Vous Trouvez ça Classique ? Dvořák, Concerto pour Violoncelle

Do you find this classical? Dvořák, Cello Concerto

Orchestre Appassionato – Mathieu Herzog

Cast: Orchestre Appassionato, Mathieu Herzog, conductor; Henri Demarquette, cello

Programme: Dvořák, Cello Concerto

Practical information: Doors open 1 hour before the start

Running time: 1h15, no interval

With Vous trouvez ça classique?, see the great works of the repertoire in a new light. Alongside Mathieu Herzog and the Orchestre Appassionato, this format offers a lively immersion into the heart of the scores: illuminations, listening keys, "tips" and stories enrich the concert experience. For 1h15, the conductor speaks directly to the audience with passion, humour and teaching skill, introducing the "hits" of classical music along with the surprising anecdotes behind their creation, revealing what keeps them as powerful today as ever.

Before conquering America, Dvořák earned his living playing the viola at the Prague Opera. It was there, at the heart of the orchestra, that he discovered the riches of the symphonic repertoire and the art of orchestration of his compatriot Smetana, who knew how to marry learned and popular traditions, and of Brahms, whose influence shows in particular in the expressive role given to the winds. In 1892, Dvořák was appointed director of the New York Conservatory. It was there that the New World Symphony, the American Quartet and the Cello Concerto, his last American work, were born. He slipped into it a melody taken from a lied he had composed for Josephina, his first love: Lasst mich allein (Leave me to my solitude).

Between ardour and lyricism, passion and elegy, this concerto combines heroic breath and Slavic nostalgia, offering the cello one of the finest pages of its repertoire. Discover this profoundly human romantic monument, a passionate fresco whose treasures Mathieu Herzog, the Orchestre Appassionato and Henri Demarquette will reveal to you.