Summer Night Concert 2023
Philharmonic, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin with Mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca as soloist.
The Summer Night Concert was performed this year on June 8th, 2023. It is an annual open-air event, which has been held since 2008. The park of Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna/Austria is the magical setting for the concert. The illustrious conductors who have previously led the orchestra at this event are Georges Prêtre, Daniel Barenboim, Franz Welser-Möst, Lorin Maazel, Christoph Eschenbach, Zubin Mehta, Semyon Bychkov, Gustavo Dudamel, Daniel Harding, and Andris Nelsons.
1. Georges Bizet, Suite Nr. 1 aus der Oper Carmen (Arrangement Ernest Guiraud 1885)
Nr. 5. Les Toréadors (Vorspiel zum 1. Akt)
Nr. 2. Intermezzo (Vorspiel zum 3. Akt)
Nr. 1a. Aragonaise (Vorspiel zum 4. Akt)
2. Georges Bizet, Habanera aus der Oper Carmen
3. Lili Boulanger, D‘un matin de printemps. Fassung für Orchester 1918
4. Hector Berlioz, Ouvertüre zur Oper Le Corsaire op. 21
5. Charles Gounod, „O ma lyre immortelle“ Arie aus der Oper Sapho
6. Maurice Ravel, Daphnis et Cloé. Suite Nr. 2
7. Camille Saint-Saëns, „Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix” Arie aus der Oper Samson et Dalila
8. Maurice Ravel, Bolero