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Pygmalion and conductor Raphaël Pichon are globally renowned for exceptional concerts that transcend the performance of beautiful music. Something extraordinary is also set to unfold when they return to the Muziekgebouw. Welt, gute Nacht is a story that, driven by wartime suffering, leads to the earliest cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach. Work by other members of the Bach family are also performed. A sweeping musical journey, with the history of the world as its canvas.
The pain of war, death, destruction, and the search for solace are of all times. Pygmalion explores intimate, soothing songs from the era of the Thirty Years’ War, which ravaged Europe in the early 17th century – a conflict some call the ‘first world war’. Johann Sebastian Bach was profoundly influenced by the music of that time. War and peace in a musical nutshell.
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Ensemble Pygmalion Biography
The historical performance ensemble Pygmalion is unusual in having been established as a joint choral-instrumental group. This background has equipped the group not only for choral music of various periods but also for the exploration of little-known operatic repertory. Pygmalion was founded in 2006 by Raphaël Pichon and managed to create for itself a singular identity in the international musical landscape, thanks to demanding crossed projects meeting both critical and popular success. For his lyrical works, Pygmalion collaborates with directors such as Romeo Castellucci, Katie Mitchell, Aurélien Bory, Simon McBurney, Jetske Mijnssen, Pierre Audi, Valérie Lesort, Christian Hecq or Michel Fau.
Pygmalion regularly performs on the most prestigious French stages (Philharmonie de Paris, Opéra royal de Versailles, Opéra-Comique, Aix-en-Provence, Beaune, Toulouse, Saint-Denis, Royaumont, Nancy, Montpellier etc.) and international (Köln, Frankfurt, Essen, Vienna, Amsterdam, Beijing, Hong Kong, Barcelona, Brussels etc.).
Pygmalion has been recording for Harmonia Mundi since 2014. His discography has been distinguished in France and abroad: Victoire de la musique Classique, Classica's Choc, Gramophone Award, Diapason d’or, Preis der Schallplattenkritik…
Read MorePygmalion regularly performs on the most prestigious French stages (Philharmonie de Paris, Opéra royal de Versailles, Opéra-Comique, Aix-en-Provence, Beaune, Toulouse, Saint-Denis, Royaumont, Nancy, Montpellier etc.) and international (Köln, Frankfurt, Essen, Vienna, Amsterdam, Beijing, Hong Kong, Barcelona, Brussels etc.).
Pygmalion has been recording for Harmonia Mundi since 2014. His discography has been distinguished in France and abroad: Victoire de la musique Classique, Classica's Choc, Gramophone Award, Diapason d’or, Preis der Schallplattenkritik…
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Musique Ancienne
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