Festival de Pâques 2024

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1_Capuçon Kantorow

Renaud Capuçon, violin
Alexandre Kantorow, piano

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Violin Sonata No. 1, op. 13

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Violin Sonata No.3 in E-flat major, op. 12 n°3

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Violin Sonata, op. 18

FRIDAY 22 MARCH 20h30 - Grand Théâtre de Provence

2_Strauss-Four Last Songs

Bamberger Symphoniker
Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, soprano

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs)

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Symphony No.2 in C minor, WAB 102

SATURDAY 23 MARCH, 20h30 - Grand Théâtre de Provence

3_Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto

Orchestre National Symphonique de Lettonie
Jean-Claude Casadesus, conductor

Anna Agafia Egholm, violin

Nikolaï Rimski-Korsakov (1844-1908)
Scheherazade, op. 35

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Violin Concerto, op. 64

SUNDAY 24 MARCH - 20H30 - Grand Théâtre de Provence

4_Carte blanche Gérard Caussé

Renaud Capuçon, violin
Clémence de Forceville, violin
Gérard Caussé, viola
Clemens Hagen, cello
With the exceptional and friendly participation of François-René Duchâble, piano

Nino Rota (1911-1979)
Intermezzo for Viola and Piano

Clara Schumann (1819-1896)
Three Romances for Violin and Piano Op.22

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
Silent Woods for Cello and Piano

Dmitri Chostakovitch (1906-1975)
The Gadfly (Suite)

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
F-A-E Sonata, Scherzo

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Piano Quintet, op. 44

Monday 25 March, 20h30 - Conservatoire Darius Milhaud

5_Handel The Resurrection

Les Musiciens du Louvre
Marc Minkowski, conductor

Ana Maria Labin, Maddalena
Astrid Nordstad, Cleofe
Andrea Mastroni, Lucifero
James Way, San Giovanni
Kathryn Lewek, Angelo

Georg Friedrich Haendel (1685-1759)
La Resurrezione (The Resurrection), HWV 47

TUESDAY 26 MARCH - 20H30 - Grand Théâtre de Provence

6_Mahler - The Song of the Earth

Les Siècles
François-Xavier Roth, conductor

Andrew Staples, tenor
Marie-Nicole Lemieux, contralto

Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
Les Indes galantes, Orchestra suite

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth)

WEDNESDAY 27 MARCH - 20H30 - Grand Théâtre de Provence

7_Francesco Piemontesi

Francesco Piemontesi, piano

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Sonata No.21, op. 53 « Waldstein »
Piano Sonata No.30, op. 109

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Préludes, book 2

THURSDAY 28 MARCH - 20H30 - Conservatoire Darius Milhaud

8_Bach - St John Passion

La Cetra Barockorchester
& Vokalensemble Basel
Andrea Marcon, director

Jakob Pilgram, Evangelist
Christian Wagner, Jesus
Shira Patchornik, soprano
Sara Mingardo, alto
Mirko Ludwig, tenor
Francesc Ortega, Petrus
Guglielmo Buonsanti, Pilatus

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Johannes-Passion (St John Passion), BWV 245 – 1724 edition

FRIDAY 29 MARCH - 20H30 - Grand Théâtre de Provence

9_Le Chat du Rabbin

Marc-Olivier Dupin, original music and conductor

Benoît Marchand, narrator

Hélène Giraud, flute
Myriam Carrier, clarinet
Agnès Vesterman, cello
Afaf Robilliard, bass
Anthony Millet, accordion
Cédric Barbier, percussion

Laurent Sarazin, audiovisual adaptation and distribution of images

musical tale
Le Chat du Rabbin
After Joann Sfar cartoon - Éditions Dargaud
Original music by Marc-Olivier Dupin
Text by Joann Sfar with the projection of illustrations of Joann Sfar

SATURDAY 30 MARCH - 18H00 - Conservatoire Darius Milhaud

10_Camerata Salzburg, Yulianna Avdeeva

Camerata Salzburg
Giovanni Guzzo, conductor and first violin
Yulianna Avdeeva, piano

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
La Clemenza di Tito, KV 621

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Piano Concerto No.2, op. 21

Antonio Salieri (1725-1825)
La grotta di Trofonio

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Symphony No.3, D. 200

SATURDAY 30 MARCH - 20H30 - Grand Théâtre de Provence

11_Sokhiev, Capuçon

Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
Tugan Sokhiev, conductor
Renaud Capuçon, violin

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Simple Symphony, op. 4

Sergueï Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Violin Concerto No.2, op. 63

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Symphony No.4, op. 60

SUNDAY 31 MARCH - 20H30 - Grand Théâtre de Provence

12_Shaham Oppitz

Gil Shaham, violin
Gerhard Oppitz, piano

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Violin Sonata n°1 in G major, op. 78

