Concert in Geneva –
At the BFM, an evening to savor classics in the darkness
The Geneva Chamber Orchestra and the Association for the Welfare of the Blind offer a musical immersion in the dark.
Published today at 11:26 a.m.
French soprano Marion Tassou is among the guests at the OCG concert.
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Gabriel Fauré’s most beautiful traits? The Geneva Chamber Orchestra explores them during two separate meetings, with astonishing proposals, deployed during the day of Sunday, November 3. From the French composer, whose 100th anniversary will be celebrated in 2024e anniversary of the disappearance, it will first be discussed in the intimate setting of the Café Lyrique. Here, between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m., music lovers will embark on an intense marathon, focused on exploring a section of chamber music. The quartets Terpsychords et Byron will be there. Other performers, such as the cellist and musical director of the OCG Raphaël Merlin, will follow in their footsteps to illuminate trios and other pieces by the genius who died in 1924.
Fauré and Charles Ives
To this first stage, which will be enhanced by libations, is added in the evening a completely different scenario, served on the stage of the Bâtiment des Forces Motrices. In this beautiful industrial site, the entire orchestra, supported by theLausanne Vocal Ensemble and by other performers, offers music lovers an astonishing experience. Each spectator will be given a mask which must be placed, optionally, over their eyes. It will therefore be possible to follow the entire event program in the dark and to realize the awareness-raising aims of the concert partner, theAssociation for the Welfare of the Blind.
Here, as at the Lyrique, Fauré will occupy a prominent place on the bill. His “Madrigal”, a short work for orchestra and choir, will open the program. Those familiar with Bach will recognize in the first measures the framework of the “Cantata No 38”. The text comes from a poem by Armand Silvestre, set to music in 1883 and dedicated to the composer and conductor André Messager on the occasion of his wedding. The famous and emblematic “Requiem” closes the celebrations of the composer, with the solo voices of soprano Marion Tassou and baritone Jean-Christophe Lanièce.
Between these two strong points, we will come closer to a tutelary figure of the American landscape of the end of the 19th century.e century and the first half of the 20the: Charles Iveswhose 150th anniversary is being celebratede anniversary of birth. We will find on stage this piece with soft and undulating bows but with a magmatic finale that is “Central Park in the Dark”. We will also taste his “The Unanswered Question”, of a misty and soaring beauty. Finally, Camille Saint-Saëns’ “Calm of the Nights” sneaks into the theme of darkness.
Geneva Chamber Orchestra, Café Lyrique, Sunday November 3 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Building of the Forces Motrices, 8 p.m. Rens. www.locg.ch
Rocco Zacheo joined the editorial staff of the Tribune de Genève in 2013; he deals with classical music and opera and devotes himself, on an ad hoc basis, to literary news and disparate cultural events. Previously, he worked for nine years at the newspaper Le Temps and worked with RTS La Première.More info
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