Archive of performances of Berlioz’s music around the world
Classified by date
Year 2003 (July)
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Classified by date
Year 2003 (July)
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The table below lists the performances in chronological order.
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July
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2 July 2003 8.00pm |
Overture Les Francs-Juges Herminie Symphonie fantastique |
Stuttgarter Liederhalle, Beethovensaal,
Stuttgart, Germany Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR conductor: Roger Norrington Melanie Diener (soprano) |
| 3 July 2003 7.30pm
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La Damnation de Faust
staged performance |
San Francisco Opera, War Memorial Opera House
Production based on Munich State Opera, reconstructed |
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3 July 2003 8.00pm
Introduction to the |
Overture Les Francs-Juges Herminie Symphonie fantastique |
Stuttgarter Liederhalle, Beethovensaal,
Stuttgart, Germany Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR conductor: Roger Norrington Melanie Diener (soprano) |
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4 July 2003 8.00pm
Introduction to the |
Overture Les Francs-Juges Herminie Symphonie fantastique |
Stuttgarter Liederhalle, Beethovensaal,
Stuttgart, Germany Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR conductor: Roger Norrington Melanie Diener (soprano) |
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4 July 2003 9.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain Messe Solennelle
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Basilique du Sacré Cœur du
Prado, Marseille, France Ensemble Vocal d’Arles (EVA) Orchestre du Roy René, formed by the musicians from the Opéra d’Avignon and the Opéra de Marseille Le Chœur Domitla, of Goult in Vaucluse Département L’Ensemble Amadeus, of Fos-sur-Mer, in the Bouches du Rhône conductor: Bernard Viti Karine Magneto (soprano) Gérard Tussau (tenor), Thierry Delaroche (bass-baritone) |
| 4 July 2003 |
Overture Le Carnaval romain Messe Solennelle
Berlioz Bicentenary concert |
Collégiale Saint-Barnard, Romans-sur-Isère,
France Ensemble Dauphinelle, Charmant Som (altogether 130 choristers) Orchestra composed of 55 musicians (professors and teachers of the conservatoire and music schools of Grenoble region) conductor: André Chamberod Claire Delgado Boge (soprano) Jérôme Varnier (bass), Jean Delescluse (tenor) |
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5 July 2003 8.00pm |
L’Enfance du Christ | Christuskirche, Karlsruhe, Germany Chor der Christuskirche and Oratorienchor Karlsruhe Kammerphilharmonie Karlsruhe conductor: Carsten Wiebusch Andreas Reibenspies (baritone) Locky Chung (bass) Names of other soloists were not available |
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5 July 2003 9.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain Messe Solennelle |
Église St Symphorien
des Carmes, Avignon, France Ensemble Vocal d’Arles (EVA) Orchestre du Roy René, formed by the musicians from the Opéra d’Avignon and the Opéra de Marseille Le Chœur Domitla, of Goult in Vaucluse Département L’Ensemble Amadeus, of Fos-sur-Mer, in the Bouches du Rhône conductor: Bernard Viti Karine Magneto (soprano) Gérard Tussau (tenor), Thierry Delaroche (bass-baritone) |
| 5 July 2003 | La Damnation de Faust | Grand Théâtre, Geneva,
Switzerland Orchestre de la Suisse Romande The Grand Théâtre Chorus conductor: Patrick Davint Katarina Karnéus (Marguerite) Jonas Kaufmann (Faust) José van Dam (Méphistophélès) Frédéric Caton (Brander) |
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6 July 2003 7.15pm |
Neuf Mélodies (excerpts)
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Opera House, Buxton, UK Yvonne Kenny (soprano) Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano) Graham Johnson (piano) |
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6 July 2003 7.30pm |
Harold en Italie Les Nuits d’été |
St. John’s, Smith Square,
London, UK The Thorington Players conductor: David Cairns Luciano Iorio (viola) Alison Buchanan (soprano) |
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6 July 2003 10.30pm |
La Damnation de Faust
52 Festival Internacional de Música y Danza de Granada |
Palacio de Carlos V, Grenada,
Spain Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse Orfeón Donostiarra (chorus master: José Antonio Sainz) Coro de la Presentación ( chorus master: Elena Peinado) conductor: Michel Plasson Zoran Todorovich (Faust) Alain Vernhes (Méphistophélès) Simon Orfila (Brander), Sophie Koch (Marguerite) |
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6 July 2003 11.30pm |
Symphonie funèbre et triomphale
52 Festival Internacional de Música y Danza de Granada |
Plaza del Carmen, Grenada, Spain Banda de música del Cuartel general del ejército de tierra conductor: Abel Moreno |
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9 July 2003 11.00am |
Symphonie fantastique (Liszt transcription) Buckingham Summer Festival |
Radcliffe Centre, Buckingham, UK Mark Bebbington (piano) |
| 9 July 2003 7.30pm
