Since the flute of the 'Faun', music has breathed differently , said Pierre Boulez, referring to the new and beguilingly floating world of sound that made musical history in France at the end of the 19th century with the premiere of Debussy's Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune . Decades later, his compatriot Albert Roussel composed the ballet Bacchus et Ariane and shaped the plot according to the old Ariadne myth with music full of unbridled energy and an overwhelming rush of sound.

8th Philharmonic Concert / New Tracks

Volkstheater Rostock

Spring has inspired many composers to write music. Perhaps it is precisely the awakening of nature that inspires creativity. Here we get to know two quite different spring feelings. Debussy's  Printemps  is more of a description of a spring-like inner awakening, while Boulanger's  D'un matin de printemps  is more concrete, with joy and anticipation when we have left darkness and cold behind us.

Thoughts If spring

Louis de Geer konsert & kongress

A new star in the classical music world is the Russian pianist Alexander Malofeev, who now lives in Berlin. He won his first international competition at just 13 years old. Camille Saint-Saëns' Second Piano Concerto, with its pathos and sparkling virtuosity, is the perfect choice for Malofeev's WDR debut. The other two works on the program are French: Maurice Ravel's "La Valse," a brilliant tribute to the Viennese waltz. Lionel Bringuier also conducts Albert Roussel's brilliant, yet rarely heard, Third Symphony.

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Daring - Ravel & Saint-Saëns

Museum Ludwig

Northwest Wind

Künstlerhaus am Lenbachplatz

If you could create a morning soundtrack for when you enter the world of consciousness, it might be Debussy’s groundbreaking Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun—where the lines between what’s real and what’s imagined are exquisitely blurred. To ease you into that state of mind, a Sorcerer’s Apprentice that may summon memories of Disney’s Fantasia.

Gabel, Debussy and Dukas

Orchestra Hall

In this programme with a French accent, we will hear how Ariadne’s story continues after she leads Theseus out of the labyrinth, lose ourselves in the streets of Paris, and visit the dreamy city Celephaïs. In all of these compositions, we can find the influence of Maurice Ravel, the composer of the Piano Concerto for the Left Hand. That hand belongs to Marie-Ange Nguci

Czech Philharmonic • Stéphane Denève

Rudolfinum

The SLSO and Saint Louis Dance Theatre come together in this exquisite, adventurous collaboration to imagine Stravinsky’s Pulcinella Suite in an entirely new way. As Stravinsky worked on pieces like "Dumbarton Oaks" and Pulcinella, he toyed with the idea of disequilibrium and showcased his quirkiness and creativity with unconventional musical characters. Ballet music from Claude Debussy and Albert Roussel completes a program that celebrates powerful partnerships between dance and music.

Stravinsky and Debussy

Powell Hall

A whimsical winter concert featuring a French twist, with skilled conductor Stéphane Denève. In The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, the magic brooms will be sweeping. We also hear Marie-Ange Nguci in Saint-Saëns’ second Piano Concerto.

Winter Magic with Denève

Göteborgs Symfoniker

4th Symphony Concert

Nikolaisaal

Look forward to a reunion with the wonderful violinist Tianwa Yang. In 2022, she received perhaps the most important award for a soloist: the OPUS KLASSIK "Instrumentalist of the Year." In the 2022/23 season, we hosted Tianwa Yang as our "Artist in Residence," and in 2024, we toured China with her. Whether there or at our joint concerts in Germany, audiences everywhere fell at her feet.

4th Philharmonic Concert

Messe Frankfurt

Since 2010, chamber music ensembles of the Staatskapelle have been performing at the Bode Museum, a jewel of Berlin's museum landscape. Matinee concerts lasting just over an hour in the Gobelin Hall, with diverse programs that include music from the Baroque and Classical periods as well as works from the Romantic and Modern periods, can easily lead into further hours in the museum—for example, with a guided tour of the exhibition and the "Artwork of the Day," a private tour, or a culinary finale in the stylish museum café.

Museum Concert II

UNESCO Weltkulturerbe Museumsinsel

Experience a concert where the sound of music is at the center and where the concert's composers, across styles and expressions, have a special sense of the sound of music.

