Program Mezzo

Dmitri Chostakovitch (1906 – 1975) Cello Concerto no. 1 in E-flat major Op. 107 Anton Bruckner (1824 – 1896) Symphony no. 6 in A major Paris, Philharmonie, 2 December 2021

A Midsummer Night's Dream by John Neumeier John Neumeier – Choreographer Music by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and György Ligeti Jürgen Rose - Sets and costumes Anna Laudere - Dancer (Hippolyte/Titania) Alexandr Trusch - Dancer (Philostratus/Puck) Edvin Revazov - Dancer (Theseus/Oberon) Hélène Bouchet - Dancer (Helena) Madoka Sugai – Dancer (Hermia) Karen Azatyan - Dancer (Demetrius) Jacopo Bellussi - Dancer (Lysander) Marc Jubete - Dancer (Bottom) The Hamburg Ballet Directed by Myriam Hoyer Hamburg, Staatsoper Hamburg, 2021

Melancholia Opéra in two acts by Mikael Karlsson Libretto by Royce Vavrek based on the film by Lars von Trier Royal Swedish Orchestra, Royal Swedish Opera Chorus, Andrea Molino (Conductor) Sláva Daubnerová (Stage Director) Boris Kudlicka (Set Design), Chrisi Karvonides-Dushenko (Costume Design), Tom Visser (Light Design), Avgoustos Psillas (Sound Design), Bartek Macias (Video), Charlotta Öfverholm (Choreography) Lauren Snouffer (Justine) Rihab Chaieb (Claire) Anne Sofie von Otter (Gaby) Jens Herrmann (Michael) Ola Eliasson (John) Johan Edholm (Jack) Mikael Stenbaek (Tim) Directed by Andreas Morell Stockholm, Royal Swedish Opera, 7 October 2023

Rafael Riqueni, Salvador Gutiérrez, Manuel De la Luz (guitars) María Moreno (bailaora) Nerja Paris, Chaillot – Théâtre national de la Danse, 18 February 2022 TV director, Patrick Lauze

Estival Jazz 1986 John Mc Laughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra John McLaughlin (guitar) Bill Evans (saxophone) Mitchell Forman (clavier) Danny Gottlieb (drums) Jonas Hellborg (bass) Recorded in 1986, Lugano, Swiss Tv director, Sandro Pedrazzetti

The Four Seasons in Dance Mourad Merzouki (choreography, staging) On an original idea by Julien Chauvin Compagnie Käfig Cécile Trelluyer (lights) Sabri Colin (assistant choreographer) Nadine Chabannier (costumes) Le Concert de la Loge, Julien Chauvin (violin, direction) Music Antonio Vivaldi 1678 - 1741 Le quattro stagioni (Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione, op. 8, no 1-4, RV 269) Directed by Olivier Simonnet Boulogne-Billancourt, La Seine Musicale, December 6, 2024

Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado (Conductor) Swedish Radio Choir, Orfeón Donostiarra Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Daniela Barcellona (alto), Roberto Alagna (tenor), Julian Konstantinov (bass) Giuseppe Verdi 1813 - 1901 Messa da Requiem Directed by Bob Coles Berlin, Philharmonie, 10 October 2001

Sinfonía por el Perú, Ana María Patiño-Osorio (conductor) Juan Diego Flórez (tenor) Vincenzo Bellini Norma | Overture I Capuleti e i Montecchi | O, di Capellio... È serbata a questo acciaro... L’amo tanto e m’è sì cara Gaetano Donizetti Roberto Devereux | Ed ancor la tremenda porta… Come uno spirito angelico… Bagnato il sen di lagrime Il Duca d'Alba | Inosservato penetrava... Angelo casto e bel Giuseppe Verdi La Forza del destino | Overture Jérusalem | Je veux encore entendre ta voix Charles Gounod Romeo et Juliette | Act II: Entr'acte Roméo et Juliette | L'amour, l'amour... Ah, lève-toi soleil ! Jacques Offenbach Orphée aux enfers | Can-Can La Belle Hélène | Au mont Ida Ruperto Chapí La Revoltosa | Preludio José Serrano La Alegria del batallon | El Mismo rey del moro Pablo Luna La Pícara molinera | Paxarín tú que vuelas Reveriano Soutullo, Juan Vert El ultimo romantico | Bella enamorada Gerónimo Giménez La boda de Luis Alonso | Intermedio Agustin Lara Granada Paris, Philharmonie, 30 September 2024

