Philippe Herreweghe : Hommage à Schubert et Beethoven

Two visions of emerging romanticism: one introspective and poignant, the other more ardent and conquering, to experience as close as possible to the era of composition in the historical interpretation of the Orchestre des Champs-Élysées and its founding leader Philippe Herreweghe, back at La Seine Musicale to illuminate the authenticity and modernity of two major works.

Known and recognized in ancient music, Herreweghe actually evolves in the middle of the scores of the nineteenth century for a long time. He has also engraved a magnificent integral of Beethoven's symphonies.

But first, the evening will open with Schubert’s Symphony No. 8, fascinating in mystery. Unfinished, she deploys in two movements a moving lyrical intensity, in a perpetual play of shadow and light, characteristic of the composer. Murmured and grave, it is then tenderly singing and radiates a warm glow in the Andante. At his side, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 also shines. It is carried by a rhythmic momentum almost dancing and a sensitive attention of the chef to the phrasing that makes breath the orchestral tissue. The energy will only run out in the final, glowing.

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The Auditorium, the emblematic room of La Seine Musicale with its layout at 360 degrees and in the vineyard, is the ideal setting to host Les Grandes uvres, a program that invites great orchestras, choirs and intimate recitals. Each season the orchestra resides at La Seine Musicale, Insula orchestra, as well as major French and international orchestras perform alongside soloists and emerging artists who make the news of classical music.