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19 January 2024 Göteborg (Gothenburg) (Sweden)
Animatopia
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Barbara Hannigan - Göteborgs Konserthus
Program Info: Albert Roussel - Le Festin de l'araignée Maurice Ravel - from Histoires naturelles Camille Saint-Saëns - from The Carnival of the Animals Ottorino Respighi - La Gallina from Gli uccelli Francis Poulenc - from Le Bestiarie John Williams - Theme from Jaws Erik Satie - Embryons desséchés Erik Satie - La pieuvre Erik Satie - Préludes flasques Erik Satie - Véritables préludes flasques George Gershwin - Walking the dog Gioachino Rossini - Duet for two cats
Set for drama and comedy as multitudes of animals are musically captured by first guest conductor Barbara Hannigan. Her good friends, the sisters Katia and Marielle Labèque, sit at each piano. David Dencik is responsible for reading.
Dreamteam is the word when first guest conductor Barbara Hannigan and the French piano duo Katia and Marielle Labèque occupy the Great Hall together with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. In the concert Animatopia, animals, piano and song are the common thread. And lots of humor.
The Labèque sisters are known for their synchronized and lively piano playing and famous for their collaboration with composer Philip Glass. He calls them “absolutely fantastic”. The baritone singer Laurent Naouri also takes part and the reading is provided by Swedish actor David Dencik (Bond film No time to die, The Chestnut Man, etc.).
We meet insects in Roussel’s caressing and lively Spider’s Feast and a whole menagerie in Saint-Saëns’ mysterious Carnival of the Animals. Satie’s octopus feasts on a crab and a dark shadow below the water’s surface evokes shivers in the favorite John Williams theme from Jaws.
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