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TALES ON THE WATER

Saturday

21.01.2023

11:00 — Victoria Hall, Geneva

Series in family
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Programme

Orchestre du Collège de Genèveorchestra

Philippe Béranconductor and presentation

Joan Mompartstoryteller

Bedřich Smetana

Má vlast, symphonic poem No. 2, The Moldau

Julien Le Hérissier

Suite Inuit, The Legend of the Polar Bear

The music

Water, so precious and soon perhaps so scarce, will be one of the themes of this programme.

We will first follow, thanks to the evocative music of Bedřich Smetana, the course of the Moldau (Vltava in Czech), from its source to the Elbe, passing through its triumphant arrival in the beautiful city of Prague.
The journey continues in the far north with the story of a young Eskimo, set to music by Julien le Hérissier, who reminds us of the importance of respecting the environment by consuming only what we need.

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.

The venues

OSR Live

Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphony N°9 with choir for the finale of « Ode to Joy»

Jonathan Nott

conductor

Recorded on 11 June 2020 at Victoria Hall, Geneva

Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphonie N° 4 en si bémol majeur op. 60

Jonathan Nott

conductor

Recorded on 30 July 2020 at Victoria Hall, Geneva

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