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Harold en Italie (Liszt transcription) Buckingham Summer Festival |
Radcliffe Centre, Buckingham, UK Benjamin Davey (piano) Robert Secret (viola) |
| 10 July 2003 8.30pm
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Te Deum
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Cathédrale Saint-Étienne, Metz, France Orchestre national de Lorraine Chœur de l’ALAM (chorus master: Gérard Heitz) Grand chœur de l’École de musique agréée de Metz-Sablon et Montigny-lès-Metz (chorus master: Yves Weeger) chœur d’enfants conductor: Jacques Mercier Gilles Ragon (tenor) |
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11 July 2003 8.00pm |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict La Mort de Cléopâtre |
Beethovenhalle, Bonn, Germany Orchester der Beethovenhalle conductor: Marc Soustrot Iris Vermillion (alto) |
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11 July 2003 10.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique (Liszt transcription) The Lichfield Festival |
Cathedral Lady Chapel, Lichfield,
UK Mark Bebbington (piano) |
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12 July 2003 6.00pm |
Marche de Rákóczy (two pianos, eight hands) Les Nuits d’été (piano, soprano) open air Berlioz bicentenary concert |
Jardin de Ville, Grenoble, France
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12 July 2003 7.30pm |
L’Invitation à la valse [Invitation to the dance] (Weber arr. Berlioz) Les Nuits d’été Messe Solennelle Berlioz Bicentenary Concert Warwick Festival 2003 |
St Mary’s Church, Warwick, UK Warwickshire Symphony Orchestra Collegium, Choir of St Mary’s St Mary’s Girls Choir conductor: Katherine Dienes Gaynor Keeble soprano Sean Clayton (tenor) Adam Linstead (bass) |
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12 July 2003 8.00pm
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Te Deum
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Cologne Philharmonie, Cologne, Germany Bergisch Symphonic Orchestra Girls and Boys of the Choirs of the Cologne High Cathedral Philharmonic Chorus Cologne, Oratory chorus Cologne Parish choir of the High Cathedral of Altenberg Chorus of the High Cathedral of Altenberg conductor: Horst Meinardus Wilhelm Hartmann (tenor) |
| 12 July 2003 | Symphonie fantastique
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Bavarian State Opera, Max-Joseph-Platz,
Munich, Germany Bayerisches Staatsorchester, and Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Zubin Mehta |
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13 July 2003 4.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain Messe Solennelle |
Cathédrale de la Major,
Marseille, France Orchestre du Roy René, formed by the musicians from the Opéra d’Avignon and the Opéra de Marseille Le Chœur Domitla, of Goult in Vaucluse Département L’Ensemble Amadeus, of Fos-sur-Mer, in the Bouches du Rhône conductor: Bernard Viti Karine Magneto (soprano) Gérard Tussau (tenor), Thierry de Laroche (bass-baritone) |
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13 July 2003 6.00pm |
Marche de Rákóczy (two pianos, eight hands) Les Nuits d’été (piano, soprano) open air Berlioz bicentenary concert |
Villeneuve, Place Rouge,
Grenoble, France
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14 July 2003 6.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire Hymne des Marseillais (La Marseillaise) |
Federation Concert Hall, Hobart,
Australia Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra conductor: Philippe Bender |
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14 July 2003 8.00pm |
Harold en Italie (Liszt transcription) Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival |
Schloss, Heide, Germany Dejan Lazić (piano) Albrecht Breuninger (viola) |
| 14 July 2003 | Excerpts of Berlioz’s orchestral works on six themes: – The ardour and the impetuosity: "La Marche Triomphale" – The youth and the nature: "La Danse des Sylphes" – The dream and the love: "Un Bal from Symphonie fantastique" – The women: "L’Invitation à la Valse" – The travels: "Benvenuto Cellini" – The despair: "La Marche Funèbre" – The political engagement: "La Marseillaise" – The rage: "La Damnation de Faust" Bastille Day celebrations |
Grenoble, France
The exact location and performers are not known
The 14th July celebrations fireworks display to accompany Berlioz’s music was cancelled because of the dry summer weather at the time |
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15 July 2003 3.00pm |
Melodies
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Palace Hotel, Buxton, UK Rebecca Evans (soprano) Katarina Karnéus (mezzo-soprano) Michael Pollock (piano) |
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17 July 2003 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique
Cheltenham Festival of Music |
Town Hall, Cheltenham, UK Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conductor: Marin Alsop |
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19 July 2003 |
Marche hongroise BBC Proms 2003 |
Royal Albert Hall, London, UK |
| 19 July 2003 9.00pm |
Messe solennelle | L’église, Goult, France Chœur Domitia (with 55 choristers) with piano accompaniment |
