Violin Fantasies

Under the baton of Bertrand de Billy, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande celebrates French and Czech repertoire. Bridging Romanticism and the first stirrings of the twentieth century, this programme invites audiences to discover a selection of refined and captivating works.

The evening opens with Callirhoë by Cécile Chaminade, a major figure in French music whose work remains too rarely performed. Alexandra Conunova then takes the stage in Saint-Saëns’s Violin Concerto No. 3, a score full of grace and unmistakable French elegance. After the interval, Bertrand de Billy conducts Josef Suk’s Pohádka (A Fairy Tale) for the first time with the OSR. Inspired by a fairy tale by the poet Julius Zeyer, this enchanting work unfolds a passionate love story shaped by dreams, magic and destiny.

Poetic and evocative, this concert reveals the richness of a repertoire that deserves to be rediscovered.