Program

Maurice Ravel, Ma mère l'Oye (ballet music)

I. Prélude. Très lent - Danse du rouet et scène. Allegro

II. Pavane de la belle au bois dormant. Lent

III. Les entretiens de la belle et de la bête. Mouvement de Valse. Modéré

IV. Petit poucet. Très modéré

V. Laideronnette, impératrice des pagodes. Mouvement de marche

VI. Apothéose. Le jardin féerique. Lent et grave

Henri Duparc, Sérénade Florentine

Henri Duparc, Chanson triste

Henri Duparc, L'Invitation au voyage

Henri Duparc, Le Manoir de Rosemonde

Georges Bizet, Carmen

II: "La fleur que tu m'avais jetée" (Don José)

Georges Bizet, Les pêcheurs de perles

I: "Je Crois Entendre Encore"

Georges Bizet, Carmen

II: "La fleur que tu m'avais jetée" (Don José)

Pene Pati performs Duparc and Bizet — With Les Siècles and Marc Leroy-Calatayud

Plus: Ravel's Ma Mère l'Oye — Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad 2026

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Cast

Pene Pati — Tenor

Les Siècles

Marc Leroy-Calatayud — Conductor

Program notes

In the beautiful snow-capped mountains of Switzerland, world-renowned classical artists and distinguished orchestras gather for the 26th edition of the Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad! In this evening’s program, internationally acclaimed operatic tenor Pene Pati interprets an exquisite selection of French songs by Duparc and Bizet, with French orchestra Les Siècles, conducted by Marc Leroy-Calatayud. Pati lends his “round and sunshine filled voice” (Le Monde) to five of Henri Duparc’s 17 sumptuous Mélodies, settings of French poetry masterpieces by the likes of Baudelaire and Gautier. The Samoan-born New Zealand singer then takes on two operatic favorites by Bizet, the poignant “La fleur que tu m’avais jetée” from Carmen, and “Je crois entendre encore” from The Pearl Fishers. Les Siècles also perform Ravel's beguiling Ma Mère l'Oye (Mother Goose), an orchestral suite inspired by beloved fairy tales.

A closer look: featured composers

Georges Bizet

Maurice Ravel

Igor Stravinsky

Further listening: featured works

Carmen

Georges Bizet (Composer)