Maurice Ravel : portraits
Philharmonie de Paris, Salle de conférence (Paris)
András Schiff in his own garden, exploring with relish Bach’s Triple Concerto for flute, violin and harpsichord and the enchanted paths of two of Mozart’s most awe-inspiring piano concertos.
The Orchestre National de Lille makes a vibrant plea against the scourge of antisemitism. Evoking the victims of the past, this programme reminds us that, in the words of Bertolt Brecht, ‘the belly is still fertile from which the foul beast sprang’.
Performed here for the first time in France, the musical Gypsy—based on the memoirs of Gypsy Lee Rose—is presented in a version created by one of the great masters in musical and opera staging, Laurent Pelly.