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Summer serenade

6th OSR Festival at Genève-Plage

Thursday

21.08.2025

21:15 — Genève-Plage, Geneva

Festival

Programme

Giuseppe Mengoliconductor

Alexandra Conunovaviolin

Louise Farrenc
Overture No. 1 in E minor, Op. 23

Camille Saint-Saëns
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso for violin and orchestra, Op. 28

Franz Waxman 
Carmen Fantasy, for violin and orchestra, based on themes from Georges Bizet's opera

Jules Massenet
Thaïs, Meditation for violin and orchestra

Emilie Mayer
Symphony No. 7 in F minor

The music

The programme opens with Louise Farrenc's Overture No. 1 in E minor, a work that is both majestic and expressive, revealing all the romantic spirit of this composer who has been overlooked for too long. This is followed by Camille Saint-Saëns's Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, a key piece in the repertoire for violin and orchestra, where elegant dialogue and brilliant outbursts captivate from the very first bars.

The evening continues with Franz Waxman's flamboyant Carmen Fantasie, a veritable display of virtuosity inspired by the most bewitching themes in Bizet's opera. Finally, Émilie Mayer's Symphony No. 7 in F minor brings the programme to a climactic conclusion, with its dramatic force and poignant lyricism testifying to the symphonic genius of this great 19th-century composer.

An intense and refined musical journey, where power and delicacy intertwine to the delight of music lovers.

The venues

OSR Live

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Gustav Mahler

Symphony No. 9

Jonathan Nott

conductor

Recorded on 06 March 2024 at Victoria Hall, Geneva

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Wolfgang A. Mozart - Gustav Mahler

Concerto for two pianos - Symphony No. 1

Daniel Harding

conductor

Martha Argerich

piano

Maria João Pires

piano

Recorded on 16 December 2021 at Victoria Hall, Geneva

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