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The Sound Factory

Narrated in English

Saturday

15.11.2025

15:30 — Florimont Institute Auditorium, Geneva

Series for little ears
Youth concert

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Programme

Musical tale for string quintet and narrator, with text by Corinne Baudet and music by Boccherini, Britten, Dvořák, Mozart, Rota and Tchaikovsky.

Deirdre Foster : narrator and actress
Musicians from the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Concert recommended for children aged 4 and over.

The music

Melodia, a young girl full of curiosity, discovers an intriguing invention dreamt up by her grandfather, a slightly eccentric scientist. 
This mysterious machine is said to be capable of producing sounds... but how does it work?
Accompanied by a string quintet, Melodia embarks on a musical adventure to discover the secrets of this astonishing sound factory.

OSR Live

Claude Debussy - Duke Ellington - Richard Strauss

Rhapsodie pour clarinette - New World A-Comin' - Don Quichotte

Jonathan Nott

conductor

Marc Perrenoud

artist in residence , piano

Recorded on 21 September 2022 at Victoria Hall, Geneva

Liszt - Piano Concerto No. 1 (S. 124)

Pablo Heras-Casado

conductor

Alexei Volodin

piano

Franz Liszt
Concerto for piano No. 1 in E-flat major S. 124

Recorded on 08 April 2025 at Victoria Hall, Geneva

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