Beethoven la Pastorale - Debargue / Equilbey

A vibrant ode to nature. Beethoven's Pastoral, in all its evocative power, and the rare Mendelssohn Concerto performed by Lucas Debargue – one of the most personal pianists of his generation. With the Symphony No.

6 "Pastoral", Beethoven does not describe nature: he plunges into it, letting the music breathe, listen, traverse landscapes and their metamorphoses – from the murmur of streams to the violence of the storm, to the calm return of light. A musical language of striking modernity.

At the opening, Mendelssohn's Concerto for Piano No. 2 – a rare, lively and elegant work – is entrusted to Lucas Debargue, a free and singular pianist, whose personal and poetic approach to the repertoire is like no other.

This concert is part of the double-orchestra Beethoven cycle that Laurence Equilbey conducts with Insula orchestra and Insula camerata – her period-instrument orchestra and academy, united to explore Beethoven in all its depth and modernity.

Concert performed on period instruments. Duration: 1h40 without intermission. PROGRAM MENDELSSOHN Concerto for Piano No. 2 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral"