La Symphonie Rêvée - Orchestre Colonne

This season, Orchestre Colonne offers you a new concept: the Symphonie Rêvée. The principle? Composing a symphony from the finest movements of the great symphonies, chosen for their intensity, beauty, and evocative power. Rather than a simple succession of pieces, this symphony functions like a journey: emotions respond to each other, contrasts surprise, and the best of the classical repertoire is revealed in a new light.

This very first Symphonie Rêvée brings together the first movement of Mozart's Symphony No. 41, the second movement of Bizet's Symphony in C, the third movement of Brahms' Symphony No. 3, and the finale of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5, gathered into a coherent and vibrant orchestral fresco.

In opening, the Air de Yamina by Augusta Holmès, from La Montagne Noire, premiered on February 10, 1895 at the Opéra de Paris by Édouard Colonne. A composer spotlighted throughout the Orchestra's season, Holmès deploys remarkable grace and intensity. The second movement of Francis Poulenc's Double Concerto for pianos, inspired in particular by Mozart's Concerto No. 27, completes the program in a brilliant dialogue between soloists and orchestra.

During this concert, spotlight on tomorrow's talents with a creation for cello and orchestra by a young composer, Baptiste Retailleau, performed by Florestan Genovesi, winner of the Édouard Colonne 2026 competition!

Program:

La Symphone Rêvée op.1:

Mozart · Symphony No. 41 (1st movement)

Bizet · Symphony No. 1 (2nd movement)

Brahms · Symphony No. 3 (3rd movement)

Beethoven · Symphony No. 5 (4th movement)

Holmès · Air de Yamina

Poulenc · Double concerto for pianos (2nd movement)

Retailleau* · World premiere

*In partnership with the composition class of Olivier Calmel of the Conservatoire du 12e

Cast

Benjamin Levy, musical direction

Alice Power, Victor Demarquette, pianists

Lily Berthelemy, mezzo-soprano

Edouard Colonne Competition Winner · Florestan Genovesi, cello

Orchestre Colonne

Julie Terranti, Pre-Concert presentation