THE MORNING LIST
This week, a selection of concerts and festivals, including the visit to France of a group from Bristol, Beak >, an evening of the Diapason d’or with the artists awarded by the classical music magazine Diapason founded in 1956, jazz in Monte Carlo and in various Parisian cultural centers and institutes and, finally, two operas, Don Juan by Mozart, in Paris, and a creation by Bruno Mantovani, in Toulouse.
Beak’s krautrock explorations, a tour of France
Haunted keyboards and liturgical organ, motorik drums, cavernous bass lines… the instrumental trio Beak > formed in 2009, in Bristol, has become one of the best ambassadors of experimental rock with a strong influence of krautrock. What was initially going to be just an anecdotal concert between veteran Geoff Barrow (Portishead) and two young musicians, Matt Williams (since replaced by Billy Fuller) and Will Young, has been sustainably transformed into a fascinating laboratory based on improvisations that mix minimalism, dark electro. Hypnotic textures and rhythms. While their fourth album was released in May 2024, > > > > (Invada Records), which logically happens > > > (2018), Geoff Barrow announced his departure from the group after the European tour. These five dates in France will therefore be the last opportunity to hear the trio in this configuration. Opening act, Litronix, electro-pop project led by Californian Kevin Litrow. PC
Pico > on tour: at the Les Indisciplinés Festival, Lorient (Morbihan), November 11, 19.80 euros; at the Elysée Montmartre, Paris 18myat €13.33; at L’Epicerie moderne, Lyon, 15.25 euros; at the Déroutes Festival, Nantes, on the 16th (sold out); in Grand Mix, Tourcoing (North), 17.19 euros.
Varied repertoire at the exceptional Diapason d’or gala in Paris
The sopranos Julia Lezhneva and Véronique Gens, the tenor Pene Pati (who are worth every scene), the star cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, the pianists Leif Ove Andsnes, Eric Le Sage and Frank Braley: the round of artists gathered for the first time with the Diapason d’or concert, organized at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, in Paris, in collaboration with the cycle Les Grandes Voix and France Music makes you dizzy. The public will have a preview of the musicians awarded by the classical music magazine, Diapasonfounded in 1956, whose distinctions, recognized throughout the world, reward the twelve best recordings released in 2024. Accompanied by Victor Julien-Laferrière’s Consuelo Orchestra, this exceptional gala will dedicate a varied repertoire, from the baroque to 20th century music .my century, mixing opera arias (Mozart: extracts from The Clemency of Titus, mithridate AND Cosi fan tutte), concertos (Elgar, Beethoven), chamber music (Rita Strohl of the Héloïse Luzzati Quintet). MY. TO.
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