Together with pianist Christian Ihle Hadland, we take you on a journey through French music from the Romantic period in the 1860s to the present day. On the journey, you will feel the composers' nuances and feelings for the different expressions and sounds.

The music will range widely from the romantic Taffanel and Fauré's emotional tones to the modernist approach of Roussel, Boulez and Pécou. 

French Delicatesses

Southern Denmark Conservatory of Music

Lionel Bringuier begins his term as the 10th Music Director of the OPRL. For the opening of the season, he explores the French tradition through an emblematic program. His baton sets out to conquer the brilliance of The Sorcerer's Apprentice , the boundless and whimsical energy of Roussel, and the whirlwinds of Ravel in a Waltz with a spectacular denouement. And to complete the celebration, Gautier Capuçon, star of the French cello, pays homage with the Orchestra to the timeless elegance of Saint-Saëns.

The Waltz

Philharmonic Hall of Liege

It’s a bug’s life in Roussel’s The Spider’s Feast, a suite depicting the insects found in a garden. This special performance moves from the garden to the Aotearoa New Zealand native bush with Giant Wetas, Huhu Grubs and all the fluttering life found in the forest. One thing is always clear, the spider is always looking for lunch. This work is guaranteed to make the kids laugh, smile, and squirm!

Creepy-Crawly Carnival

Auckland Town Hall

Michael Fowler Centre

Recital Une Soirée française — Devieilhe · Pordoy

Mozarteum Foundation

Experience the "Young Elite" in a personal and immersive way: Two days of Bothmer Music make it possible. Together with foundations, personalities, and academies dedicated to supporting young musicians, the MV Festival selects participants who will present themselves to the public in solo and ensemble concerts in the unique ambience of the baroque palace complex.

Vasily Wohlgemuth

Schloss Bothmer

Jewels

Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud

Join the London Symphony Orchestra for an enchanting evening of music with the "Britten and Haydn 'London' Symphony" concert at the Barbican on Thursday, 13 March 2025, at 7pm. This captivating performance promises to be a highlight of the 2024/25 Season, featuring a rich program that includes Albert Roussel's "Le festin de l’araignée" and Maurice Ravel's "Histoires naturelles," leading up to Benjamin Britten's "Les illuminations" and culminating with Joseph Haydn's exhilarating "Symphony No 104, London."

Under the baton of conductor Barbara Hannigan, who will also grace the stage as the soprano soloist, and accompanied by the talented baritone Stéphane Degout, the London Symphony Orchestra will bring to life these masterpieces, offering a journey through vivid musical landscapes. The concert will explore themes from the animal kingdom to magical worlds and the bustling energy of London, promising an evening of unforgettable musical storytelling.

Tickets are available for purchase with prices ranging from £18 to £70, plus a £4 booking fee for online or phone transactions. Priority booking opens for LSO Supporters on Thursday, 11 April, with public booking commencing on Friday, 19 April at 10am. Take advantage of various discounts, including Wildcards for guaranteed entry with seat allocation on the day, Multibuy Discounts of up to 40%, and special rates for groups, students, and 18s-and-under.

The concert will conclude at approximately 8:55pm, including a 20-minute interval. Don't miss this opportunity to experience the London Symphony Orchestra's exceptional performance, showcasing the brilliance of Britten, Haydn, and more at the iconic Barbican. Book your tickets now and immerse yourself in an evening of fantastical music and vibrant storytelling.

Britten and Haydn 'London' Symphony

Barbican Centre

Sound and Noise

Anyone who has ever danced the Viennese Waltz will know that an air of royal-imperial grandeur and stylistic elegance is not the only sensation that overcomes you. A profound sense of dizziness and centrifugal force are part of the deal. What in the beginning seems cheerful and buoyant quickly turns into sensual frenzy, much like a spinning top gone crazy. There is no piece that shows these two aspects of waltzing in such a poignant and Viennese way as Ravel’s La Valse, so much so that even the famous impresario Sergei Diaghilev, who had commissioned the work, felt it was a bit over the top for his ballet company. But Ravel’s orchestral dance is so mesmerizing, so colourful and rhythmically bizarre that it is easy to visualize the frenzy on an imaginary dancefloor: »You can see a huge hall with countless people spinning in circles,« said the composer about La Valse. In less than 14 minutes, the illusive bliss of waltzing turns into apocalyptic ecstasy.

