AN EVENING IN FRANCE

Conductor: Topi Lehtipuu

Soloist: Sandrine Piau, soprano
Composers: Maurice Ravel, Hector Berlioz, Claude Debussy, Gabriel Fauré, Maurice Delage, Jules Massenet, Théodore Dubois and Henri Duparc

Under the direction of Topi Lehtipuu, we can fully indulge in the brilliance of French music at its most enchanting and moving. The rich tonal colours of the Romantic era, poetic expressions of emotion, and impressionistic, painterly moments unfold through the vocal works and smaller orchestral pieces of masters such as Ravel, Berlioz, Debussy, Delage, Massenet, Dubois and Duparc. Topi has once again invited a top-class soloist to join us: who could interpret these songs more naturally than French soprano Sandrine Piau, one of today’s most highly regarded lieder and opera artists?