Spoilt for Choice on Early Music Day – Let’s Have a Blast!

EUROPEAN DAY OF EARLY MUSIC

old music deserves to be defended, promoted, and accessible to as many people as possible… and listened to!

TRIBUTE

Romanian soprano Virginia Zeani, quiet legend, died at 97

AGENDA

Take a pianist in residence at Radio France. Choose a second pianist, regularly invited by Radio France. Introduce them to a Russian composer named Rachmaninoff, who was at least as famous in his time as a pianist and a composer, and offer them to play two early scores of the said composer and the transcription for two pianos of the last score by the same composer : the result is dazzling.
Tuesday March 21, 2023 at 8 p.m. – House of Radio and Music – Auditorium

Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra – Fabien Gabel, conductor
The Moldau, or the story of one of the most famous themes in music… The Moldau is the name by which Smetana’s symphonic poem is known, evoking the river that runs through Bohemia and majestically crosses Prague. The source of the Moldau, its peaceful course, its nocturnal shimmers, the rapids it crosses, Smetana treats the subject with an incredible instrumental luxury. Jean-François Zygel will tell us all about the why and how of this music which pays homage to the river that the Czechs call “Vltava”.
Friday 24 and Saturday 25 March 2023 at 8 p.m. – Maison De La Radio et de la Musique – Auditorium

The art of French-style lyrical tragedy where Lully’s music seems to be the natural double of Quinault’s verses.
Mathias Vidal (Thésée), Karine Deshayes (Médée), Deborah Cachet (Aeglé)
Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset (conductor)
Namur Chamber Choir, Thibaut Lenaerts (conductor)
Wednesday March 22, 2023 at 7:30 p.m. – Théâtre des Champs Elysées (Paris)

In this month of March, the Opéra national du Rhin awaits you with this work that is more than 300 years old, but whose theme is worthy of the most epic television series of the moment!
Giulia Semenzato (Poppée), Kangmin Justin Kim (Néron)
Ensemble Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon (conductor)
Strasbourg from 24, 26, 28 and 30 March 23: Opéra national du Rhin
Mulhouse 16 and 18 April 23: La Sinne / Colmar 30 April 23: Municipal Theater