Virginia Woolf’s Orlando is a timeless character. Eternally young, he changes lives and genders but remains fascinated by art. While the novel tells the history of English literature, the theatrical adaptation—incorporating symphonic music and directed by the great Lorraine Pintal—delves into the evolution of music.
The orchestra will accompany Orlando throughout his travels and romantic escapades, from the court of Elizabeth I, with music from the time of Handel to tsarist Russia with Tchaikovsky.
Claudio MONTEVERDI, Orfeo, Prologue
Georg Friedrich HANDEL, Royal Fireworks Music, Ouverture et La Paix
Joseph HAYDN, Symphony No. 96 "Miracle", Vivace
Piotr Ilitch TCHAÏKOVSKI, Serenade for Strings, Élégie
Erik SATIE, Gymnopedie No. 1
Ernest CHAUSSON, Poème de l’amour et de la mer, Interlude
Nathalie JOACHIM, Cello Concerto (Canadian premiere,
co-commissioned by OM, Spoleto Festival and New York Philharmonic)