Philharmonie de Paris, Grande Salle, © Photo: William Beaucardet Odyssee: Orchestre Pasdeloup
Paris, Philharmonie de Paris — Grande Salle: Pierre Boulez
About the Event
The Orchestre Pasdeloup perform Mahler and Didier Lockwood in the prestigious Philharmonie de Paris.
Program
Didier Lockwood
Concerto pour piano
Gustav Mahler
Symphonie n° 1 “Titan“
Thomas Enhco is the soloist in the Piano Concerto by the renowned jazz musician who passed away in 2018, before the ‘Titan’ resounds – a masterstroke that lays the cornerstones of Mahler’s musical language.
Premiered in 2000 by Frank Braley and the Lille National Orchestra, the violinist‐composer’s Piano Concerto stands as his second symphonic work, conceived, in his own words, ‘like an improvisation’. In contrast to this spontaneous genesis, Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 1, now universally acclaimed, was the result of nearly four years’ labour, disrupted by the demands of his career as a conductor. Sketched in 1885, work on the composition was put on hold due to his travels to Prague and then Leipzig. It was in the latter city that he was finally able to complete the score in the spring of 1888, describing this final burst of creativity as a musical torrent pouring out of him.
Cast / Production
Orchestre Pasdeloup
Christian Vásquez, direction
Thomas Enhco, piano
Address
Philharmonie de Paris, 221 avenue Jean Jaurès, Paris, France — Google Maps
