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Fête de la Musique

Friday

18.06.2021

19:00 — Victoria Hall

Free concert

Programme

Richard STRAUSS            

An Alpine Symphony, overture for brass and percussion (arr. Alexandre Mastrangelo)          

Gustav HOLST  

The Planets, Mars, for brass and percussion (arr. Ralph Sauer)

Vittorio MONTI

Czardas, for tuba solo and brass (arr. Andrew Duncan)

Leonard BERNSTEIN

West Side Story, suite for brass and percussion (arr. Eric Crees)      

George GERSHWIN        

An American in Paris, suite for brass (arr. Michael Allen)

Giuseppe VERDI              

Aïda, Triumphal March for brass and percussion (arr. Angus Armstrong)

The music

The Fête de la Musique has been reinvented for it's 30th edition!

This year, the event will be spread over 4 days, with concerts over several centres. A project with different locations, resized, and wth full priority on the music while closely following the evolution of health measures. Find all the information on this special edition on the social networks in the coming weeks.

Access to the concert is free of charge. Due to the pandemic, the number of places for the concert is limited to 100 at the Victoria Hall. Places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. It is unfortunately impossible to reserve a seat for this concert, so please think to arrive sufficiently in advance !

Take care of yourself!

The venues

OSR Live

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Jonathan Nott | Sergey Khachatryan

Concerto pour violon et orchestre

Recorded on 30 July 2020 at Victoria Hall, Geneva

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JONATHAN NOTT

Conductor

Yvonne Naef

mezzo-soprano

György Ligeti
Poème symphonique, pour cent métronomes

Johann Sebastian Bach
Komm süsser Tod (orchestration by Leopold Stokowski)

Gustav Mahler
Kindertotenlieder, for mezzo-soprano and orchestra

Recorded on 21 January 2021 at Victoria Hall, Geneva

Highlights

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