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20 July 2003 9.00pm
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Symphonie funèbre et triomphale
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Palazzo Mauro de André, Ravenna, Italy Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai, Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera de Il Cairo Associazione del Coro Filarmonico della Scala, Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Coro del Teatro dell’Opera de Il Cairo conductor: Riccardo Muti |
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21 July 2003
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Symphonie funèbre et triomphale
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Cairo, at the foot of the Guiza Pyramids, Egypt Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai, Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera de Il Cairo Associazione del Coro Filarmonico della Scala, Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Coro del Teatro dell’Opera de Il Cairo conductor: Riccardo Muti |
| 23 July 2003 6.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval Romain Aspen Music Festival |
Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, Colorado, USA Sinfonia conductor: Steven Smith |
| 24 July 2003 9.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été
Festival musical des grands |
Église,
Tanlay, France Ensemble Carpe Diem conductor: Jean-Pierre Arnaud Françoise Masset (soprano) |
| 25 July 2003 8.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été Symphonie fantastique Ravinia Festival |
Pavilion, Highland Park, Illinois, USA Chicago Symphony Orchestra conductor: Christoph Eschenbach Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) |
| 25 July 2003 8.30pm |
L’Enfance du Christ
Festival musical des grands |
Église
Notre Dame, Noyers-sur-Serein,
France Ensemble Carpe Diem conductor: Jean-Pierre Arnaud Françoise Masset (soprano) |
| 25 July 2003 9.00pm |
L’Enfance du Christ | Abbatiale, Saint-Riquier, France Académie d’été de Saint-Riquier Orchestre à vent de Doullens conductor: Marc Lefebvre Gregory van der Struik (trombone) |
| 25 July 2003 8.30pm |
Roméo et Juliette (orchestral excerpts, choral finale) |
Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA The Cleveland Orchestra, Blossom Festival chorus conductor: Jahja Ling |
| 26 July 2003 5.00pm |
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) Salzburger Festspiele |
Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, Austria Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Singverein conductor: Valery Gergiev Ramon Vargas (tenor) |
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26 July 2003 7.30pm |
Les Nuits d’été
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Royal Albert Hall, London, UK Hallé Orchestra conductor: Mark Elder Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) |
| 27 July 2003 9.00pm
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Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) Salzburger Festspiele |
Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, Austria Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Singverein conductor: Valery Gergiev Ramon Vargas (tenor) |
| 28 July 2003 7.30pm |
L’Enfance du Christ
BBC Proms 2003 |
Royal Albert Hall, London, UK Monteverdi Choir; Choir of Clare College, Cambridge Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner Bernarda Fink (Mary), James Gilchrist (Narrator) Gilles Cachemaille (Joseph) Jeremy White (Herod and Father of the Family) |
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28 July 2003 8.00pm |
Roméo et Juliette | Teatro Malibran, Venice, Italy Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice Coro del Teatro La Fenice, conductor: Eliahu Inbal chorus master: Guillaume Tourniaire Enkelejda Shkosa (mezzo-soprano) Stephen Mark Brown (tenor) Giovanni Battista Parodi (bass) |
| 29 July 2003 8.15pm |
La Damnation de Faust (excerpts) |
Amphitheater, Chautaugua Institution, Chautaugua,
New York, USA Chautaugua Symphony Orchestra conductor: Uriel Segal |
| 29 July 2003 9.00pm |
Roméo et Juliette
Berlioz bicentenary concert Été Musical Loire en Rhône-Alpes |
Cour du château de La Bastie d’Urfé, La Bastie d’Urfé, Saint-Etienne le Molard, France La Maîtrise de la Loire (formed with the choristers of the Centre de région Rhône-Alpes) Nouvel Orchesre de Saint-Etienne conductor: Daniel Kawka Vincent Le Texier (baritone) Elsa Maurus (mezzo-soprano) James Oxley (tenor) |
| 30 July 2003 8.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été
La Captive Nuit paisible et sereine (from Béatrice et Bénédict) Berlioz Bicentenary concert |
Westminster Congregational Church, Spokane, USA |
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30 July 2003 8.00pm |
Melodies
Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival |
Petruskirche, Kiel, Germany Graham Johnson (piano) Dame Felicity Lott (soprano) |
| 30 July 2003 8.00pm |
Overture to Benvenuto Cellini |
Mann Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, USA The Philadelphia Orchestra conductor: Neeme Järvi |
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