Doors open 13:30
Event start 14:00
Duration: about 1 hour
Seated
Gioachino Rossini Trois choeurs religieux (1844)
Gabriel Fauré/André Messager Messe des pêcheurs de Villerville, N 60a (1881)
Lili Boulanger Les sirènes (1911)
Léo Delibes Mélodies (1894)
Les norwégiennes
Les nymphes des bois
Helena Munktell Trois choeurs sur des poésies scandinaves (1899)
Vincent d’Indy Sur la mer pour voix de femmes (1888)
Charles Trenet (arr. Bernd Stallmann) La mer (1946)
Oksana Myronchuk – soprano
Vocal soloists from Opera Chorus
Kelly Sohyoung Lee – violin
Gábor Nagy – piano
Solo: Tunde Gaspar – mezzosoprano (Boulanger)
Solo: Megan Gryga – soprano (d’Indy)
Martin Wettges – conductor
Lili Boulanger (1893–1918) is one of the best known female composers, but was writing at a time when musical life was even more male dominated than today. So her choice of subject matter for Les Sirènes – the sirens of mythology – was a cunning one. The text begins ‘We are the beauties that can charm the strongest of men’. Now it’s the Opera Women’s Chorus, with Tunde Gaspar at the helm, who will awaken these mythological spirits once more.
The concert also includes a selection of other pieces in the French language, by Léo Delibes, Vincent d’Indy, Gabriel Fauré and Charles Trenet. Trois choeurs sur des poésies scandinaves by the Swedish Helena Munktell and Rossini’s Trois choeurs religieux are also part of the programme.
Classic Sunday offers you an enchanting selection of classical pieces from any and all historical periods, chosen and performed by musicians from the Norwegian National Opera Orchestra.
Classic Sunday offers you an enchanting selection of classical pieces from any and all historical periods, chosen and performed by musicians from the Norwegian National Opera Orchestra.
