Brussels Philharmonic | Daphnis et Chloé · 27.09.2025 · Concertgebouw…

Daphnis et Chloé

Brugge
Concertgebouw

When the visionary choreographer Sergei Diaghilev asked him in 1909 to create a new work for Les Ballets Russes, the young Maurice Ravel chose to present an intense Greek love story with Daphnis et Chloé. ----- Ravel’s approach—emphasizing color and atmosphere—ini ...

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PROGRAMME

Annelies Van Parys EUtopia (2024)
Nadia Boulanger
Fantaisie variée pour piano et orchestre (1912)

Maurice Ravel Daphnis et Chloé (1912)
Tableau I (Une prairie à la lisière d’un bois sacré): 1. Introduction et danse religieuse – 2. Danse générale – 3. Danse grotesque de Dorcon – 4. Danse légère et gracieuse de Daphnis – 5. Danse de Lycéion – 6. Nocturne. Danse lente et mystérieuse des Nymphes / Tableau II (Camp des pirates): 7. Introduction – 8. Danse guerrière – 9. Danse suppliante de Chloé / Tableau III (Paysage du premier tableau, à la fin de la nuit): 10. Lever du jour – 11. Pantomime (Les amours de Pan et Syrinx) – 12. Danse générale (Bacchanale)

visual concept by Lisette Ma Neza (poetry), Ychaï Gassenbauer (motion design) & Gerd Van Looy (artistic coordination)

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YOUR CONCERT NIGHT

∙ 19:15 introduction: Francis Maes
∙ 20:00 concert (with break)
∙ 22:00 end

PRACTICAL

Concertgebouw Brugge ∙ 't Zand 34, 8000 Bruggehow to reach the venue

with the support of Beside Tax Shelter and the Belgian Tax Shelter

"In Daphnis et Chloé, Ravel crafts a refined soundscape that begins with a shimmering dawn. The abduction of Chloé plunges the music into darkness, before the lovers’ reunion brings a renewed luminosity and vibrant sensuality." – Kazushi Ono