Intoxicating sounds

Lauded for her “dazzling, virtuoso singing” (Boston Globe), soprano Lucy Fitz Gibbon returns to the PCMS stage with “the Heifetz of the flute” (Gramophone) Marina Piccinini and Vienna Philharmonic Principal Harp Anneleen Lenaerts. This extraordinary collaboration features a pair of works by Debussy—the impressionistic Syrinx and Six épigraphes antiques—as well as arrangements and songs in German and French.

Lucy Fitz Gibbon, soprano Marina Piccinini, flute Anneleen Lenaerts, harp

 Benjamin Franklin Hall

The Antwerp Symphony Orchestra kicks off the year with an original and captivating New Year's concert. Austria and France join hands in a festive celebration: traditional waltzes and polkas abound, complemented by the heartwarming music of Berlioz and Offenbach, creating a lively atmosphere. We applaud the bright sounds of Selina Ott, who shines in Henri Tomasi’s delightful Trumpet Concerto and engages in a spirited suite by Florent Schmitt with the orchestra. Together with the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, led by conductor Lio Kuokman, we usher in the New Year on this musical journey from Vienna to Paris."

New Year's concert with Selina Ott

Queen Elisabeth Hall

Fanciful Journey

Sarasota Opera House

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Chamber Music: Crider Sings Ravel + Copland

New World Center

Harp Chamber Music

Royal Academy of Music

Celebrated for his passionate playing and unique musical interpretations, award-winning French-Canadian pianist Louis Lortie boasts an impressive career as a soloist, chamber musician, and recording artist. He takes the stage for a program of innovative chamber works by French contemporaries Saint-Saën, Fauré, Roussel, and Hahn. 

Colburn Chamber Music Society: Louis Lortie, Piano

Colburn School

In reference to painting, a style that was prevalent in France from around 1890 to 1920 is also called "Impressionism" in music. Debussy in particular was influential with his very own musical language. At the same time, the Paris World Exhibition in 1889 was the first time that non-European music and musical instruments became known to a wider audience and influenced many composers in exciting ways.

Impressionism French

Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg

Come and experience tomorrow's stars from the Jutland Music Conservatory. Here, the students will play a varied program in different constellations with music by e.g. Brahms, Haydn and Saariaho. The audience will experience a flute/singing duo, a clarinet trio and a string quartet.

Aarhus Chamber Music Festival: RISING STARS

Musikhuset Aarhus

Shostakovich called his Fifth Symphony “a Soviet artist’s response to just criticism”, but every note tells a much darker truth. From its savage opening to final, blazing chords, this is music that really is a matter of life and death. It’ll make an explosive finish to a concert that begins with Roussel’s whirlwind Bacchus and Ariane (fast becoming a Domingo Hindoyan signature following the release of his critically-acclaimed first album in 2022) and stars powerhouse pianist – and the 2021 Leeds International Piano Competition winner – Alim Beisembayev, in a gorgeous new concerto by the Jamaican-born British composer Eleanor Alberga.

On Demand: Shostakovich’s Symphony No.5

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

The BSO Benevolent Fund is a charity run by the musicians for the musicians. It was set up in 1958 to provide financial support for musicians in cases of prolonged and/or serious illness or injury. From the start it has been successful in meeting these aims with the very generous support of those who have contributed. The main source of income is the annual Benevolent Fund Concert at which all the musicians give freely of their services, as have many conductors and soloists who have featured in these concerts over the years. The Fund also embraces members when they retire, and by keeping in touch with them at Christmas it helps to maintain a link with old colleagues.

