Pour Marie-Antoinette

Discover Haydn's musical genius through his Symphonies des Heures, captivating compositions inspired by the cycles of the day. The Royal Opera Orchestra takes you on a journey through time, from dawn to dusk, with virtuosity and passion.

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POUR MARIE-ANTOINETTE

Music from the Marie-Antoinette ballet by Malandain Ballet Biarritz

JOSEPH HAYDN (1732-1809)
Le Matin ~ Symphonie N° 6 en ré majeur
Le Midi ~ Symphonie N° 7 en do majeur
Le Soir ~ Symphonie N° 8 en sol majeur

CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK (1714-1787)
Orphée et Eurydice, Ballet des ombres heureuses

Clara Izambert, harp
Royal Opera Orchestra
Stefan Plewniak, conductor

In 1761, a 31-year-old Haydn joined the service of Count Esterházy, who entrusted the young composer with his orchestra, said to be one of the best in Vienna. The Prince “gave Haydn the four times of the day as the theme for a composition, which he set to music”. The result was Haydn’s Symphonies on the times of day: Le Matin (Morning), Le Midi (Noon) and Le Soir (Night), as the composer nicknamed them in French. These first symphonies by Haydn are true masterpieces and served as Thierry Malandain’s inspiration for his ballet Marie-Antoinette. These sinfonia concertantes give each soloist in the orchestra their moment of glory, offering the listener an almost “landscaped” vision of the passing of time, until the Orchestre Royal Opera Orchestra unleashes the final, furious tempest !