Soirée Mozart - Ensemble Instrumental de corse

Presented by Association Ensemble Instrumental de Corse Artistes: Ensemble Instrumental de Corse Conductor: Yann MOLENAT 2 more soloists: SOLOIST: Marc SCOFFONI - Baritone SOLOIST: Baptiste André - Clarinet This concert promises an exceptional journey into the world of the greatest composer of the 18th century, with the overture and arias from La Flûte enchantée, his clarinet concerto and the Jupiter Symphony.

The Ensemble Instrumental de Corse has forged a sound and an artistic identity through its performances of Les Noces de Figaro, Cosi fan Tutte and Don Giovanni, notably at the théâtre de Bastia. Unanimous critics praised the quality of the interpretation of this island orchestra, thereby highlighting the immense success of these performances.

Tonight's "all Mozart" programme is therefore a return to the roots, which fills us with joy.

We think we know everything about Mozart, that precocious genius whom the European courts vied for, but what do we really know of the man? We shall try to answer that in music.

In La Flûte Enchantée, with its three opening knocks, Mozart reveals himself as a Freemason, in resonance with the humanist thought of the Enlightenment. The clarinet concerto is the natural extension of this inspiration, which is filled with spirituality.

A true sponge, it is from the shock of reading the works of Bach and Handel that the inspiration for the Jupiter Symphony is born. The complexity of the finale is a hymn to the genius of fugue. A tribute from Mozart to the Master of Leipzig.

Mozart is no longer a precocious prodigy, but truly a pinnacle of composition and music, who rubs shoulders with the great masters of the past and heralds the symphonies of Beethoven and Schubert.

Yann Molénat