Káťa Kabanová Opera in three acts by Leoš Janáček Libretto by Leoš Janáček after Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky’s play ‚The Storm‘ in the Czech translation by Vincenc Červinka First performance in Brno, National Theatre, 23 November 1921 Wiener Philharmoniker, Jakub Hrůša (Conductor) Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Huw Rhys James (Chorus Master) Barrie Kosky (Stage Director) Rufus Didwiszus (Sets), Victoria Behr (Costumes), Franck Evin (Lighting), Christian Arseni (Dramaturgy) Corinne Winters Katěrina (Káťa) Evelyn Herlitzius (Marfa Ignatěvna Kabanová) Jens Larsen (Savjol Prokofjevič Dikoj) David Butt Philip (Boris Grigorjevič) Jaroslav Březina (Tichon Ivanyč Kabanov) Benjamin Hulett (Váňa Kudrjáš) Jarmila Balážová (Varvara) Michael Mofidian (Kuligin) Nicole Chirka (Glaša | A Woman) Ann-Kathrin Niemczyk (Fekluša) Salzburg Festival, Felsenreitschule, 21 August 2022

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (Conductor) Gabriela Montero (piano) Raminta Šerkšnytė (born in 1975) De Profundis (Dutch premiere) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 Mieczyslaw Weinberg Symphony No. 3 Amsterdam, Concertgebouw, 21 April 2023

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"!

Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) Tragic Overture op. 81 Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907) Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34: II, ‘Våren’ (Last spring) Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828) Symphony No. 9 in C major, D. 944, ‘The Great’ Montreal, Maison symphonique, March 9, 2022

Betroffenheit Crystal Pite (choreography) Music by Owen Belton, Alessandro Juliani & Meg Roe Kidd Pivot, Electric Company Theatre Jay Gower Taylor — Stage design Tom Visser — Lighting Nancy Bryant — Costumes Linda Chow — Costumes Nicola Ryall — Costumes Bryan Arias — Dancer David Raymond — Dancer Cindy Salgado — Dancer Jermaine Spivey — Dancer Tiffany Tregarthen — Dancer Jonathon Young — Actor Heidi Wilkinson — Puppets Omanie Elias — Puppets The kind of spectacle we rarely see on the theatre or opera stage is offered up here by the innovative Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young. In German, ‘Betroffenheit’ denotes a state of shock and disbelief. This unusual ballet was inspired by terrible events in the life of choreographer Young, who lost his daughter, niece, and nephew in a terrible fire during a family vacation. A mix of tap, salsa, spoken-word, song, and puppet show, this stirring artistic statement is guaranteed to stir the emotions with its poignant depiction of personal hardship and of the struggle to come to terms with tragedy, beautifully realized by Kidd Pivot and the Electric Company Theatre on the stage of London's Sadler's Wells Theatre. London, Sadler's Wells Theatre, 2017 Directed by Jeff Tudor

Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Gergely Madaras (Conductor) Victor Julien-Laferrière (Cello) Antonín Dvořák (1841 – 1904) Cello Concerto in B minor Op. 104 César Franck (1822 – 1890) Symphony in D minor Liège, Salle Philharmonique, 25 November 2021

Manon Lescaut ‘Dramma lirico’ in four acts by Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) Libretto by Mario Praga, Domenico Oliva, Giulio Ricordi, Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa based on the abbé Prévost First performance in Torino, Teatro Regio, 1 February 1893 Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Chœur de l’Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Pinchas Steinberg (Conductor) Stefano Visconti (Chorus Master) Guy Montavon (Stage Direction, lighting) Hank Irwin Kittel (sets), Christopher Kempf (Costumes) Anna Netrebko (Manon Lescaut) Claudio Sgura (Lescaut) Yusif Eyvazov (Des Grieux) Alessandro Spina (Geronte di Ravoir) Luis Gomes (Edmond) Rémy Mathieu (Dance Master) Luca Vianello (The Innkeeper) Loriana Castellano (a musician) Monte-Carlo, Opéra, 22 April 2022

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze (condutor) Kaito Kobayashi (piano) Béla Bartók 1881 - 1945 Piano Concerto no. 3 in E major Ariel Lanyi (piano) Johannes Brahms 1833 – 1897 Piano Concerto no . 2 n B flat major op. 83 Directed by John Williams Leeds, Town Hall, 18 September 2021

Itzhak Perlman (violin), Daniel Barenboim (piano), Dale Clevenger (horn) Johannes Brahms 1833 – 1897 Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, op. 108 Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano in E-flat major, op. 40 1989 Directed by Janos Darvas

John McLaughlin (guitar) Gary Husband (piano) Etienne M’Bappe (bass) Nicolas Viccaro (drums) A to Jazz Festival, Sofia, 2022

Marc Ribot: The Jazz-bins Marc Ribot (guitar, vocals) Greg Lewis (hammond B3) Joe Dyson (drums) Banlieues Bleues Festival, 18 April 2023

