Albéric Magnard
words and music of an idealist
Around Guercœur
This event is part of the Arsmondo Utopia Festival
Infos
Strasbourg
Opéra, Salle Ponnelle
En partenariat avec l’Association Albéric Magnard
Artists
Violon Judith Ingolfsson Piano Vladimir Stoupel Lecture Milena Vlach
Presentation
The composer of the opera Guercœur was one of a kind. The son of one of the first editors of the French daily Le Figaro, Albéric Magnard discovered both his vocation as a musician and his civic responsibility at an early age. A secularist, Dreyfus supporter and feminist, he was prepared to lay down his life for his ideals. Indeed, he died at the outbreak of World War One, defending his home from German troops marching towards Paris. Like his opera, his correspondence reflects his moral and political convictions. During this concert reading, some of Magnard’s most important letters will be read by the actor and director Marina Vlach, his great-granddaughter, while the Duo Ingolfsson-Stoupel will perform his magnificent violin sonata, which helped to make him a legend in his own lifetime.
With
Judith Ingolfsson violin
Vladimir Stoupel piano
Milena Vlach reading
Program
Sonate pour violon et piano op.13 by Albéric Magnard, accompanied by a reading of extracts from Magnard's correspondence