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Mel Bonis in Saint Denis, France

Maison de l'Education de la Légion d'Honneur Saint Dennis, Frankreich

Orchestre Cryptonique Hilary Metzger, conductor performance date: November 10th 6:30pm. performance venue: Maison de l'Education de la Légion d'Honneur 5 rue Légion d'Honneur 93200 Saint Denis, FRANCE

Orquesta Filarmónica de Jalisco spielt Emilie Mayer Sinfonie Nr. 5/7

Jalisco , Mexiko

Mayer y Revueltas Jueves 21 de Noviembre del 2024 Domingo 24 de Noviembre del 2024 Programa 6 Orquesta Filarmónica de Jalisco Mariana Martínez, directora huésped Emilie Mayer | Sinfonía número 5 (7) Silvestre Revueltas / José Ives Limantour | La noche de los Mayas Teatro Degollado

University Symphony Orchestra of York plays Mel Bonis

Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, Campus West, University of York York, Großbritannien

University Symphony Orchestra Performance Date and time: Saturday 23 November 2024, 7pm Location: Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, Campus West, University of York (Map) Admission: Tickets: £18; concessions £16; students £5, booking required Book tickets Event details Please note the earlier-than-normal performance start time of 7pm for this concert. Alexa MacLaren  piano John Stringer  conductor Mel Bonis   Le Songe de Cléopâtre Mendelssohn   Piano Concerto no. 1 in G minor Busoni   Berceuse élégiaque Strauss   Death and Transfiguration The music of Mel Bonis is starting to get the attention it deserves nearly 100 years after her death. After being encouraged by Franck at an early age, studying alongside Debussy in Paris and then early critical acclaim, Bonis had a complicated life that means her music is only now coming to the public’s attention, with the evocative Le Songe de Cléopâtre receiving its premiere in 2012. The subdued mood and reflective quality of Busoni’s Berceuse élégiaque (premiered by Mahler in his final concert in 1911) are carried through to Strauss’ tone poem Death and Transfiguration, but in this work, the depiction of the trials and tribulations of life open out into a glorious sunlit and peaceful C major at its close. The programme is completed with a performance of Mendelssohn’s ever-popular First Piano Concerto ...

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