Concert Maxime Pascal conducts Gesualdo — With Le Balcon

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Pedro García-Velásquez, Un vaso de dicha (A glass of joy)
- Set robot-sculptures 1 (sculptures by Marion Flament)
Carlo Gesualdo, Madrigali a cinque voci, Book 5
- O dolorosa gioia, o soave dolore (Oh dolorous joy, Oh sweet suffering)
- Qual fora, donna (What purpose, lady...?)
- Se vi duol il mio duolo (If my sorrow saddens you)
Carlo Gesualdo, Madrigali a cinque voci, Book 6
- Moro, lasso, al mio duolo (I die, alas, in my suffering)

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Maxime Pascal conducts Gesualdo — With Le Balcon Concert behind closed doors

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Join conductor Maxime Pascal and his groundbreaking ensemble Le Balcon at the Fondation Singer-Polignac, for a selection of madrigals by Renaissance composer (and notorious murderer) Carlo Gesualdo in an arrangement for soprano, four bassoons, electric guitar, and harp. With the participation of Pedro García-Velásquez and Marion Flament's robot-scuptures...

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Le Balcon is associated artist of the Fondation Singer-Polignac.
Maxime Pascal is a musical advisor to the Fondation Singer-Polignac, focusing on contemporary creation.

Associated event

Rendez-vous à Paris

Cast

Le Balcon
Elisa Huteau | Cellist
Louis Rodde | Cellist
Myrtille Hetzel | Cellist
Askar Ishangaliyev | Cellist
Caroline Sypniewski | Cellist
Juliette Salmona | Cellist

Norma Nahoun | Soprano
Les Francs Bassons
Giani Caserotto | Electric guitar
Clara Izambert | Harpist

Alphonse Cemin | Pianist
Julie Brunet-Jailly | Flutist
Joséphine Besançon | Clarinetist
Eun-Joo Lee | Violinist
Elsa Seger | Violist
Clotilde Lacroix | Cellist

Maxime Pascal | Conductor

Program

Pedro García-Velásquez, Un vaso de dicha (A glass of joy)
- Set robot-sculptures 1 (sculptures by Marion Flament)
Carlo Gesualdo, Madrigali a cinque voci, Book 5
- O dolorosa gioia, o soave dolore (Oh dolorous joy, Oh sweet suffering)
- Qual fora, donna (What purpose, lady...?)
- Se vi duol il mio duolo (If my sorrow saddens you)
Carlo Gesualdo, Madrigali a cinque voci, Book 6
- Moro, lasso, al mio duolo (I die, alas, in my suffering)