Béla Bartók / Le Château de Barbe-Bleue

Microcosmos – Le Peuple de l’herbe

With its up-close-and-personal approach to filming insects, Microcosmos was hugely popular with audiences when it came out in 1996. This screening with live musical accompaniment by the Yellow Socks Orchestra the suggestive power of this fascinating gem of wildlife cinema.

Le Fantôme de l’Opéra

Cinema enthusiast and master of French improvisation, organist and composer Thierry Escaich exploits all the facets of his instrument to accompany Rupert Julian’s silent masterpiece. A dialogue interwoven with the images, to be experienced live.

Le Voyage de Nyamba

The Orchestre National d'Île-de-France accompanies a children’s choir in Le Voyage de Nyamba, a musical tale composed by Coralie Fayolle in 2022.

Le Jardin féérique

Twenty-five pieces by twenty-five women composers, performed by a whole ensemble of leading French women instrumentalists and singers. A bold venture brought to fruition by Elles Women Composers and the Philharmonie de Paris.

»Le Passion de Carmen«

Soprano Stella Motina and pianist Vera Bogdanchikova take the audience on an unforgettable musical journey through the south of Spain and explore the passion of Carmen. From Manuel de Falla’s »Seven Spanish Folk Songs«, which illuminate love in ever new facets, they move on to Dvořák’s »Cigánské Melodie«, which awakens the desire to dance. To the sound of castanets, the audience finally arrives in Seville and takes a break in the »Lillas Pastia« taverna. The best melodies from »Carmen« by Georges Bizet are played here. Carmen, the beautiful, self-confident woman, enjoys her freedom. An adventure unfolds: love, passion, jealousy and the prophecy of fate. The beating of the chords is reminiscent of the stamping of feet in flamenco, in which the woman seems to lift her heels to assert her personal independence. The exciting journey comes to an end, but of course the listeners can linger for a moment and prolong the melodic excursion. The artists have prepared something very special.

Le XIXème siècle de Moscou à Paris

Le Dictateur

The Great Dictator was Charlie Chaplin’s first talking picture—a clear-sighted, satirical warning at the outset of the Second World War. Timothy Brock and the Orchestre National d'île-de-France are fascinated with the original score Chaplin composed for the film.

Le Dictateur

The Great Dictator was Charlie Chaplin’s first talking picture—a clear-sighted, satirical warning at the outset of the Second World War. Timothy Brock and the Orchestre National d'île-de-France are fascinated with the original score Chaplin composed for the film.

Le Consort

Théotime Langlois de Swarte with ‘his’ Ensemble Le Consort—in larger force for the occasion—present Vivaldi’s Four Seasons.