‘Music Chapel Gala Concert 2025’

The traditional Gala Concert of the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel at Bozar promises to be a memorable evening. This year, we are pleased to welcome the French orchestra Le Balcon, which will perform alongside the exceptional baritone Stéphane Degout, master in Residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel. Together, they will perform Maurice Ravel’s Histoires naturelles, a surprising work for its time that blends humor and poetry with rare subtlety... The singers from the Chapel will also enrich this evening with their talent, offering the audience an immersive experience in a musical world of rare intensity. Don't miss this unique event in this prestigious setting.
 

Program

​​​​​​​Orchestre Le Balcon
Alphonse Cemin, direction
W.A Mozart : Der Schauspieldirektor, K. 486 
   I. Overture
 
Orchestre Le Balcon
Alphonse Cemin, direction
Yiheng Wang, piano
W.A Mozart : Piano Concerto No.9 in E-flat major, K.271, « Jeunehomme » 
   I. Allegro
   II. Andantino
   III. Rondeau. Presto
 
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Orchestre Le Balcon
Alphonse Cemin, direction
Lisa Willems, soprano
Stéphane Degout, baritone
Matthieu Walendzik, baritone
 
M. Ravel : Histoires naturelles, M.50 
    I. Le paon
   II. Le grillon
   III. Le cygne
   IV. Le martin-pêcheur
   V. La pintade
 
Orchestre Le Balcon
Alphonse Cemin, direction
Lisa Willems, soprano
Stéphane Degout, baritone
 
P. I. Tchaïkovski : Eugene Onegin, op.24, Final Duet (Tatiana, Onegin)
 
Orchestre Le Balcon
Alphonse Cemin, direction
Matthieu Walendzik, baritone
 
M. Ravel : Don Quichotte à Dulcinée, M.84 
   I. Chanson romanesque
   II. Chanson épique
   III. Chanson à boire
 
M. Ravel : Le tombeau de Couperin, M.68
  IV. Rigaudon