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John Nelson

Royal Danish Opera

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Det Kongelige Kapel

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Nelson dirigerer Berlioz

Copenhagen

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Operaen (Copenhagen Opera House)

Nelson dirigerer Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique Op. 14 Berlioz (+1 More)

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Symphonie fantastique Op. 14

Lélio or The Return to Life

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The American Berlioz expert, John Nelson, conducts Berlioz's works of love through light and darkness.

Love can lead to many things, and the French composer Hector Berlioz felt that both for better and for worse, which is expressed in his music.

Berlioz pursued an Irish actress, Harriet Smithson, for years. But when Berlioz finally managed to be forged with the beauty, her fame waned in step with his own rising success, and the marriage foundered. In turn, the turbulent relationship inspired Berlioz to compose his Symphonie fantastique . Here Berlioz autobiographically describes the violently hallucinatory visions of an unhappily in love artist in an opium intoxication – a ball, a march to the scaffold and a demonic witches' sabbath.

The evening's program also includes the rarely performed orchestral work Lélio for soloists, choir and narrator with texts inspired by Goethe and Shakespeare. The object of Berlioz's interest and inspiration this time was the pianist Marie Pleyel. Berlioz wrote Lélio as a continuation of the fantastic symphony, and it heralds an optimistic outlook on life and the composer's renewed faith in love.

English

Den amerikanske Berliozekspert, John Nelson, dirigerer Berlioz’ kærlighedsværker gennem lys og mørke.

Kærlighed kan føre til mange ting, og det mærkede den franske komponist Hector Berlioz både på godt og ondt, hvilket kommer til udtryk i hans musik.

Berlioz efterstræbte i årevis en irsk skuespillerinde, Harriet Smithson. Men da det omsider lykkedes Berlioz at blive smedet sammen med skønheden, var hendes berømmelse aftagende i takt med hans egen stigende succes, og ægteskabet forliste. Til gengæld inspirerede det turbulente forhold Berlioz til at komponere sin Symphonie fantastique. Her beskriver Berlioz selvbiografisk en ulykkeligt forelsket kunstners voldsomt hallucinerende syner i en opiumsrus – et bal, en march til skafottet og en dæmonisk heksesabbat.

På aftenens program er også det sjældent opførte orkesterværk Lélio for solister, kor og fortæller med tekster inspireret af Goethe og Shakespeare. Genstanden for Berlioz’ interesse og inspiration var denne gang pianisten Marie Pleyel. Berlioz skrev Lélio som en fortsættelse af den fantastiske symfoni, og den bebuder et optimistisk syn på livet og komponistens genvundne tro på kærligheden.

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Nelson dirigerer Berlioz by Berlioz, From (2023/2023), Conductor John Nelson, Operaen (Copenhagen Opera House), Copenhagen, Denmark

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