Orchestre Métropolitain: Colour Play

Green cello, blue bassoon, yellow piccolo—the vibrant hues of French music unfold like a painting by Monet or Gauguin, capturing fleeting moments of magic, conjuring fairytale worlds and whisking us away to distant lands. Ravel’s Ma Mère l’Oye contains five movements inspired by well-known fairy tales, while Mel Bonis evokes a sensual, dreamlike world in her Rêve de Cléopâtre.   

Fauré, the master of French melody, then immerses us in the spellbinding tale of Pelléas et Mélisande, followed by the youthful brilliance of Bizet’s very first symphony with all the grace, passion and clarity that define his later works. 

François Leleux, conductor ; Kerson Leong, solioist

Program:

RAVEL: Ma Mère L’Oye, suite; BONIS: Le Rêve de Cléopâtre; FAURÉ: Pelléas et Mélisande, suite; BIZET: Symphony in C Major

Classical Grand Concert.