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ACCENTUS RACHMANINOV

Program

GEORGY SVIRIDOV
Chants et prières
SERGUEÏ RACHMANINOV
Concerto pour chœur
EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA
Première Élégie
PETERIS VASKS
Le Message de la mésange

1h10 sans entracte

The conductor Sigvards Kļava and accentus got along so well when working on their first Poulenc / Rachmaninov concert together, that the experience had to be renewed. The great Latvian choral conductor now pays homage to the splendours of Russian and Nordic choral music of the XXth century – music inspired by the orthodox liturgy. The orthodox church having forbidden any instruments during celebrations, all of these piece – even if secular – are sung a cappella. Conveying the fragility of human life or calling to light, all are testimonies of troubling beauty. The programme is completed by Einojuhani Rautavaara’s impressive Première Elégie (first Elegy) based on a text by Rainer Maria Rilke, and by Message de la mésange, a piece by contemporary composer Pēteris Vasks.

Cast

accentus
Sigvards Klava direction

Performances

  • Mar
    24

    20h00 - Rouen, Chapelle Corneille

  • Mar
    25

    20h30 - Boulogne-Billancourt, Auditorium Patrick Devedjian, La Seine Musicale

  • Mar
    27

    16h00 - Lisieux, Théâtre Lisieux Normandie

  • Apr
    1

    20h - , André Malraux, Scène Nationale Chambéry

  • Apr
    17

    - , Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur - Festival de Pâques d'Aix-en-Provence
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