TALES ON THE WATER
Saturday
21.01.2023
11:00 — Victoria Hall
family concert
programme
Orchestre du Collège de Genève
orchestra
Philippe Béran
conductor and presentation
Joan Mompart
storyteller
Bedřich Smetana
Má vlast, symphonic poem No. 2, The Moldau
Julien Le Hérissier
Suite Inuit, The Legend of the Polar Bear
the music
Smetana's symphonic poem The Moldau (Vltava in Czech) evocatively describes the birth of this river until it joins the Elbe after triumphantly entering Prague, where it flows proudly under the famous Charles Bridge. This famous musical page also represents an excellent introduction to classical music.
Simultaneously pursuing a career as composer and choirmaster, Julien Le Hérissier plunges into music as if an “incorporeal bubble, allowing him to travel, touch and communicate through magic". He composes and arranges educational works frequently with the theme of protecting different species and the environment.