François-Xavier Roth conducts Strauss, Berlioz and Boulanger

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Biennale of the Berliner Philharmoniker


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A sensational moment: The 19-year-old Lili Boulanger wins the prestigious Prix de Rome with her cantata Faust et Hélène, becoming the first-ever female prizewinner. Poetic, sensuous and richly colourful, the describes Faust selling his soul in order to meet the beautiful Helen. In his symphonie dramatique Roméo et Juliette, Hector Berlioz brings one of literature’s greatest love stories to life through shimmering orchestral colours. François-Xavier Roth opens the programme with Richard Strauss’s Metamorphosen: a work at once sonorous and fragile, in which the composer mourned the devastation of the Second World War.


Artists

Berliner Philharmoniker
François-Xavier Roth conductor
Véronique Gens soprano
Julien Behr tenor
Jean-Sébastien Bou baritone


Programme

Richard Strauss
Metamorphosen for 23 solo strings

Hector Berlioz
Roméo et Juliette, op. 17: Roméo seul

Hector Berlioz
Roméo et Juliette, op. 17: La Reine Mab, ou la Fée des Songes

Interval

Lili Boulanger
Faust et Hélène

Véronique Gens soprano, Julien Behr tenor, Jean-Sébastien Bou baritone


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Duration ca. 1 hour and 45 minutes (incl. 20 minutes interval)


Dates and tickets


Main Auditorium

28 to 89 €

Introduction
19:15

Series I: Concerts with the Berliner Philharmoniker


Main Auditorium

28 to 89 €

Introduction
19:15

Series K: Concerts with the Berliner Philharmoniker


Main Auditorium

28 to 89 €

Introduction
18:15

Series N: Concerts with the Berliner Philharmoniker

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