Art of Interpretation and Expression

Last December 19, Emmanuele Haïm and her orchestra Le Concert d'Astrée celebrated 10 years of collaboration/activity, and for the occasion a Gala Concert took place at Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris.

Happily, for us who could not attend the concert, Arte concocted 1 hour of excerpts and broadcast it last week.

Christopher Purves (L) and Anne Sofie von Otter & Philippe Jarousky (R)

I will not comment on the concert that I didn't attend but I thought I could share a couple of excerpts that are good illustration of utmost importance of the interpretative skills in making the beautiful voices reaching the spectators' hearts.

Enjoy!

Anne Sofie von Otter and Philippe Jarousky sing Son nata a lagrimar from Handel's Giulio Cesare  

Christopher Purves sings The Cold Song from Purcell's King Arthur




The third one is a Gala thing -- you will know to appreciate it for what it is:
Philippe Jarousky and Pascal Bertin sing Sound the trumpet by Henry Purcell