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Concertini programme 2024-25

La Monnaie’s chamber music season gives the musicians of our Symphony Orchestra – one of the artistic pillars of our house – the opportunity to enrich their repertoire. In a hushed setting and with intimate instrumental ensembles, they will perform familiar works of music, but also have some wonderful surprises in store for you.

As usual, we will draw a connection with the works in our opera and symphony programmes. In line with our Ring cycle, we will continue the collaboration we began last season with musicologist Stijn Paredis from KU Leuven. Four concertini this season will be devoted to the fin-de-siècle aesthetics and the artistic circles of Les XX and La Libre Esthétique, which gravitated around La Monnaie at the time. Claude Debussy, Vincent d’Indy, Emmanuel Chabrier, François Rasse and Joaquín Turina will all be featured.

The voice will also be very much in evidence. We are delighted to welcome the artists from the La Monnaie Choruses (conducted by Emmanuel Trenque) for two original programmes, one with the women’s chorus and the other with a mixed ensemble. The young singers of the MM Academy will surprise us on several occasions, among others during the traditional Wild Cards and the concert presenting the new Soloists and Laureates. Baritone Werner Van Mechelen and pianist Florestan Bataillie will give a recital in which lieder of Hugo Wolf, Franz Schubert and Gustav Mahler resonate with songs of Ralph Vaughan Williams. After many years as répétiteur, pianist Inge Spinette will be bidding farewell to La Monnaie. On this occasion, she will be reunited with her faithful singing friends for what promises to be a particularly festive concert.

We will also put the spotlight on the centennial of Gabriel Fauré’s passing and celebrate the 125th birthday of Francis Poulenc, by dedicating some of our concerts to their works. Following on from the operatic performances of our diptych on Claudio Monteverdi, it is with great pleasure that we welcome the musicians of the Cappella Mediterranea ensemble to delve deeper into the baroque chamber music repertoire. Lastly, contemporary music will not be forgotten. We reunite with composers Kris Defoort and Harold Noben – all on the bill of the opera season – in programmes dedicated to our different ensembles.

6.12.2024

WILD CARD MM ACADEMY
CABARET SONGS

WILLIAM BOLCOM (°1938)
Amor extr. de Cabaret Songs (1996)
FRANK NUYTS (°1957)
Convertible superstar extr. de Carbon Fixation Ensemble (2015)
BENJAMIN BRITTEN (1913-1976)
Cabaret Songs (1937–39)
GEORGE GERSHWIN (1898-1937)
The man I love extr. de Songbook (1919–31)
By Strauss extr. from An American in Paris (1928)
KURT WEILL (1900-1950)
Youkali extr. de Marie Galante (1934)
Foolish Hert, Speak Low & I’m a Stranger Here Myself extr. from One Touch of Venus (1943)

Marie-Juliette Ghazarian (mezzosoprano, MM Laureate) & Marie Datcharry (pf)

Abbreviations

vl : Violin
vla : Viola
vc : Cello
cb : Double bass
fl : Flute
hb : Oboe
cl : Clarinet
fg : Bassoon
cr : Horn
tp : Trumpet
trb : Trombone
trb b : Bass trombone
tb : Tuba
perc : Percussion
pf : Piano
hp : Harp

13.12.2024

SPOTLIGHTS ON THE ORCHESTRA'S SECOND VIOLINS

20.12.2024

SCHUBERT

FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828)
Oktett in F-Dur, D.803 (1824)

Saténik Khourdoïan (vl), Noémi Tiercet (vl), Florent Brémond (vla), Sébastien Walnier (vc), Marc Terré Garcia (cb), Orane Bargain (cr), Annelien Van Wauwe (cl), Vahan Khourdoïan (fg)

17.1.2025
Salle Fiocco

TRIBUTE TO PHILIP JONES

GIOVANNI GABRIELI (1557-1612)
Sonata pian’e forte (arr. by Philip Jones)
JAN KOETSIER (1911-2006)
Philip-Jones-Story, op. 135 (1993)
GORDON LANGFORD (1930-2017)
London Miniatures (1984)

Manu Mellaerts (tp), Rudy Moercant (tp), Steven Devolder (tp), Pierre-Louis Marquez (tp), NN (cr), Jan Smets (trb), Bram Fournier (trb), Drik Vanmanshoven (trb), Geert De Vos (trb b), Stephan Vanaenrode (tb)

24.1.2025

LISZT / WAGNER / CHOPIN

FRANZ LISZT (1811-1886)
La lugubre gondola, s.135, (1885)
RICHARD WAGNER (1813-1883)
Ein Albumblatt, WWV94
FRÉDERIC CHOPIN (1810-1849)
Piano Trio in G minor, op.8 (1828-29)

Femke Sonnen (vl), NN (vc), Yasuko Takahashi (pf)

31.1.2025
Salle Fiocco

“LEBENSWANDEL”
RECITAL WERNER VAN MECHELEN & FLORESTAN BATAILLIE

HUGO WOLF (1860-1903)
Fußreise (1888)
JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833-1897)
Wir wandelten (1884)
FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828)
Im Frühling, D.882 (1826)
GUSTAV MAHLER (1860-1911)
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (1883-85)
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958)
Songs of Travel (1905-12)

Werner Van Mechelen (basso baritono), Florestan Bataillie (pf)

7.2.2025

MOZART / HUMMEL

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791)
Quartett F-Dur für Oboe, Violine, Viola und Cello, KV.370 (1781)
JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL (1778-1837)
Septet in D-Moll n°1 für Pianoforte, Flöte, Oboe, Horn, Viola, Cello, Kontrabass, op.74 (c.1816)

