Concert

Maxime Pascal conducts Gesualdo — With Le Balcon

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Pedro García-Velásquez, Un vaso de dicha (A glass of joy)

Set robot-sculptures 1 (sculptures by Marion Flament)

Carlo Gesualdo, Madrigali a cinque voci, Book 5

O dolorosa gioia, o soave dolore (Oh dolorous joy, Oh sweet suffering)

Qual fora, donna (What purpose, lady...?)

Se vi duol il mio duolo (If my sorrow saddens you)

Carlo Gesualdo, Madrigali a cinque voci, Book 6

Moro, lasso, al mio duolo (I die, alas, in my suffering)

Cast

Le Balcon

Elisa Huteau — Cellist

Louis Rodde — Cellist

Myrtille Hetzel — Cellist

Askar Ishangaliyev — Cellist

Caroline Sypniewski — Cellist

Juliette Salmona — Cellist

Norma Nahoun — Soprano

Les Francs Bassons

Giani Caserotto — Electric guitar

Clara Izambert — Harpist

Alphonse Cemin — Pianist

Julie Brunet-Jailly — Flutist

Joséphine Besançon — Clarinetist

Eun-Joo Lee — Violinist

Elsa Seger — Violist

Program notes

Join conductor Maxime Pascal and his groundbreaking ensemble Le Balcon at the Fondation Singer-Polignac, for a selection of madrigals by Renaissance composer (and notorious murderer) Carlo Gesualdo in an arrangement for soprano, four bassoons, electric guitar, and harp. With the participation of Pedro García-Velásquez and Marion Flament's robot-scuptures...

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Le Balcon is associated artist of the Fondation Singer-Polignac.
Maxime Pascal is a musical advisor to the Fondation Singer-Polignac, focusing on contemporary creation.

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Directed by:

Guillaume Klein

Venue:

Fondation Singer-Polignac (Paris, France)

Production date: 2020

Duration: 22 min

Production: © medici.tv, Fondation Singer-Polignac & Kalison

Resolution: Full HD