BSO Benevolent Fund

Christchurch Priory

Shostakovich’s Symphony No.5

### Beethoven Five Concert

**Date:** Sunday, 21 April 2024  
**Time:** 1:45 pm  
**Venue:** Assembly Hall, Worthing  
**Conductor:** John Gibbons  
**Leader:** Julian Leaper  

Join us for an extraordinary musical journey as the Worthing Symphony Orchestra presents "Beethoven Five," a concert featuring some of the most iconic and captivating pieces in classical music.

**Program:**
- **Mozart - Overture - The Magic Flute:** Embark on a fantastical fairytale journey from darkness to light with Mozart's brilliant overture, contrasting the solemn music of the priesthood led by Sarastro with the energetic themes of the Queen of the Night.
- **Warlock - Capriol Suite:** Experience the charm of French Renaissance dances through Peter Warlock's Capriol Suite, based on Thoinot Arbeau’s Orchésographie.
- **Schumann - Konzertstuck for 4 horns:** Marvel at the virtuosity of the WSO horn section led by Dave Lee, as they perform Schumann’s tour-de-force, showcasing the full potential of the new valve-horns with a blend of military fanfares and romantic melodies.
- **Roussel - Sinfonietta, Op. 52:** Delight in the French theme with Albert Roussel's short yet captivating Sinfonietta for Strings, composed in 1934.
- **Beethoven - Symphony No. 5:** Conclude the concert with Beethoven’s mighty Fifth Symphony, renowned for its famous four-note opening that plunges the audience into a profound musical journey from darkness to light.

This concert promises an afternoon of exceptional music, featuring a blend of dramatic overtures, romantic horn concertos, and timeless symphonies. Don't miss the chance to experience these masterpieces live.

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Beethoven Five

Assembly Hall Theatre

The event is free and you can just show up without a ticket. Please come in good time.

Masterclass concert with Stefan Koim, guitar

Royal Academy of Music Aarhus

Carmen is stabbed to death by a jealous lover, Salome causes the beheading of John the Baptist, Delilah tricks Samson, Ophelia descends into madness and drowns … There are countless love stories that end in tragedy, inspiring some of the most beautiful music. 

Fatal Attraction

Centre Leonardo Da Vinci

Place des Arts

If heaven has a soundtrack, it may well include music by Massenet, Roussel, and Mozart. Massanet’s beloved “Méditation” from his opera Thaïs, in a gorgeous arrangement for four cellos, opens this program. Albert Roussel’s Sérénade combines flute and harp with string trio for a work that is alternatingly haunting and lighthearted. The program concludes with Mozart’s jolly Wind Serenade for two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, and two horns. Composed to impress a potential patron, the elegant work has been delighting audiences for over 200 years!

Heavenly Harmony

Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center

A feast for the eyes and ears. French animator Grégoire Pont conjures an entire world before our eyes. In Albert Roussel’s The Spider’s Feast, Pont's sketches dance on screen while the SLSO plays. Sergei Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf is accompanied by the Academy Award-winning short film, and the SLSO captures the energy of Francis Poulenc’s colorful musical fables, Les Animaux modèles.  

Musical Fables

Stifel Theatre

The frenetic pulse of the opening chorus glorifying luck, "empress of the world," made Carmina Burana 's fortune . The twenty or so medieval poems that follow sing pell-mell of love, wine, and the ephemeral life, alternating between incantatory episodes and contemplative phases in a lapidary, snappy language. The house's strengths—orchestra, choir, choir—rejoice on stage, flanked by three deluxe soloists. The suite from Roussel's Bacchus and Ariadne whets our appetite with the frolics of the god with the thyrsus.

