2019 Amundi Concert at Villa Medicis

Invitation

The French Academy in Rome, Amundi Asset Management and the Villa of Composers are inviting a number of prominent figures and key members of their organisations,

on Friday 8 November 2019 at 7pm, to Villa Médicis, Rome, for a prestigious “Villa of Composers” concert,

featuring performances by Svetlin Roussev (leader of the OSR; Svetlin will be playing an Amati-Stradivarius), Marc Lys (piano), Laura Baudelet (lyric soprano) and Mélisande Daudet (flute).

The first two parts of the concert will pay tribute to French composers who won the prestigious Grand Prix de Rome.

Tickets

The concert is on a personal invitation basis from the French Academy in Rome, Amundi Asset Management and the Villa of Composers.

Venue

Villa Médicis, Viale Trinità dei Monti, 1 – 00187 ROMA

Programme booklet

• Programme musical (FR)
• Collection texts (FR, EN, IT, RO)

Violin and piano:
(1) Claude Debussy (1862-1918); Grand Prix de Rome in 1884
Sonata for violin and piano

(2) Jules Massenet (1842-1912); Grand Prix de Rome in 1863
Méditation de Thaïs

(3) Roger Boutry (1932-2019); Grand Prix de Rome in 1954
Sonata, final movement

Svetlin Roussev, violin, will be playing an Amati-Stradivarius acquired by Amundi in 2011. Marc Lys, piano.

(4) Piano solo:
Pierre Sancan (1916 - 2008); Grand Prix de Rome in 1943
Mouvement

(5) Flute solo:
Claude Debussy
Syrinx

(6) Voice, flute and piano:

• André Caplet (1878 - 1925); Grand Prix de Rome in 1901

Viens! Une flûte invisible soupire...

New compositions from the Villa of Composers 2019 Collection (*),
taken from “Hommage au poète Lucretius, volume I”:

• Roger Boutry, "Le souffle de La Nature / Il respiro della Natura"
• Gabriel Malancioiu, "O degli Eneadi madre"
• Thierry Huillet, "Venere, pour soprano, flûte en sol et piano"

(*) The 2019 Collection contains the works by Anthony Girard - Roger Boutry - Marco Quagliarini - Mario Totaro - Jean-Dominique Krynen - Gabriel Malancioiu - Alexandre Benéteau - Jean-Pierre Deleuze - Marc Lys - Christophe Guyard - Thierry Huillet - Claude Ledoux - Enrico Correggia - Giacomo Platini.

Laura Baudelet, soprano. Marc Lys, piano. Mélisande Daudet, flute and alto flute.

(7) Voice and piano, songs by:

• Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869); Grand Prix de Rome in 1830

Villanelle (from Les Nuits d’été)

• Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893); Grand Prix de Rome in 1839

Ell'è malata

• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875); Grand Prix de Rome in 1857

J'aime l'amour

• Claude Debussy

Beau soir

• Raymond Gallois-Montbrun (1918 - 1994); Grand Prix de Rome in 1944

2 songs from Les Sept péchés capitaux

Laura Baudelet, soprano. Marc Lys, piano.

This concert is sponsored by the French Academy in Rome and by our sponsor: