Summer Nights
Gulbenkian Orchestra / Dinis Sousa / Julie Boulianne
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Date
Location
Grand Auditorium Calouste Gulbenkian FoundationGulbenkian Orchestra
Dinis Sousa Conductor
Julie Boulianne Mezzo-Soprano
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809 – 1847)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 21
Hector Berlioz (1803 – 1869)
Les nuits d’été, op. 7
1. Villanelle
2. Le spectre de la rose
3. Sur les lagunes
4. Absence
5. Au cimetière
6. L’île inconnue
Robert Schumann (1810 – 1856)
Overture, Scherzo and Finale, op. 52
1. Overture: Andante con moto
2. Scherzo: Vivo
3. Finale: Allegro molto vivace
At the age of 32, Dinis Sousa has just been appointed Principal Conductor of the Royal Northern Symphony, a chamber orchestra based in Newcastle, England. Previously worked as Assistant Conductor of the Monteverdi Choir & Orchestras whom which he performed at the prestigious BBC Proms, conducting Berlioz’s choral symphony Roméo et Juliette. Sousa, the founder of Orquestra XXI, is now returning to this leading romantic exponent in a programme featuring the song cycle Les nuits d’été, together with works by other leading composers of the romantic period.