Carmina Burana - Ludovic Tézier

Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

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Denève and Isabel Leonard

Multiple Grammy Award-winning conductor JoAnn Falletta serves as Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Music Director Laureate of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Principal Guest Conductor of the Brevard Music Center, and Artistic Adviser of the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra. Upon her appointment as Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic, Falletta became the first woman to lead a major American ensemble. She was recently named one of the Fifty Great Conductors, past and present, by Gramophone magazine, and has been hailed for having “Toscanini’s tight control over ensemble, Walter’s affectionate balancing of inner voices, Stokowski’s gutsy showmanship, and a controlled frenzy worthy of Bernstein” by The Washington Post

JoAnn Falletta conducts the Royal Conservatory Orchestra

The Royal Conservatory of Music

Celebrated French conductor Fabien Gabel leads orchestral showstoppers direct from France, plus a world premiere by Michigan-born composer James Lee III. Shades of Unbroken Dreams honors the 60th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s "I Have a Dream"—a speech he famously delivered in Washington, DC in 1963, words that first rang out in Detroit, after a historic march down Woodward Avenue.

French Passions & Enduring Dreams

Dress up for Halloween and join your SLSO for an afternoon of fun. Through Peter Schickele’s “A Zoo Called Earth,” you’ll hear creatures ranging from fish and dinosaurs to kangaroos and elephants come to life from the perspective of an extraterrestrial tourist. Recommended for ages 5-10 years.

Family Concert: A Zoo Called Earth

Touhill Performing Arts Center

Jackson Hole Chamber Music brings world-class musicians from around the country to Jackson each year to perform riveting concerts throughout the region.  This year at Center for the Arts, musicians perform a concert "in the round" on the main stage, with works ranging from Albert Roussell's Trio for Flute, Viola, and Cello, to Paul Schoenfield's Cafe Music which combines American, Viennese, light classical, and Broadway styles all in one piece.

Classical Café: An evening with Jackson Hole Chamber Music

The Center

Hannah Elizabeth Tobias (M.M. '23) presents a flute recital.

Student Recital: Hannah Elizabeth Tobias, Flute

Boston Conservatory at Berklee

Ravel’s exuberant Piano Concerto in G major is performed by Víkingur Ólafsson, a star among a new generation of pianists. Stéphane Denève returns to conduct several French works based on fictional and mythological characters, including Guillaume Connesson’s Celephaïs, Roussel’s Bacchus et Ariane Suite No. 2, and Ravel’s shimmering Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2.

Víkingur Ólafsson Plays Ravel

Lincoln Center

Emanuel Ax solos in Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto — elegant, luscious, and spirited. Stéphane Denève brings his celebrated touch to works by fellow Frenchmen — Roussel’s muscular symphony and Ravel’s homage-with-a-twist to “The Waltz King,” Johann Strauss II — and to Jennifer Higdon’s <em>blue cathedral,</em> in memory of her brother. She writes: “This is a story that commemorates living and passing through places of knowledge and of sharing and of that song called life.

Emanuel Ax Performs Beethoven

Jack Pasacreta, bassoon

Northwestern Bienen School of Music

5th Festival Chamber Concert: French Chamber Music with Harp

Munich Residence

Hot jazz meets cool French elegance in Gershwin’s An American in Paris, which follows one tourist’s adventures as he dodges taxis along the bustling Champs Elysées, parties in the city’s dance halls and feels pangs of homesickness.

Ravel & Gershwin

Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center

The timpani and orchestra burst into music full of raw energy and power. From Philip Glass's pulsating sounds to Roussel's colorful symphony, the hall is filled with the orchestra's most explosive expressions.

Thursday Night Concert: The Heartbeat of the Orchestra

Aarhus Music Hall

Driving, relentless rhythms are at the forefront with Glass, while Stravinsky stages the war and Roussel unfolds the musical landscape in all the colors of the rainbow.

Albert Roussel

Events

Upcoming events

May 9, 2026

Jack Pasacreta, bassoon · Northwestern Bienen School of Music

Jul 29, 2026

5th Festival Chamber Concert: French Chamber Music with Harp · Bayerisches Staatsorchester

12 - 13 Nov, 2026

Ravel & Gershwin · Dallas Symphony Orchestra

May 12, 2027

Thursday Night Concert: The Heartbeat of the Orchestra · Musikhuset Aarhus

May 13, 2027

Stravinsky and Glass · Musikhuset Aarhus

Past events

19 - 21 Apr, 2026

8th Philharmonic Concert / New Tracks · Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock

Apr 11, 2026

Thoughts If spring · Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

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