Gouvy the Symphonist: Festival Théodore Gouvy

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Jacques Mercier conducts the Orchestre National de Lorraine with star pianist Jean‐Efflam Bavouzet, in a performance of French Romantic compositions in Venice.

On 7 February 1846 Gouvy had his first Symphony played by an amateur orchestra conducted by Tilmant before a small audience gathered in a private home at his own expense.

After having reworked the Scherzo, it was the composer himself who conducted the orchestra at the Théâtre‐Italien on 7 April 1847. This first public performance, like others, particularly at Leipzig, was highly praised by the press. As a foil to this original rediscovery, the program presents the Concert for piano and orchestra by Pierné, considered the French Rachmaninoff, and the Raymond overture, which for a long time was Bernstein’s encore on his American tours.

Orchestre National de Lorraine
Jacques Mercier, conductor
Jean‐Efflam Bavouzet, piano