Archive of performances of Berlioz’s music around the world
The table below lists the performances in chronological order.
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| 1 August 2008 7.30pm |
Songs (unspecified) Jubilate! A Musical Celebration |
Lancaster Mennonite School Fine Arts Center,
Lancaster, USA Madeline Bender (soprano) Neal Harnly (piano) concert to benefit No Longer Alone Ministries |
| 1 August 2008 9.00pm |
L’Invitation à la valse Weber, arr. Berlioz |
Sala São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo (Osesp) conductor: Carlos Moreno |
| 2 August 2008 4.30pm |
L’Invitation à la valse Weber, arr. Berlioz |
Sala São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo (Osesp) conductor: Carlos Moreno |
| 2 August 2008 9.00pm |
“Le Spectre de la Rose” Ballet based on a poem by Théophile Gautier set to L’Iivitation à la valse Weber; orch. Berlioz Tuscan Sun Festival |
Piazza Signorelli, Tuscany, Italy Stars of the Bolshoi Ballet dancers: Anastasia Goryacheva, Ruslan Pronin Elena Andrienko, Yan Godovsky Ekaterina Krysanova, Vladimir Neporozhii Gennady Yanin, Maria Allash, Rinat Arifulin Choreography: M Fokine |
| 2 August 2008 8.15pm |
Works Unspecified Hallé Fireworks and Light Spectacular Tatton Park Picnic Concerts 2008 |
Tatton Park, Cheshire, UK Hallé Orchestra conductor: John Wilson |
| 3 August 2008 | Les Nuits d’été Festival du Pays d’Ans |
Château de Hautefort, Dordogne, France Ensemble Carpe Diem Wilke te Brummelstroete (mezzo-soprano) conductor (and oboe): Jean-Pierre Arnaud |
| 6 August 2008 8.30pm |
Roméo et Juliette (excerpts) Bolzano Festival Bozen |
Bolzano Theatre Comunale, Bolzano, Italy European Union Youth Orchestra conductor: Vasily Petrenko |
| 8 August 2008 8.00pm pre-concert talk at 7.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain Harold en Italie |
Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga
Springs, USA Philadelphia Orchestra conductor: Charles Dutoit Choong-Jin Chang (viola) |
| 8 August 2008 8.00pm |
Villanelle Le Spectre de la rose L’Île inconnue (from Les Nuits d’été) |
Laeiszehalle, Hamburg, Germany Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) Julian Reynolds (piano) |
| 9 August 2008 5.00pm |
Works unspecified La nuit musicale de Beloeil an open-air concert of classical music |
Le Château de Beloeil, Beloeil, Belgium No other information was available |
| 9 August 2008 6.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
Landgestüt, Redefin, Germany Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conductor: Gustavo Dudamel |
| 10 August 2008 8.00pm |
Roméo et Juliette (excerpts) Young Euro Classic Festival 2008 |
Great Hall, Berlin Konzerthaus, Berlin, Germany European Union Youth Orchestra conductor: Vasily Petrenko |
| 10 August 2008 | Symphonie fantastique Rheingau Festival |
Kurhaus, Wiesbaden, Germany Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conductor: Gustavo Dudamel |
| 12 August 2008 8.00pm Read a review of this concert by Michel Austin |
Symphonie fantastique Edinburgh International Festival |
Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conductor: Gustavo Dudamel |
| 13 August 2008 6.00pm live broadcast on RSR-Espace 2 |
Symphonie fantastique Opening Gala Lucerne Festival 2008 |
Concert Hall, Lucerne, Switzerland Lucerne Festival Orchestra conductor: Claudio Abbado |
| 13 August 2008 7.30pm live broadcast on: BBC Radio3 |
Symphonie fantastique BBC Proms 2008 |
Royal Albert Hall, London, UK Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conductor: Gustavo Dudamel |
| 14 August 2008 | Symphonie fantastique Snape Proms |
Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Aldeburgh, UK Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conductor: Gustavo Dudamel |
| 15 August 2008 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique Lucerne Festival 2008 |
Concert Hall, Lucerne, Switzerland Lucerne Festival Orchestra conductor: Claudio Abbado |
| 15 August 2008 8.30pm Prelude Concert, by Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra at 6.00pm, Ozawa Hall |
Symphonie fantastique Tanglewood Festival |
The Shed, Tanglewood, Lenox, Massachusetts, USA Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor: Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos |
| 16 August 2008 6.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique Lucerne Festival 2008 |
Concert Hall, Lucerne, Switzerland Lucerne Festival Orchestra conductor: Claudio Abbado |
| 18 August 2008 9.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été | Teatro Cultura Artística, São Paulo, Brazil Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège (Belgium) conductor: Pascal Rophé Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) |
| 19 August 2008 8.00pm |
Marche hongroise (from La Damnation de Faust) |
Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, CA, USA Los Angeles Philharmonic conductor: Bramwell Tovey |
| 19 August 2008 9.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain Les Nuits d’été |
Teatro Cultura Artística, São Paulo, Brazil Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège (Belgium) conductor: Pascal Rophé Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) |
| 20 August 2008 8.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique Bolzano Festival Bozen |