Yaeram Park (fl), Luk Nielandt (hb) Orane Bargain (cr), Sylvia Huang (vl), NN (vla), Sébastien Walnier (vc), Marc Terré Garcia (cb), Jan Michiels (pf)

14.2.2025

RIPPER / SCHUMANN

JOÃO GUILHERME RIPPER (°1959)
Duo Sonatina (2006)
ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810-1856)
Drei Romanzen, op. 94 (1849)
Sechs Studien in kanonischer Form, op.56 (1845)

Luk Nielandt (hb), Justus Grimm (vc), Abdel Rahman El Bacha (pf)

21.2.2025

PETIT PARIS

PAUL GILSON (1865-1942)
Humoresque n°1
VINCENT D’INDY (1851-1931)
Chanson et danses, op.50 (1898)
Sarabande et Menuet pour quintette de vents et piano, op.72 (1918)
ALBERT ROUSSEL (1869-1937)
Divertissement, op.6 (1906)

La Monnaie chamber music ensemble & Yasuko Takahashi (pf)

28.2.2025

NOBEN / KORNGOLD

HAROLD NOBEN (°1978)
Quartet from the Portuguese (2022)
ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD (1897-1957)
String Quartet n°2, op.26 (1933)

Saténik Khourdoïan (vl), Noémi Tiercet (vl), Florent Brémond (vla), Sébastien Walnier (vc)

7.3.2025

ZEMLINSKY / MARTINU

ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY (1871-1942)
Humoreske (1939)
BOHUSLAV MARTINU
Les madrigaux, H.266 (1937)
Quartet for Clarinet, Horn, Cello and Snare Drum, H.139 (1924)

Yaeram Park (fl), Luk Nielandt (hb), Alberto Blanco Garcia (cl), Orane Bargain (cr), Alain Cremers (fg), NN (vc), NN (percussion)

14.3.2025
Salle Fiocco

BRITTEN / SHOSTAKOVITCH

BENJAMIN BRITTEN (1913-1973)
Simple Symphony, op.4 (1933-34)
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVITCH (1906-1975)
Chamber Symphony, op.110a (1967)

La Monnaie string ensemble

21.3.2025
Salle Malibran

MUSIQUE DE LA RENAISSANCE ET DE L’ÉPOQUE BAROQUE

La Monnaie brass

28.3.2025

SOUS LES ÉTOILES 

HAROLD NOBEN (°1978)
Sextuor à cordes « Sous les étoiles de Gaïa » - Thème et improvisations (2023)

4.4.2025
Salle Fiocco

MISATANGO

MARTÍN PALMERI (°1965)
Misa a Buenos Aires (Misatango) (1956)

Emmanuel Trenque (conductor)
Annelies Kerstens (soprano), Hélène Faux (mezzosoprano)
La Monnaie Chorus
La Monnaie chamber music ensemble & ZinneTango

11.4.2025

BAROQUE PROGRAMME

Femke Sonnen (vl), e.a.

18.4.2025
Salle Fiocco

LE DONNE DI CAVALLI

BARBARA STROZZI (1619-1677)
L’amante segreto, op.2
Che si può fare
Sino alla morte
Lagrime mie
ANTONIA BEMBO (c.1640-c.1720)
Produzioni armoniche consacrate a Luigi XIV - M’ingannasti in verità & Volgete altrove il guardo
FRANCESCO CAVALLI (1602-1676)
E vuol dunque Ciprigna extr. from Ercole Amante (1662)

Leonardo García Alarcón (harpsichord, organ & direction), Mariana Flores (soprano), Rodrigo Calveyra (recorder & cornetto), Marie Bournisien (hp), Margaux Blanchard (viola da gamba), Monica Pustilnik (archlute & guitar), Quito Gato (theorbo, guitar & drum)

25.4.2025

ORGAN CONCERT

Works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Benoît Mernier, e.a.

Benjamin Prunet (organ), NN (vl), Noémi Tiercet (vl), NN (vla), NN (vc), Marc Terré Garcia (cb)

9.5.2025
Salle Fiocco

CARTE BLANCHE to INGE SPINETTE

Vocal programme

16.5.2025

NEW BELGIAN MUSIC FOR BRASS QUINTET

La Monnaie brass quintet

23.5.2025
Salle Fiocco

WILD CARD MM ACADEMY

FRANCIS POULENC (1899-1963)
Rapsodie nègre (1917)
Le Bestiaire ou Cortège d’Orphée (1919)
Trio pour piano, hautbois et basson, op.43 (1926)
Le Bal masqué (1932)

Lucas Cortoos (baritono, MM Laureate), La Monnaie chamber music ensemble & Vincent Van Audenhove (pf)

6.6.2025

RASSE & TURINA

FRANÇOIS RASSE (1873-1955)
Trio en si mineur pour piano, violon et violoncelle, op.16 (1897)
JOAQUÍN TURINA (1882-1949)
Piano Quintet, op.1 (1908)

Saténik Khourdoïan (vl), Noémi Tiercet (vl), Florent Brémond (vla), Sébastien Walnier (vc), NN (pf)

13.6.2025
Salle Fiocco

AROUND CARMEN

La Monnaie bass

20.6.2025

100% FAURÉ

GABRIEL FAURÉ (1845-1924)
Barcarolle n°1, op.26 (1881)
Trois romances sans paroles, op.17 (1863)
Élégie, op.24 (1880)
Quatuor avec piano n°1, op.15 (1876-1879 / 1883)

Sylvia Huang (vl), Florent Brémond (vla), Sébastien Walnier (vc), Julien Gernay (pf)