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La Demoiselle Elue – Philharmonia Voices & Orchestra – Royal Festival Hall
May 28, 2015 @ 7:30 am - 9:30 pm
Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano
Samuel Coles flute
Sophie Bevan soprano
Anna Stéphany mezzo soprano
Valérie Hartmann-Claverie other
Philharmonia Voices (Ladies) chorus
An exploration of nostalgic yearning and the triumphant fulfilment of love climaxes the City of Light series. Lamentation at lost love in the solo flute’s magical evocation of the amorous God Pan introduces Debussy’s early Wagner-inspired cantata based on Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s mystic poem of love dreams. Fulfilment comes with Messiaen’s gargantuan Song of Love, a celebration of the Tristanesque love-death here expressing superhuman joy that is overflowing, dazzling and abandoned.
Image: The Pigalle Métro
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This concert is part of the City of Light: Paris 1900 – 1950 series
City of Light: Paris 1900 – 1950 conceived and supported by Vincent Meyer, President Philharmonia Orchestra