Program Mezzo

Solrey (artistic and musical direction) Traffic Quintet Bertrand Cervera (1st violon), Elsa Benabdallah (2ndviolin), Estelle Villotte (viola), Raphael Perraud (cello), Philippe Noharet (double bass), Sylvain Blassel (harp), Brenda Poupard (mezzo-soprano) Igor Stravinsky 1882 - 1971 Pulcinella Nino Rota 1911 - 1979 extract from ‘Casanova’, music for the film by Federico Fellini Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 - 1791 extracts from ‘Don Giovanni’ Antonio Vivaldi 1678 - 1741 Cello Concerto in D minor RV 481 | Larghetto Alexandre Desplat 1961 Ciao Casanova Little Women Ryuichi Sakamoto 1952 - 2023 High Heels Antonio Vivaldi excerpt from ‘Juditha Triumphans’ RV 644 John Williams 1932 - Catch me if you can John Barry 1933 - 2011 The Persuaders! You Only Live Twice Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Voi, che sapete (‘Le Nozze di Figaro’) Directed by Marc Pasteau Venice, Teatro La Fenice, September 2, 2023

Christian Zacharias (piano) Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, Gianluigi Gelmetti (conductor) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 - 1791 Piano Concerto no. 6 in B Major K 238 1990 Directed by Janos Darvas

Guercœur Opera in three acts by Albéric Magnard 1865 - 1914 Libretto by the composer First performed in Paris, Opéra, 23 April 1931 Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg, Chœur de l’Opéra national du Rhin, Ingo Metzmacher (Conductor) Hendrik Haas (chorus master) Christof Loy (Director) Johannes Leiacker (Set Design), Ursula Renzenbrink (Costumes), Olaf Winter (Lighting) Stéphane Degout (Guercœur) Catherine Hunold (Vérité) Antoinette Dennefeld (Giselle) Julien Henric (Heurtal) Eugénie Joneau (Bonté) Gabrielle Philiponet (Beauté) Adriana Bignagni Lesca (Souffrance) Marie Lenormand (L’Ombre d’une femme) Alysia Hanshaw (L’Ombre d’une vierge) Glen Cunningham (L’Ombre d’un poète) Strasbourg, Opéra du Rhin, 4 May 2024

Archie Shepp, musical direction, saxophones Ambrose Akinmusire, trumpet Jason Moran, piano Richard Davis, double bass Billy Hart, drums With guests: Marion Rampal, voice Izidor Leitinger, trumpet Sébastien Llado, trombone Jean-Philippe Scali, baritone saxophone Playlist Naima - John Coltrane - Arranged by Izidor Leitinger Cousin Mary - John Coltrane - Arranged by Izidor Leitinger Blasé - Archie Shepp Prelude to a Kiss - Duke Ellington Los Olvidados - Archie Shepp In 1960, Archie Shepp attended a concert by John Coltrane at the Five Spot, the mythical club on the Lower East Side. Totally fascinated, he decided to pick up the tenor saxophone. Five years later, Shepp - already a reference in the world of free jazz - recorded alongside his hero. The resulting album, "Ascension", was released in 1966, and remains today one of the great monuments of free improvisation. To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Coltrane's death - at the age of forty - the most Parisian representative of the New York avant-garde pays tribute to the brilliant composer of "A Love Supreme", with a Franco-American all-star band not unlike that which recorded the revolutionary "Ascension". A giant of jazz pays tribute to one of his gods... Recorded on September 3rd 2016 at the Grande Halle of la Villette TV Director, Frank Cassenti

McCoy Tyner: Piano Solo McCoy Tyner (piano) Directed by Janos Darvas Munich, Kongressaal, 1983

John Coltrane (tenor saxophone), McCoy Tyner (piano), Jimmy Garrison (bass), Elvin Jones (drums) The John Coltrane Quartet, with McCoy Tyner and Elvin Jones was formed in October 1960 - bassist Jimmy Garrison joined the band one year later. The quartet showed immense creativity through its various incarnations. The audience expected great things and these musicians were involved in one of the most innovative times in the history of Jazz. John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison and Elvin Jones play: - "Naima" - "Ascension" - "Impressions" - "A Love Supreme: Acknowledgement" - "A Love Supreme: Resolution" Live in Antibes 23 october 1965 Directed by Jean-Christophe Averty

