mathilde Laurent, the San Francisco Symphony and Cartier present a multisensory production of ‘Prometheus’. This collaborative world premiere combines dynamic musical and light performance with olfactory curation, subsuming audiences in Scriabin’s creative vision more than a century after the piece of total art was composed. Directed by Sébastien Glas San Francisco, Davies Symphony Hall, 3 mars 2024

Orchestre Prométhée, Pierre-Michel Durand (Conductor) Florence Alayrac (Stage Direction) María Brea (soprano) | Venezuela William Desbiens (baritone) | Canada Anna Harvey (mezzo-soprano) | UK George Vîrban (tenor) | Romania María Carla Pino Cury (soprano) | Chile Serena Sáenz Molinero (soprano) | Spain Luke Scott (baritone) | Scotland Aytaj Shikhalizada (mezzo-soprano) | Azerbaijan Deniz Uzun (mezzo-soprano) | Germany Paris Opera Competition Final Leo Delibes Lakmé | 'Où va la jeune Hindoue' | Serena Sáenz Molinero Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky The Maid of Orleans | ‘Da tchas nastal’ | Deniz uzun Charles Gounod Faust | ‘Avant de quitter ces lieux’ | Luke scott Giuseppe Verdi La Traviata | ‘Parigi o cara’ | George Vîrban and María Brea Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart La Clemenza di Tito | "Parto, parto ma tu ben mio" | Anna harvey Ambroise Thomas Hamlet | ‘Doute de la lumière’ | William Desbiens and María Carla Pino Cury Gioachino Rossini L'Italiana in Algeri | ‘Cruda sorte’ | Aytaj Shikhalizada Il barbiere di Siviglia | "Ah qual colpo inaspettato" | Deniz Uzun, George Vîrban and Luke Scott Gaetano Donizetti Linda di Chamounix | "O luce di quest'anima" | María Carla Pino Cury Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov The Tsar's Bride | ‘Zachem ty’ | Aytaj Shikhalizada and William Desbiens Gustave Charpentier Louise | ‘Depuis le jour’ | María Brea Engelbert Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel | 'Wie duftet’s von dorten' | Anna Harvey and María Carla Pino Cury Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Così fan tutte | 'Il core vi dono' | Deniz Uzun and Luke Scott Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Eugène Onegin | "Kuda, kuda" | George Vîrban Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Lucio Silla | 'D’elisio in sen m’attendi' | Aytaj Shakhalizada and Serena Sáenz Molinero Gioachino Rossini The Barber of Seville | ‘Largo al factotum della città’ | William desbiens Richard strauss Der Rosenkavalier | 'Marie Theres'! Hab 'mir’s gelobt'| María Brea, Anna Harvey and Serena Sáenz Molinero Gioachino Rossini L'Italiana in Algeri | 'Va sossopra il mio cervello' | Tutti Paris, Palais Garnier, January 22, 2022

Lausanne, Théâtre de Beaulieu, 8 February 2026

Claudio Abbado 10 years after

Serse Opera in three acts by Georg Friedrich Handel (1685 – 1759) Libretto by Nicolo Minato and Silvio Stampiglia First performnce in London, King’s Theatre, 15 April 1738 Opéra de Rouen Normandie Orchestra, David Bates (Musical direction, harpsichord) Clarac & Deloeuil > The Lab (Stage Direction, sets, costumes) Christophe Pitoiset (Set design collaboration), Lodie Kardouss (Artistic collaboration), Rick Martin (Lights), Julien Roques and Benjamin Juhel (Video), Julien Roques (Graphic design), Luc Bourrousse (Dramaturgy) Jake Arditti (Serse) Jakub Józef Orlinski (Arsamene) Cecilia Molinari (Amastre) Mari Eriksmoen (Romilda) Sophie Junker (Atalanta) Luigi de Donato (Ariodate) Elviro Riccardo (Novaro) Rouen, Théâtre des Arts, March 14, 2023

Dizzy Gillespie Quartet - Berliner Jazztage Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet) Mickey Roker (drums) Earl May (bass) Alexander Gafa (guitar) Berlin, Deutschlandhalle, 2 November 1974 Directed by Sigrid Schröder

Gil Evans Orchestra & Mccoy Tyner Sextet - Berliner Jazztage Gil Evans Orchestra McCoy Tyner Sextet McCoy Tyner (piano) Ron Bridgewater (saxophone) James Ford – reeds Guilherme Franco (percussions) Charles Fambrough (bass) Eric Gravatt (drums) Berlin, Philharmonie, 3 November 1976 (Gil Evans), & 6 November 1976 (McCoy Tyner Sextet ) Directed by Oskar Krüger

Oregon - Berliner Jazztage Oregon Ralph Towner (guitar) Collin Walcott (percussion/tabla) Paul McCandless (oboe) Glenn Moore (bass) Berlin, Philharmonie, 2 November 1980 Directed by Dieter Krause

Keller Quartet Johannes Brahms 1833 – 1897 String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, op. 51/1 1994 Directed by Janos Darvas

Keller Quartet Johannes Brahms 1833 – 1897 String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, op. 51/2 1994 Directed by Janos Darvas

Keller Quartet Johannes Brahms 1833 – 1897 String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat major, op. 67 1994 Directed by Janos Darvas

Orchestre de Paris, Ensemble intercontemporain, Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor), Aliisa Neige Barrière (conductor) Anssi Karttunen (cello), Sophie Cherrier (flute) Kaija Saariaho 1952 - 2023 L'Aile du songe, flute concerto Jean Sibelius 1865 - 1957 The Oceanides Kaija Saariaho Notes on Light, for cello and orchestra Magnus Lindberg 1958 - Kraft Paris, Philharmonie, 15 February 2024

Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado (Conductor) Eric Ericson Chamber Choir Bryn Terfel (baritone), Barbara Bonney (soprano) Johannes Brahms 1833 – 1897 Ein Deutsches Requiem Directed by Bob Coles Vienna, Musikverein, 3 April 1997

Go behind the scenes at the Steinway & Sons factory and discover Spirio, the incredible technology that allows a piano to replay a performance exactly as it was played live. Mr. Guido Zimmermann, the president of the world-famous pianomakers, talks us through the revolutionary concept, accompanied by images of the precise, fascinating craftmanship and engineering that goes into each one of the Spirio pianos. Hugo Cohen Sprung's documentary also allows us insight into French pianist and Steinway artist Bertrand Chamayou's experience with the technology and features a preview of his unique two-piano concert in which he performs with his "shadow"!