Suites for a suffering world Tanja Tetzlaff (cello) Johann Sebastian Bach 1685 – 1750 Cello Suite No.4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010 Cello Suite No.5 in C minor, BWV 1011 Thorsten Encke 1966 - Cracks, Clouds The German cellist Tanja Tetzlaff performs J.S. Bach’s Cello Suites Nos. 4 and 5 amid natural surroundings devastated by climate change. Beauty confronts its own destruction. Do we really want to watch without lifting a finger? Melting glaciers, desertified landscapes, flooded communities: climate change is having an alarming impact even in Europe. What are we humans doing to this wonderful planet? Aghast at the depredation and destruction of our unique ecosystems, the renowned German cellist Tanja Tetzlaff wants to ask Nature for forgiveness. She travels with her instrument to places in Europe where climate change has already become reality and visibly dealt severe wounds. Surrounded by sometimes bizarre scenery, she performs Johann Sebastian Bach’s Cello Suites Nos. 4 and 5, contrasting them with works specially composed for her by Thorsten Encke. She levels accusations, stokes resistance, and touches us with her virtuoso playing. The beauty of the music stands in sharp contrast to the often-dramatic images of damaged Nature, combatting the finality of destruction. A moving musical and visual plea for greater care and humility toward the beauty of our planet – at once ravishing and disturbing. Recorded at Aletsch Glacier (Switzerland), Cernon Forest (France), Harz Forest (Germany), Lac de Brenets (France/Switzerland), La Scène (Strasbourg/France), Rhone Glacier (Switzerland), Soulac-sur-Mer (France) Directed by Stéphan Aubé

Great Conductors: Pierre Boulez - Emotion and Analysis The conductor Pierre Boulez described his relationship with Béla Bartók (1881-1945) as a "sympathy between musicians": both belong to the 20th century's most influential artists. A key work of Bartók is the ‘Concerto for Orchestra’, which was premiered in Boston in 1944. The Film ‘Emotion and Analysis’ follows Pierre Boulez in his rehearsals of this composition with the Berlin Philharmonic in the spectacular setting of the monastery Mosteiro dos Jeronimos in Lisbon. Pierre Boulez explains in a series of interviews the historical origins of Bartók's late work, his own personal style of interpretation and his role as conductor as well as his love of composing. Directed by Paul Smaczny, Günter Atteln 2003

Wiener Philharmoniker, Pierre Boulez (conductor) Anton Bruckner 1824 – 1896 Symphony no. 8 (ed. Robert Haas) Directed Brian Large Saint Florian, Stiftskirche, 1996

Boris Pergamenschikow (cello), Elena Bashkirova (piano), Maxim Vengerov (violin) Johannes Brahms 1833 – 1897 Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101 1997 Directed by Janos Darvas

Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) Singspiel by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Libretto by Emmanuel Schikaneder First performance in Vienna, Theater auf der Wieden, 30 September 1791 Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Jörn Hinnerk Andresen (Chorus Master) Wiener Philharmoniker, Joana Mallwitz (Conductor) Lydia Steier (Stage Director) Katharina Schlipf (Sets), Ursula Kudrna (Costumes), Olaf Freese (Lighting), Momme Hinrichs (Video) Tareq Nazmi (Sarastro) Mauro Peter (Tamino) Brenda Rae (Queen of the Night) Regula Mühlemann (Pamina) Ilse Eerens (First Lady) Sophie Rennert (Second Lady) Noa Beinart (Third Lady) Michael Nagl (Papageno) Maria Nazarova (Papagena) Peter Tantsits (Monostatos) Henning von Schulman (Speaker | First Priest | Second Man in Armour) Simon Bode (Second Priest | First Man in Armour) Roland Koch (Grandfather) Wiener Sängerknaben (Three Boys) Salzburg, Haus für Mozart, 30 July 2022

Christian Zacharias (piano) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893) The Seasons op. 37a Franz Schubert (1797–1828) Piano Sonata No. 18 in G major D 894 Martigny, Pierre Gianadda Foundation, 8 September 2022

Hélène Grimaud (piano) Camerata Salzburg, Alexander Radulescu (director) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 20 in D minor K. 466 Symphony No. 40 in G minor K. 550 Robert Schumann (1810–1856) Concerto for piano and orchestra in A minor op. 54 Hamburg, Elbphilharmonie, 30 March 2022

Monteverdi from Mantua to Venise John Eliot Gardiner - Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists An exceptional musical journey by John Eliot Gardiner and the Monteverdi Choir in Italy at the Palazzo Ducale in Mantua and in Venice, particularly the Basilica dei Frari, where the composer's tomb is located. Directed by Sébastien Glas

The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, Les Pages du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles, Sir John Eliot Gardiner (Conductor) Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643) Vespro della Beata Vergine Directed by Stéphan Aubé Château de Versailles, Chapelle Royale, 9 March 2014

Philippe Mouratoglou Trio Philippe Mouratoglou (acoustic guitars) Bruno Chevillon (Double bass) Ramon Lopez (drums) Paris, Studio de l'Hermitage, May 15, 2025