Scriabin: Le Poème du feu
Read the programme notes for the concert Scriabin: Le Poème du feu. ----- A heady fusion of sound, mysticism, and colour: a swirling, ritualistic vision of music as pure experience.
CLOSING CONCERT MUSIC CHAPEL FESTIVAL 2025
Watch live on 6 December at 20:15 via the Music Chapel Festival YouTube livestream from Flagey. Mahler, Brahms, Debussy and Scriabin in one sweep – storm, earth, sea and fire with Brussels Philharmonic, Vlaams Radiokoor, the MuCH Soloists and pianist Eva Gevorgyan, conducted by Kazushi Ono.Above the orchestra floats Rainbow, a light sculpture by Nazanin Fakoor: sharp reflections, fractured light, colour in motion with the sound – even through your screen.
Tune in live on Saturday 6.12 from 20:15 via the Music Chapel Festival YouTube channel.
PROGRAMME
Gustav Mahler Kindertotenlieder, GMV 45: In diesem Wetter*
Johannes Brahms Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra, Op. 102 (1887)**
with the Music Chapel Soloists: *Oleg Volkov (bass-baritone) **Corina Belcea (violin) & Aleksey Shadrin (cello)
— intermission —
Claude Debussy La Mer (1905)***
Alexander Scriabin Symphony No. 5, Op. 60 “Prométhée - Le Poème du feu” (1910)***
****with the installation 'Rainbow' in a symphonic performance: visual concept by Nazanin Fakoor (visual artist) & Gerd Van Looy (artistic coordination
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Beyond the Score: Le Poème du feu
Nazanin Fakoor’s installation Rainbow in a symphonic performance featuring the music of Scriabin and Debussy
Scriabin: Le Poème du feu · 06.12.2025 · Flagey
Alexander Scriabin wasn’t just a composer—he saw himself as a prophet of a new world, with music as the key to transformation. For him, the senses were everything: only through intense, conscious experience could humanity reach true ecstasy. With each symphony, he pushed the boundaries further. His Fifth — The Poem of Fire — became a heady fusion of sound, mysticism, and colour: a swirling, ritualistic vision of music as pure experience.