Dmitri Shostakovitch (1906-1975)
Violin Sonata, op. 134

MONDAY 01 APRIL - 18H00 - Théâtre du Jeu de Paume

13_Handel Messiah

Insula orchestra
accentus
Laurence Equilbey, conductor

Sandrine Piau, soprano
Jakub Józef Orliński, contre-tenor
Stuart Jackson, tenor
Alex Rosen, basse

Georg Friedrich Haendel (1685-1759)
Messiah, HWV 56

MONDAY 01 APRIL - 20H30 - Grand Théâtre de Provence

14_Menuhin Academy

Menuhin Academy
Bohdan Luts, violin
Victor Demarquette, piano

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Concerto for Piano, Violin and strings, MWV O 4
String Symphony n°9, « Suisse »

TUESDAY 02 APRIL - 18H00 - Conservatoire Darius Milhaud

15_Zukerman Trio

Pinchas Zukerman, violin
Amanda Forsyth, cello
Shai Wosner, piano

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Fantasiestücke, op. 88

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Piano Trio No.2, op. 87

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Trio in D major, op. 70 n° 1

TUESDAY 02 APRIL - 20H30 - Théâtre du Jeu de Paume

16_Daniel Ottensamer Trio

Stephan Koncz, cello
Daniel Ottensamer, clarinet
Christoph Traxler, piano

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Trio in B-flat major, op. 11 « Gassenhauer »

Max Bruch (1838-1920)
8 Pieces for Clarinet, Viola and Piano, op. 83 (extracts)

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Clarinet Trio, op. 114

WEDNESDAY 03 APRIL - 18H00 - Théâtre du Jeu de Paume

17_Elisabeth Leonskaja

Elisabeth Leonskaja, piano

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Piano Sonata in D major, D. 850 « Gasteiner »
Piano Sonata in B-flat major, D. 960

WEDNESDAY 03 APRIL - 20H30 - Grand Théâtre de Provence

18_Quatuor Psophos

Quatuor Psophos

Mathilde Borsarello Herrmann, violin
Bleuenn Le Maître, violin
Cecile Grassi, viola
Guillaume Martigné, cello

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
String Quartet in D minor, D. 810 « Death and the maiden »

Nicolas Bacri (born in 1961)
Quatuor n° 11 (order from Festival de Pâques 2020)

THURSDAY 04 APRIL - 18H00 - Conservatoire Darius Milhaud

19_Mass in B minor

Ensemble Pygmalion
Raphaël Pichon, conductor

Ying Fang, soprano
Beth Taylor, mezzo-soprano
Lucile Richardot, alto
Emiliano Gonzalez-Toro, tenor
Christian Immler, bass

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Mass in B minor, BWV 232

THURSDAY 04 APRIL - 20H30 - Grand Théâtre de Provence

Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris
Daniele Gatti, conductor

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods), symphonic excerpts

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life), op. 40

FRIDAY 05 APRIL - 20H30 - Grand Théâtre de Provence

21_Génération @ Aix

Gil Shaham, violin
Aubree Oliverson, violin
Karolina Errera, viola
Aleksey Shadrin, cello
Federico Gad Crema, piano

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
Piano Quintet No.2, op. 81

Dmitri Chostakovitch (1906-1975)
The Piano Quintet in G minor Op.57

SATURDAY 06 APRIL - 18H00 - Théâtre du Jeu de Paume

22_Beethoven-Missa Solemnis

Le Cercle de l’Harmonie
Audi Jungendchorakademie
Jérémie Rhorer, conductor

Chen Reiss, soprano
Varduhi Abrahamyan, mezzo-soprano
Daniel Behle, tenor
Johannes Weisser, bass

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Missa solemnis, op. 123

SATURDAY 06 APRIL - 20h30 - Grand Théâtre de Provence

22_Carte blanche à Renaud Capuçon

Renaud Capuçon, violin
Paul Zientara, viola
Julia Hagen, cello
Lorraine Campet, bass
Mao Fujita, piano

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Piano Trio in E-flat major n°2, D. 929
Quintet for Piano and Violin, Viola, Violoncello and Contrabass, D. 667 « Trout Quintet»

Vendredi 14 avril, 20h30 - Grand Théâtre de Provence

Célimène Daudet, piano
Anna Sigalevitch, comédienne

Samedi 23 mars à 18h

Théâtre du Jeu de Paume, Aix-en-Provence
Entrée libre sur réservation par téléphone ou en billetterie à partir du 6 mars 2024.
3 représentations sont également prévues dans le cadre des concerts en Région