To mark European Museum Night, the Palace of Versailles invites you to enjoy a musical stroll through the rooms of the South Wing from 7 pm until midnight.
ON THE PROGRAM:
From 7.00 pm to 11.59 pm: Guided tours led by students from the École du Louvre in the Empire Rooms (the Empire Rooms are accessible only after the concert)
At 7.20 pm: Concert featuring works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Concerto for Two Harpsichords in C minor, BWV 1060, I. Allegro, II. Adagio, III. Allegro
Pianists: Felicia Cheng and Claire Meissner Bernard
Franz Liszt, Symphonic Poems, arrangement for two pianos, 3. Les Préludes, after Lamartine
(30 minutes)
At 8.20 pm: Concert by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (arr. Nicolas Economou), The Nutcracker,
Suite from the ballet, 1. Overture, 2. March: Tempo di marcia viva, 3. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy: Andante non troppo, 4. Russian Dance (Trepak): Tempo di Trepak, molto vivace, 7. Dance of the Mirlitons: Moderato assai, 8. Waltz of the Flowers: Tempo di valse
Modest Mussorgsky (arr. Jura Margulis), A Night on Bald Mountain (version for two pianos)
(30 minutes)
At 9.20 pm: Concert by Franz Liszt, Symphonic Poems, arrangement for two pianos, 6. Mazeppa
Alexander Tsfasman, 4 Songs, 2. Jolly Night, 3. Dancing Fingers & Abram Chasins, Fantasy on themes from Johann Strauss’s Die Fledermaus
(30 minutes)
At 10.20 pm: Franz Liszt, Reminiscences of Norma, after Bellini
Camille Saint-Saëns (arr. Greg Anderson), The Swan (version for two pianos) & Leonard Bernstein / John Musto / Xavier Aymonod, Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
(30 minutes)
From 7.00 pm to 11.59 pm: Guided tours led by students from the École du Louvre in the Empire Rooms (the Empire Rooms are accessible only after the concert)
At 7.20 pm: Concert featuring works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Concerto for Two Harpsichords in C minor, BWV 1060, I. Allegro, II. Adagio, III. Allegro
Pianists: Felicia Cheng and Claire Meissner Bernard
Franz Liszt, Symphonic Poems, arrangement for two pianos, 3. Les Préludes, after Lamartine
(30 minutes)
At 8.20 pm: Concert by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (arr. Nicolas Economou), The Nutcracker,
Suite from the ballet, 1. Overture, 2. March: Tempo di marcia viva, 3. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy: Andante non troppo, 4. Russian Dance (Trepak): Tempo di Trepak, molto vivace, 7. Dance of the Mirlitons: Moderato assai, 8. Waltz of the Flowers: Tempo di valse
Modest Mussorgsky (arr. Jura Margulis), A Night on Bald Mountain (version for two pianos)
(30 minutes)
At 9.20 pm: Concert by Franz Liszt, Symphonic Poems, arrangement for two pianos, 6. Mazeppa
Alexander Tsfasman, 4 Songs, 2. Jolly Night, 3. Dancing Fingers & Abram Chasins, Fantasy on themes from Johann Strauss’s Die Fledermaus
(30 minutes)
At 10.20 pm: Franz Liszt, Reminiscences of Norma, after Bellini
Camille Saint-Saëns (arr. Greg Anderson), The Swan (version for two pianos) & Leonard Bernstein / John Musto / Xavier Aymonod, Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
(30 minutes)
