Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Poulenc
Tschaikowsky

Monday, 24. November 2025, 8 p.m.

Halle aux Grains Toulouse

Conductor

Tugan Sokhiev

Internationally renowned conductor Tugan Sokhiev divides his time between the symphonic and lyric repertoire, guest conducting the most prestigious orchestras around the world. He enjoys close and privileged relationships with orchestras such as the…

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Piano

Lucas und Arthur Jussen

‘It is like driving a pair of BMWs’, remarked conductor Michael Schønwandt, after directing the Dutch brothers Lucas (28) and Arthur Jussen (24). Despite their young age, they have been part of the international concert world for years and are…

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Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, born in 1809 as the son of a banker and grandson of philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, whipped up a storm of enthusiasm, when only 17, with his incidental music for Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. With a performance…

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"The Hebrides" in B minor, Opus 26

"The Hebrides" in B minor, Opus 26

The title of this concert overture refers to travel impressions to which the work owes its title. When he was 20, Mendelssohn visited Fingals Cave on one of the Scottish Hebrides Islands. This overture was created as a tone painting, which, not…

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Francis Poulenc

Born on January 7, 1899 in Paris

Died on January 30, 1963 in Paris

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Concerto for two Pianos and Orchestra d minor
Peter I. Tschaikowsky

"I consider you the greatest musical talent in present-day Russia", Russian music critic Hermann Laroche is said to have told Peter I. Tschaikowsky (born on April 25th 1840 in Votkinsk). And indeed, with his emotion-laden, voluptuous music, the…

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Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Opus 36

Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Opus 36

"The Fourth Symphony arose from my very being and was written with true inspiration, with love and glowing enthusiasm, from beginning to end. There is not one stroke in it that does not stem from my sincerest emotions" wrote Pyotr Ilyitch…

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Conductor

Tugan Sokhiev

Internationally renowned conductor Tugan Sokhiev divides his time between the symphonic and lyric repertoire, guest conducting the most prestigious orchestras around the world. He enjoys close and privileged relationships with orchestras such as the…

more
Piano

Lucas und Arthur Jussen

‘It is like driving a pair of BMWs’, remarked conductor Michael Schønwandt, after directing the Dutch brothers Lucas (28) and Arthur Jussen (24). Despite their young age, they have been part of the international concert world for years and are…

more

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, born in 1809 as the son of a banker and grandson of philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, whipped up a storm of enthusiasm, when only 17, with his incidental music for Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. With a performance…

more

"The Hebrides" in B minor, Opus 26

The title of this concert overture refers to travel impressions to which the work owes its title. When he was 20, Mendelssohn visited Fingals Cave on one of the Scottish Hebrides Islands. This overture was created as a tone painting, which, not…

more
Francis Poulenc

Born on January 7, 1899 in Paris

Died on January 30, 1963 in Paris

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Concerto for two Pianos and Orchestra d minor
Peter I. Tschaikowsky

"I consider you the greatest musical talent in present-day Russia", Russian music critic Hermann Laroche is said to have told Peter I. Tschaikowsky (born on April 25th 1840 in Votkinsk). And indeed, with his emotion-laden, voluptuous music, the…

more

Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Opus 36

"The Fourth Symphony arose from my very being and was written with true inspiration, with love and glowing enthusiasm, from beginning to end. There is not one stroke in it that does not stem from my sincerest emotions" wrote Pyotr Ilyitch…

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Diese Veranstaltung ist Teil der Reihe »Grands Interprètes«

credit Tobias Hase

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