Pasdeloup Orchestra

Pasdeloup Orchestra
Rehearsal of the Pasdeloup Orchestra at the Cirque d'Hiver by John Singer Sargent, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

The Pasdeloup Orchestra (also referred to as Orchestre des Concerts Pasdeloup) is the oldest symphony orchestra in France.

Contents

History

Founded in 1861 by Jules Pasdeloup with the name Concerts Populaires, it is the oldest orchestra still in existence in Paris. Aimed at an audience hitherto absent from evening concerts, the orchestra presented cheap Sunday concerts in the vast rotonda of the Cirque d'hiver in Paris. The opening concert (27 October 1861), with an orchestra of 80 musicians, consisted of the following programme:

Rehearsals took place on Tuesday and Thursday at the Conservatoire and on Saturday at the Cirque d'hiver (musicians were paid 15 francs per concert with rehearsals). The first leader was Lancien, of the orchestra of the Paris Opéra. Early concerts included music by Berlioz and Wagner.[2]

The enterprise was a great success and the Concerts Populaires became a genuine institution, playing a lead role in forming a new audience through making known the Austro-German repertoire and also by influencing the creation of French symphonic works.

Pasdeloup continued his activity until 1884 and tried in vain to restart in 1886 by mounting a festival devoted to César Franck (which was a success).

The orchestra started up again in 1919, under the guidance of Serge Sandberg, with the title 'Orchestre Pasdeloup.

Principal Conductors

André Caplet was the deputy chief conductor from 1922 to 1925. Since 1990, the orchestra has not had a permanent principal conductor and has been run by a committee; from 2000 this has been chaired by the violinist Marianne Rivière.

Patrice Fontanarosa is the current artistic advisor for the orchestra, while Jean-Christophe Keck oversees the direction of the Offenbach concerts. Conductor Wolfgang Doerner has regularly lead the orchestra each season since 1987.

Premieres

Discography

External links

References

  1. ^ Cinquante Ans de Musique Française de 1874 à 1925. Les Éditions Musicales de la Librairie de France, Paris, 1925.
  2. ^ Cinquante Ans de Musique Française de 1874 à 1925. Les Éditions Musicales de la Librairie de France, Paris, 1925.
  3. ^ Darrell R D. The Gramophone Shop Encyclopedia of Recorded Music. The Gramophone Shop Inc, New York, 1936.

Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Jules Etienne Pasdeloup — Jules Étienne Pasdeloup (born September 15, 1819 in Paris; died 1887 in Fontainebleau) was a French conductor.He was educated in music at the conservatoire. He founded in 1851 a société des jeunes artistes du conservatoire , and, as conductor of… …   Wikipedia

  • Daejin Kim — is a South Korean pianist, an alumnus of The Juilliard School, the first prize winner of the Cleveland Competition, and currently a professor of piano at the Korea National University of Arts and the music director of the Suwon Philharmonic… …   Wikipedia

  • Carmen Moral — studied conducting with Ionel Perlea of New York s Metropolitan and with Laszlo Halasz, one of the founders of the City Center Opera of New York. She holds Master s degrees from the Manhattan School of Music and Columbia University (New York) and …   Wikipedia

  • Charles Martin Loeffler — by John Singer Sargent. 1917 Charles Martin Loeffler (January 30, 1861 – May 19, 1935) was a German born American violinist and composer. Contents 1 Birthplace …   Wikipedia

  • Joyce Hatto — (5 September 1928 ndash; 29 or 30 June, 2006) was a British pianist and piano teacher. She became famous late in life, when unauthorized copies of commercial recordings made by other pianists were released under her name, earning her high praise… …   Wikipedia

  • Charles Tanguy — (circa 1845 – 19??) was a French composer, french horn player, and music educator. His compositional output consists of several works for solo piano, numerous sentimental ballads, and a number of patriotic songs for the nation of Canada which… …   Wikipedia

  • Christian Ferras — For the pop singer, see Ferras. Christian Ferras (June 17, 1933 – September 14, 1982) was a French violinist. Ferras was born at Le Touquet in 1933. He began studying the violin with his father, who was a pupil of Marcel Chailley. He entered …   Wikipedia

  • Alfred Bruneau — Louis Charles Bonaventure Alfred Bruneau (3 March 1857, in Paris 15 June 1934, in Paris) was a French composer who played a key role in the introduction of realism in French opera. As a youth, Bruneau studied the cello at the Paris Conservatory,… …   Wikipedia

  • Alice Tully — (September 14 1902, Corning, New York ndash; December 10 1993, New York City, New York) was a U.S. singer, music promoter and philanthropist.She spent her high school years at the famous Westover School in Middlebury, Connecticut. Tully began her …   Wikipedia

  • Alice Tully — (rechts) mit ihrer Schwester Marion Alice Tully (* 14. September 1902 in Corning, New York; † 10. Dezember 1993 in New York City) war eine US amerikanische Opernsängerin …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”