Bolzano Theatre Comunale, Bolzano, Italy Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra conductor: Sir Colin Davis |
| 21 August 2008 6.30pm |
Marche Hongroise (from La
Damnation de Faust) Symphonie fantastique Festival Berlioz 2008 |
Les Halles, La Côte Saint-André, France Ensemble à Vent de l’Isère La Société Philharmonique de La Côte-Saint-André conductors: Eric Villevière and a trainee conductor |
| 21 August 2008 7.15pm pre-concert talk at 6.00 |
La Damnation de Faust Musik-Festival Grafenegg 2008 |
Wolkenturm, Grafenegg, Austria Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich Tschechischer Philharmonischer Chor Brünn Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen conductor: Kristjan Järvi Iris Vermillion (Marguerite) Kurt Streit (Faust) Sergei Leiferkus (Méphistophélès) Alfred Muff (Brander) |
| 22 August 2008 7.15pm pre-concert talk at 6.00 |
Symphonie fantastique Musik-Festival Grafenegg 2008 |
Wolkenturm, Grafenegg, Austria Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester conductor: Sir Colin Davis |
| 22 August 2008 9.00pm |
Harold en Italie Festival Berlioz 2008 |
Château Louis XI, La Côte Saint-André,
France Les musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble conductor:Marc Minkowski Gérard Caussé (viola) |
| 23 August 2008 11.00am |
Les Nuits d’été | Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, Austria Vienna Philharmonic conductor: Mariss Jansons Elīna Garanča (mezzo-soprano) |
| 23 August 2008 4.00pm |
Rêverie et caprice Festival Berlioz 2008 |
Église du Mottier, La Côte Saint-André,
France Caroline Sageman (piano) Jean Ferrandis (flute) |
| 23 August 2008 9.00pm |
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) Festival Berlioz 2008 |
Château Louis XI, La Côte Saint-André,
France Symphony Orchestra of the National Philharmonic of Ukraine Dumka Chorus of Ukraine conductor: Mykola Dyadura chorus master: Evhen Savchouk Florian Laconi (tenor) |
| 24 August 2008 11.00am live broadcast on Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) |
Les Nuits d’été | Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, Austria Vienna Philharmonic conductor: Mariss Jansons Elīna Garanča (mezzo-soprano) |
| 24 August 2008 4.00pm |
Premiers transports (from Roméo et
Juliette) La Belle Voyageuse Chanson à boire L’origine de la Harpe Chant sacré Festival Berlioz 2008 |
Église de Marnans, Marnans, France Ensemble vocal Berlioz Sophie Calmel ( soprano) Sabine Hwang ( mezzo-soprano) Eric Chorier (tenor) Philippe Bergère (bass) Laurent Touche ( piano) |
| 24 August 2008 9.00pm |
Le Voyage d’hiver Paris – Saint-Pétersbourg – Moscou Poetry accompanied by music from Berlioz, Liszt, Rachmaninov, Mussorgsky, Moszkowski, Scriabin Le Voyage d’hiver tells the story of Berlioz’s travels to Russia Festival Berlioz 2008 |
Château Louis XI, La Côte Saint-André,
France Alain Carré: récitant François-René Duchâble (piano) |
| 25 August 2008 9.00pm |
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) Festival de la Chaise-Dieu 2008 |
Abbatiale Saint-Robert, La Chaise-Dieu, Le
Puy-en-Velay, France Symphony Orchestra of the National Philharmonic of Ukraine Dumka Chorus of Ukraine conductor: Mykola Dyadura Florian Laconi (tenor) |
| 26 August 2008 2.30pm |
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) Festival de la Chaise-Dieu 2008 |
Abbatiale Saint-Robert, La Chaise-Dieu, Le
Puy-en-Velay, France Symphony Orchestra of the National Philharmonic of Ukraine Dumka Chorus of Ukraine conductor: Mykola Dyadura Florian Laconi (tenor) |
| 26 August 2008 9.00pm |
Ballets Russes et Les
Nuits d’été L’île inconnue Sur les lagunes Absence Villanelle Au cimetière Le Spectre de la rose Icluding also music by Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky Festival Berlioz 2008 |
Château Louis XI, La Côte Saint-André,
France Ensemble Carpe Diem Wilke te Brummelstroete (mezzo-soprano) Simon Bailly, Gaëtan Jamard, Francesca Vianni (dancers) Jean-Pierre Arnaud (conception, transcription and direction) Simon Bailly (choreography) Romain Guilhot de Lagarde (lighting) Alexandre Alexeïeff (animation film) |
| 27 August 2008 2.30pm |
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) Festival de la Chaise-Dieu 2008 |
Abbatiale Saint-Robert, La Chaise-Dieu, Le
Puy-en-Velay, France Symphony Orchestra of the National Philharmonic of Ukraine Dumka Chorus of Ukraine conductor: Mykola Dyadura Florian Laconi (tenor) |
| 27 August 2008 7.00pm |
Harold en Italie (Liszt transcription) Festival des Jardins musicaux |
Grange aux Concerts, Evologia, Cernier,
Switzerland Bruno Pasquier (viola) Marc Pantillon (piano) |
| 28 August 2008 8.00pm live broadcast on |
Grande Messe des
morts (Requiem) Festival Septembre Musical 2008 |
Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Orchestre de la Tonhalle de Zurich Schweizer Kammerchor conductor: Marek Janowski chorus master: Fritz Näf Joseph Kaiser (tenor) |
| 30 August 2008 8.15pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester conductor: Sir Colin Davis |
| 30 August 2008 9.00pm |
La Damnation de Faust Festival Berlioz 2008 |
Château Louis XI, La Côte Saint-André,
France Orchestre et Choeur de l’Opéra National de Lyon conductor: Emmanuel Krivine chorus master: Alan Woodbridge Vinson Cole (Faust) Katerina Karneus (Marguerite) Nicolas Testé (Brander) Lionel Lhote (Méphistophélès) |
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