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

Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Michael Sanderling (conductor) William Kentridge (director) William Kentridge 1955 - Oh to Believe in Another World. Film to the 10th symphony of Dmitri Shostakovich Dmitri Shostakovich 1906 - 1975 Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93 Vienna, Konzerthaus, 3 December 2023

Orkester Nord, Martin Wåhlberg (conductor)
Vox Nidrosiensis Gunhild Alsvik (Soprano), Giuseppina Bridelli (Mezzo-soprano), Anaïs Yvoz (Mezzo-soprano), Anthea Pichanick (Contralto), Jan van Elsacker (Tenor), Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani (Tenor), Håvard Stensvold (Bass-baritone), Eric Ander (Bass-baritone) Claudio Monteverdi 1567 - 1643 Vespro de la Beata Vergine Trondheim, Vår Frue Kirke (Barokkfest 2025), 27 January 2025

Colin Currie Group, Colin Currie (Director, Percussion) Owen Gunnell, Adrian Spillett, George Barton, Catherine Ring (Percussion) Rowland Sutherland, Helen Whitaker (Flutes) Emma Burgess, Michelle Hromin (Clarinets) Jonathan Morton, Clio Gould (Violins) Nick Bootiman (Viola) Robin Michael, Clare O'Connell (Cello) Philip Moore, Siwan Rhys (Piano) Pete Wilson (Electric Bass Guitar) Steve Reich 1936 - Clapping Music Two Pianos (World Premiere) Radio Rewrite Double Sextet Quartet In All Your Ways (World Premiere) Edinburg International Festival, 28 August 2026

George Gershwin 1898 – 1937 Cuban Overture Concerto in F for piano and orchestra Charles Ives 1874 – 1954 Symphony No. 1 in D minor

Thaïs 'Comédie lyrique' in three acts by Jules Massenet (1842 – 1912) Libretto by Louis Gallet based on the novel by Anatole France First performance in Paris, Opéra, 16 March 1894 Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, Jean-Yves Ossonce (conductor) Monte-Carlo Opera Chorus Jean-Louis Grinda (Stage director) Marina Rebeka (Thaïs) Ludovic Tézier (Athanaël) Jean-François Borras (Nicias) Philippe Kahn (Palémon) Marie Gautrot (Albine) Cassandre Berthon (Crobyle) Valentine Lemercier (Myrtale) Jennifer Courcier (La Charmeuse) Directed by Gabriel Grinda Monte-Carlo, Opera, 28 January 2021

INSO-Lviv Orchestra, Dalia Stasevska (Conductor) Joshua Bell (Violin) Grażyna Bacewicz 1909 - 1969 Overture Thomas de Hartmann 1885 - 1956 Violin Concerto Myroslav Skoryk 1938 - 2020 Melody Yevhen Stankovych 1942 - Sinfonietta Frédéric Chopin 1810 - 1849 Nocturne in E-flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2 (arr. for violin and orchestra) Nocturne in C-sharp Minor, Op. Posth. (arr. for violin and orchestra) Mykhailo Verbytsky 1815 - 1870 National Anthem of Ukraine: ‘Ukraine is not dead yet, neither glory nor freedom’ Directed by Marcin Dunin-Borkowski Warsaw, Philharmonic Hall, 10 January 2024

Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini (conductor) Anett Fritsch – Bellezza (soprano), Julia Lezhneva – Piacere (soprano), Lucile Richardot – Disinganno (mezzo-soprano), Krystian Adam Krzeszowiak – Tempo (tenor) Georg Friedrich Haendel 1685–1759 Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV 46a Libretto by Benedetto Pamphili Wrocław, NFM (Wratislavia Cantans), 5 September 2024

Exhibition Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui | choreographer Ma mère l'Oye Jeroen Verbruggen | Choreographer Tim Van Steenbergen | Set & costume Fabiana Piccioli | lighting designer Jason Kittelberger | Assistant choreography Koen Bollen | Dramaturgy Music | Modest Moussorgski (Maurice Ravel's orchestration ), Pictures of an exhibition / Maurice Ravel, Pavane pour une Infante défunte, Ma Mère l'Oye Royal Ballet of Flanders Flanders opera symphonic orchestra Orchestre Symphonique de l'Opéra des Flandres Yannis Pouspourikas | Conductor Recorded on 2016 at the Antwerp Opera TV Director, Andreas Morell