Berliner Philharmoniker, François-Xavier Roth, Véronique Gens, Julien Behr, Jean-Sebastien Bou

François-Xavier Roth conducts Strauss, Berlioz and Boulanger

Berliner Philharmoniker Biennale

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What a sensation! In 1913, 19-year-old Lili Boulanger won the renowned Prix de Rome with her cantata Faust et Hélène — the first woman. Poetic, sensual and richly toned, she tells of Faust, who sells his soul to meet the beautiful Helena. In his symphony dramatique Roméo et Juliette, Hector Berlioz brings perhaps the greatest of all love stories to life with dazzling orchestral timbres. François-Xavier Roth opens the program with the Metamorphoses by Richard Strauss: a work that is both sonorous and fragile, with which the composer mourned the destruction of the Second World War.

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Berliner Philharmoniker François-Xavier Roth Conductor Véronique Gens Soprano (Helene) Julien Behr Tenor (Faust) Jean-Sébastien Bou Baritone (Méphistophélès)

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Richard StraussMetamorphoses for 23 solo strings

Hector BerliozRoméo et Juliette op. 17: Roméo seul

Hector BerliozRoméo and Juliette op. 17: La Reine Mab, ou la Fée des Songes

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Lili BoulangerFaust et Helene

Véronique Gens Soprano, Julien Behr Tenor, Jean-Sébastien Bou Baritone

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Duration approx. 1 hour and 45 minutes (including a 20-minute break)

Berliner Philharmoniker François-Xavier Roth Conductor Véronique Gens Soprano (Helene) Julien Behr Tenor (Faust) Jean-Sébastien Bou Baritone (Méphistophélès)

Program: Richard Strauss Metamorphoses for 23 solo strings Hector Berlioz Roméo et Juliette op. 17: Roméo seul Hector Berlioz Roméo et Juliette op. 17: La Reine Mab, ou la Fée des Songes pause Lili Boulanger Faust et Hélène Véronique Gens soprano, Julien Behr tenor, Jean-Sebastien Bou baritone