Honegger: Joan of Arc at the Stake (staged)
Alan Gilbert - Conductor
Come de Bellescize - Director
The dramatic oratorio Joan of Arc at the Stake, Arthur Honegger’s masterful setting of an inspired libretto by Claudel, tells of the last moments of life at the stake through a series of flashbacks. Her confessor, Brother Dominique, reads from the books of her life, starting with her trial and conviction of heresy and witchcraft in 1431 and, going backward to Charles VII’s coronation, the voices she heard of Saints Catherine and Margaret and her simple pastoral childhood.
Though this composition is hard to categorize, Honegger’s musical invention is spectacularly diverse: the two main roles (Joan and Brother Dominique, both being speaking parts) are joined by chorus, children’s chorus, and an orchestra that includes saxophones, pianos, and the electronic ondes Martenot, and its musical mediums range from plain chant, Baroque dance, and folk song to jazz rhythms, humming, shouting, and classical music of the 1930s. Joan’s innocence, the benevolence of Brother Dominique, the corrupt clerics presiding at the sham trial, her ecstatic recollection of her youth, and her final release from earthly life combine to bring about an apotheosis of overwhelming emotion in our staged performance.
with Oscar winner Marion Cotillard as Joan
Members of the New York Choral Artists and Brooklyn Youth Chorus.
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
WEDNESDAY thru FRIDAY @ 7:30 PM
SATURDAY @ 8 PM
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Joan of Arc at the Stake: New York Philharmonic
First Preview: Apr 26, 2015
Opening Date: Jun 10, 2015
Closing Date: Jun 13, 2015
Running Time: 02:10
Playing @
David Geffen Hall
10 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York City, NY 10023-6970
Show Notes: 1 Intermission
Age Guidance: 13
Audience Advisory: Performed in French with English surtitles.
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Assisted Listening System
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Water Fountain
All levels of hall. Cups available.
