Stéphane Denève | Christian Gerhaher

Date & Time

Fri, Oct 9, 2020, 20:30

Venue

Baritone Christian Gerhaher has been closely associated with the BRSO for many years. Admired by audiences for his powerful expression and moving voice, he will now sing of the heavenly lightness of love – and the pain of its loss – in Berlioz’s Les nuits d’été. A completely different scene from those mysterious and melancholy summer nights is conjured up in Summer Pastorale by the Franco-Swiss composer Arthur Honegger. This short work of 1920 captivates with tranquil impressions of nature... Read full text

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Musicians

Stéphane Denève	Conductor
Christian Gerhaher	Bariton
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Program

Pastorale d’été	Arthur Honegger
“Les nuits d’été” op. 7	Hector Berlioz
Concerto for chamber orchestra in E-flat major “Dumbarton Oaks”	Igor Stravinsky

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