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Concert

La Voix Humaine
Dennis Russell Davies

Presentation

‘Hello, is that you?’ In Jean Cocteau’s monodrama La Voix humaine, which Francis Poulenc set to music as an intense tragédie-lyrique, a woman phones her former lover for the last time, the day before he marries another woman. In this piece, Cocteau’s theme of human loneliness and fear assumes a tragic dimension: the dialogue becomes a monologue; all communication turns out to be an illusion. We do, however, encounter real dialogue and a delight in performance in Poulenc’s Concerto for two pianos – a Mozartian piece of virtuoso fireworks, the high point of Poulenc’s early period – and in the Capriccio for Two Pianos and Orchestra by Philippe Boesmans, an extremely inventive piece dating from 2010. In this concert, the US conductor Dennis Russell Davies, the soprano Anna Caterina Antonacci, and the pianists David Kadouch and Cédric Tiberghien make the link between two great opera composers who dominate the start of this season: Philippe Boesmans and Francis Poulenc.

Programme
  • Francis Poulenc – Concerto en ré mineur pour deux pianos et orchestre, FP 61 (1932)
  • Philippe Boesmans – Capriccio pour deux pianos et orchestre (2010)
  • Francis Poulenc – La Voix humaine, tragédie lyrique en un acte (Jean Cocteau), FP 171 (1958)
     

Photo © Petros Koublis

Dates & tickets

Location

Centre for Fine Arts

Running time

2 hours (with interval)

Language

Surtitles in Dutch and French

Presentation

Pre-performance talks 30' before the start of the performances by Peggy Stuyck (in Dutch) & Gilles Remy (in French)

Prices

Ticket prices from € 10 to € 46
-30 years old: € 10 / € 25
-15 years old: free, with an adult

Dates & tickets

Dates

Cast
Cast

ConductorDENNIS RUSSELL DAVIES

SopranoANNA CATERINA ANTONACCI
PianoDAVID KADOUCH
PianoCÉDRIC TIBERGHIEN

La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra

ProductionLA MONNAIE / DE MUNT
Co-presentationBOZAR MUSIC