2.30 p.m. in italian/3 p.m in french/3.30 in english
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Festival Théodore Gouvy, between France and Germany
Gouvy the symphonist
Concert program
Ambroise THOMASRaymond
Ouverture
Gabriel PIERNÉ
Concerto pour piano
Théodore GOUVY
Symphonie n°1
CONCERT PROGRAM
Interpreters
ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE LORRAINEJacques Mercier, conductor
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano
“Che un musicista dell’importanza del signor Gouvy
sia ancora così poco noto a Parigi, mentre tanti moscerini
importunano il pubblico con il loro ostinato ronzio,
è cosa che confonde e indigna le menti ingenue che
ancora credono alla ragione e alla giustizia dei nostri
costumi musicali."
Hector Berlioz dopo l'ascolto della Symphonie n° 1
On 7 February 1846 Gouvy had his first Symphony played by an amateur orchestra conducted by Tilmant before a small audience gathered in a private home at his own expense. After having reworked the Scherzo, it was the composer himself who conducted the orchestra at the Théâtre-Italien on 7 April 1847. This first public performance, like others, particularly at Leipzig, was highly praised by the press. As a foil to this original rediscovery, the programme presents the Concert for piano and orchestra by Pierné, considered the French Rachmaninoff, and the Raymond overture, which for a long time was Bernstein’s encore on his American tours.
On 7 February 1846 Gouvy had his first Symphony played by an amateur orchestra conducted by Tilmant before a small audience gathered in a private home at his own expense. After having reworked the Scherzo, it was the composer himself who conducted the orchestra at the Théâtre-Italien on 7 April 1847. This first public performance, like others, particularly at Leipzig, was highly praised by the press. As a foil to this original rediscovery, the programme presents the Concert for piano and orchestra by Pierné, considered the French Rachmaninoff, and the Raymond overture, which for a long time was Bernstein’s encore on his American tours.
A special concert during the year Théodore Gouvy - 2013, organized in collaboration with the General Council of Moselle, the Moselle Vivants Arts and the Gouvy Institute.
