Here is a program that ideally contrasts folkloric brilliance with romantic melancholy!
In the first half, flute wizard Emmanuel Pahud takes on Khatchatourian?s Flute Concerto, a virtuoso piece with Armenian colors. His unique artistry - velvety in legato, sparkling in dancing strokes - reveals this little-known score where Caucasian folklore and pure virtuosity intertwine.
Newly-appointed conductor Lionel Bringuier from Nice, who heads the Liège-based orchestra, deploys a precise, chiselled conducting style. His fluid gesture sculpts every nuance of the Concerto before plunging into the tormented ocean of the Pathétique. Tchaikovsky?s ultimate masterpiece, Symphony No. 6 becomes under his baton a path from shadow to light: sensual string phrasing, heart-rending brass outbursts, crowned by a finale that fades to a whisper. A perfect dialogue between the dazzling soloist and a conductor at the height of his powers, galvanizing his phalanx.
Program
Aram Khatchatourian (1903???1978)
Violin Concerto (flute transcription by Jean-Pierre Rampal)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840???1893)
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, "Pathétique
at 7 p.m
Duration: ±1h20 with intermission
In the first half, flute wizard Emmanuel Pahud takes on Khatchatourian?s Flute Concerto, a virtuoso piece with Armenian colors. His unique artistry - velvety in legato, sparkling in dancing strokes - reveals this little-known score where Caucasian folklore and pure virtuosity intertwine.
Newly-appointed conductor Lionel Bringuier from Nice, who heads the Liège-based orchestra, deploys a precise, chiselled conducting style. His fluid gesture sculpts every nuance of the Concerto before plunging into the tormented ocean of the Pathétique. Tchaikovsky?s ultimate masterpiece, Symphony No. 6 becomes under his baton a path from shadow to light: sensual string phrasing, heart-rending brass outbursts, crowned by a finale that fades to a whisper. A perfect dialogue between the dazzling soloist and a conductor at the height of his powers, galvanizing his phalanx.
Program
Aram Khatchatourian (1903???1978)
Violin Concerto (flute transcription by Jean-Pierre Rampal)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840???1893)
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, "Pathétique
at 7 p.m
Duration: ±1h20 with intermission