Berlioz/Weber, Baguer & Schubert: Symphony Orchestra of Barcelona

About the Event

Enjoy a great concert at Barcelona´s Auditori with the OBC and conductor Guillermo García Calvo.

Invitation to the dance “Le spectre de la rose”, an original composition for piano by Carl Maria von Weber, was orchestrated by Héctor Berlioz in 1841. The work was used by the Russian Ballet company for one of their early choreographies, created by Michel Fokine.

The recovery of the symphonic work by Carles Baguer, composer and organist of Barcelona cathedral, enables us to appreciate European trends in Catalonia. His Second Symphony offers music set firmly within Classicism, but with a strong heroic music imprint, where the influence of the rhythms of dance is still highly present.

The same can be said of Franz Schubert's Symphony no. 3, a youthful work in which it still appreciated the classical symphonic form, even though signs of Schubert's maturing personality and compositional style are evident within the work.

Experience this richly moving programme at the Auditori in Barcelona.