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Festival Berlioz

The Festival Berlioz 2013 will take place from 22 August to 1 September. Here is the programme of the Festival. We are most grateful to M. Bruno Messina, Director of the Festival Berlioz, for sending us a copy of the programme in the original French in pdf format. We have transcribed the programme and translated it into English for publication on this page.

1. Concerts

22 August, 4pm	Grand Festive Overture Traditional casting of bells Presentation and preparation of the casting, traditional music and dances, games and other animations from 4pm On-the-spot casting at 10pm Admission free	Château, Bressieux
23 August, 5pm	François-Frédéric Guy, piano Beethoven: All 32 piano Sonatas Sonatas no. 1, no. 2 and no. 3	Église, La Côte-Saint-André
23 August, 9pm	Jeune Orchestre Européen Hector Berlioz François-Xavier Roth, conductor Lilo Baur, stage design Chœur Britten – Jeune chœur symphonique (Nicole Corti, director) I. Druet, J.-F. Borras, M. Tassou, A. Extremo, P. Ermelier, T. Dolié, L. Bertin-Hugault Berlioz: Béatrice et Bénedict Opéra-comique after Shakespeare	Château Louis XI, La Côte-Saint-André
24 August, 5pm	François-Frédéric Guy, piano Beethoven: All 32 piano Sonatas Sonatas no. 5, no. 6 and no. 7	Église, La Côte-Saint-André
24 August, 5pm	Quatuor Cambini Mendelssohn, Quartet in E flat Gouvy, Quartet in A minor David, Quartet no. 4 in E minor	Église, Le Grand-Lemps
24 August, 9pm	Orchestre National de Lyon Léonard Slatkin, conductor Bertrand Chamayou, piano Liszt: Totentanz, for piano and orchestra Rachmaninov: Isle of the Dead Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique	Château Louis XI, La Côte-Saint-André
25 August, 5pm	François-Frédéric Guy, piano Beethoven: All 32 piano Sonatas Sonatas no. 4, no. 9, no. 10 and no. 8 Pathétique	Église, La Côte-Saint-André
25 August, 5pm	Bertrand Chamayou, piano Schubert: Zwölf Ländler D 790 Schubert / Liszt: Auf dem Wasser zu singen Schubert: Allegretto in C minor – Wanderer Fantasy Liszt: Jeux d’eau à la villa d’Este Liszt: Sonnet 123 de Pétrarque Liszt: Après une lecture de Dante	Chapelle-Sainte-Marie-d’en-Haut, Grenoble
25 August, 9pm	La Chambre Philharmonique Emmanuel Krivine, conductor Amihai Groszo, viola Berlioz: Harold en Italie Beethoven: Symphony no. 3 Eroica	Château Louis XI, La Côte-Saint-André
26 August, 3pm	Carpe Diem Jean-Pierre Arnaud, conductor Daniel Mesguich, narrator Wagner / Arnaud: Tristan and Isolde Programme repeated at 9pm	Chapelle des Apprentis d’Auteuil, La Côte-Saint-André
26 August, 5pm	Eburon Quintet, brass	Église, La Côte-Saint-André
26 August, 9pm	Carpe Diem Jean-Pierre Arnaud, conductor Daniel Mesguich, narrator Wagner / Arnaud: Tristan and Isolde	Chapelle des Apprentis d’Auteuil, La Côte-Saint-André
27 August, 5pm	François-Frédéric Guy, piano Beethoven: All 32 piano Sonatas Sonatas no. 11, no. 12 Funeral march, no. 13 Quasi una fantasia and no. 14 Moonlight	Église, La Côte-Saint-André
27 August, 5pm	Emmanuel Ceysson, harp	Église, Penol
27 August, 9pm	Orchestre National de Lyon Léonard Slatkin, conductor Véronique Gens, mezzo-soprano Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, overture Invitation à la valse La Captive La Belle voyageuse Le Jeune pâtre breton Le Roi des Aulnes Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring	Château Louis XI, La Côte-Saint-André
28 August, 5pm	François-Frédéric Guy, piano Beethoven: All 32 piano Sonatas Sonatas no. 16, no. 17 The Tempest and no. 18 The Hunt	Église, La Côte-Saint-André
28 August, 5pm	Emmanuel Christien, piano Works by Wagner, Liszt, Schumann, Schubert	Maison du Département, Bourgoin-Jallieu
