Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
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| Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique | |
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| Genre(s) | Classical and Romantic music |
| Years active | Since 1990 |
| Website | http://www.monteverdi.co.uk/ |
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| Conductor John Eliot Gardiner |
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The Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, founded in 1990 by John Eliot Gardiner, performs Classical and Romantic music, using the principles and original instruments of historically informed performance. The orchestra has performed the symphonies of Beethoven and works of Berlioz.[1][2] Of the latter composer the orchestra and the Monteverdi Choir performed a premiere recording (audio and TV) of the Messe solennelle in Westminster Cathedral, London 1993 . [3][4] The orchestra performed in dramatisation by the BBC of Beethoven's writing of his third symphony.[5]
[edit] See also
John Eliot Gardiner's other ensembles:
- Monteverdi Choir
- English Baroque Soloists - a baroque orchestra composed of many of the same musicians
[edit] External links
[edit] Sources
- ^ Monteverdi Productions website, <http://www.monteverdi.co.uk/about_us/orr.cfm>. Retrieved on 17 May 2007
- ^ Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, <http://www.answers.com/topic/orchestre-revolutionnaire-et-romantique>. Retrieved on 17 May 2007
- ^ Berlioz: Messe solennelle, <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0259887/>. Retrieved on 17 May 2007
- ^ Berlioz’s Messe Solennelle – the discovery of a ‘burnt’ composition, <http://www.hberlioz.com/others/WGladines-e.htm>. Retrieved on 17 May 2007
- ^ BBC (May 15, 2003). "Ian Hart is Beethoven in unique drama of the first performance of the Eroica Symphony". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-05-17.
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