Daphnis and Chloe
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L'Auditori Lepant 150, 08013 Barcelona
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Daphnis and Chloe, written in the late 2nd century CE, is the only surviving work by the Greek novelist Longus, and is considered to be the first bucolic novel. In an idealised portrait of peasant life, two young shepherds from Lesbos fall passionately in love.
Musically revisited on numerous occasions since the 18th century, the most masterful embodiment of this romance is the “choreographic symphony” by Maurice Ravel, entitled Daphnis et Chloé, written for Sergei Diaghilev and the Russian Ballet.
Lili Boulanger, younger sister of Nadia Boulanger and first woman to receive the Prix de Rome, composed D'un matin de printemps (“on a spring morning") shortly before her untimely death at the young age of twenty-four. The short symphonic poem is steeped in joy, serenity and luminous vivacity.
L'Auditori offers this musical version of Daphnis and Chloe this October.
Performers:
- Barcelona Symphony Orchestra (OBC)
- Amihai Grosz, viola
- Ludovic Morlot, conductor
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