28 August, 9pm	Orchestre des pays de Savoie Nicholas Chalvin, conductor Chœur et solistes de Lyon-Bernard Tétu Marianna Pizzolato, Orphée Marie Arnet, Eurydice Bénédicte Tauran, Amour Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice (Berlioz version)	Château Louis XI, La Côte-Saint-André
29 August, 5pm	François-Frédéric Guy, piano Beethoven: All 32 piano Sonatas Sonatas no. 15 Pastoral, no. 19, no. 20 and no. 21 Waldstein	Église, La Côte-Saint-André
29 August, 5pm	Wilhelm Latchoumia, piano Berlioz / Liszt: Danse des Sylphes Wagner / Liszt: Fantasie sur des thèmes de Rienzi Wagner / Liszt: Fantasy in F sharp minor Wagner / Jaël: Tristan et Isolde Wagner / Liszt: La Mort d’Isolde Wagner / Brassin: The Ride of the Walkyries Wagner / Wolf: Paraphrase on The Walkyrie	Couvent des Carmes, Beauvoir-en-Royans
29 August, 9pm	Brussels Philharmonic Fabien Gabel, conductor Jennifer Larmore, mezzo-soprano Berlioz: Le Corsaire, overture Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder Boulez: Notations I to IV and VII Moussorgski / Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition	Château Louis XI, La Côte-Saint-André
30 August, 5pm	François-Frédéric Guy, piano Beethoven: All 32 piano Sonatas Sonatas no. 22, no. 24 and no. 26 Les Adieux, no. 25 Alla tedesca and no. 23 Appassionata	Église, La Côte-Saint-André
30 August, 9pm	Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble Marc Minkowski, conductor Evgeny Nikitin, baritone-bass Wagner, Concert in Vienna 1863: Faust overture Meistersingers Overture Pogner’s homily Tannhäuser, overture The Walkyrie Sigmund’s love song The Ride of the Walkyries Wotan’s Farewell	Châteaux Louis XI, La Côte-Saint-André
31 August, 5pm	François-Frédéric Guy, piano Beethoven: All 32 piano Sonatas Sonatas no. 27, no. 28 and no. 29 Hammerklavier	Église, La Côte-Saint-André
31 August, 5pm	Opus V, Quintet à Cordes David: Les Quatre saisons (excerpts) Onslow: Quintette avec contrebasse	Église, Marnans
31 August, 9pm	SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg François-Xavier Roth, conductor Berlioz: Béatrice et Bénédict, overture Boulez: Rituel Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra	Château Louis XI, La Côte-Saint-André
1 September, 11am	Le Balcon with the Ensemble à Vent de l’Isère Boulez: Le Marteau sans maître Berlioz / Lavandier: Symphonie fantastique (for sonically enhanced orchestra)	La Halle, La Côte-Saint-André
1 September, 5pm	François-Frédéric Guy, piano Beethoven: All 32 piano Sonatas Sonatas no. 30, no. 31 and no. 32	Église, La Côte-Saint-André
1 September, 9pm	European Camerata Laurent Quénelle, conductor Natalie Dessay, soprano Stella Grigorian, mezzo-soprano Stéphane Degout, baritone Prokofiev: Classical Symphony Rachmaninov, Rimski-Korsakov, Duparc: Songs Bizet: Jeux d’enfants Berlioz: Les Nuits d’été	Château Louis XI, La Côte-Saint-André

2. Sous le balcon d’Hector [under Hector’s balcony]

Every evening, under Hector’s balcony, the Festival offers a musical voyage in time. Les Cuivres romantiques an d their period instruments reawaken the image of 19th century society... With Harriet meets Harold meets Juliet meets Hector, Jacques Rebotier will weave threads of poetry and music between the reinvented life of Berlioz and his own compositions and writings.

Les Cuivres romantiques : from 23 to 25 August
Jacques Rebotier : from 27 August to 1st September
7.00pm, Garden of the Hector Berlioz Museum

3. Readings and meetings

Talks, readings and meetings related to Berlioz and his works will punctuate this anniversary edition.

Further information:
Festival Berlioz
38, Place de la Halle – BP 64, 38260 La Côte Saint-André
Tel. : 04 74 20 31 37
Fax : 04 74 20 25 45
web: www.festivalberlioz.com

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