Victoria Hall is a prominent concert hall housed in a majestic neoclassical building. This historic venue is celebrated for its exceptional acoustics, making it a favored destination for music enthusiasts. While occasionally featuring other musical genres, Victoria Hall remains predominantly dedicated to the world of classical music.
Pedro Abrunhosa, accompanied by his band Comité Caviar, revisits a career of poetic, introspective songwriting that blends pop, soul, jazz and urban influences. Known for the landmark album Viagens (1994), he explores themes of love, social concern and human experience through expressive lyrics and refined arrangements. The performance balances intimate moments and powerful, immersive passages, where charismatic delivery and meticulous musical interplay create a charged, emotionally resonant atmosphere.
Daniil Trifonov offers a nuanced and virtuosic piano recital exploring a wide span of repertoire, from Händel and Mozart Camargo Guarnieri to Stravinsky, Schubert and South American voices. The programme juxtaposes baroque refinement, romantic lyricism and 20th-century colour, including works by Juan Francisco García, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Alberto Ginastera, Rafael Bullumba Landestoy and the artist’s own compositions. Trifonov’s poetic touch and dynamic contrasts illuminate each piece with sensitivity and power.
Directed by Laurent Pelly and conducted by Jader Bignamini, Rossini’s Le Voyage à Reims is a lavish, meta-lyric comedy that reunites an array of virtuoso soloists. This new production plays on ceremonial pageantry and intimate comic intrigues, blending sparkling ensembles with lyrical soliloquies. The reconstructed score offers both historical colour and theatrical wit, realised through elegant staging, precise musical leadership and a vivid ensemble that turns Rossini’s coronation music into a glittering celebration of the operatic art.
In Italian.
Considered the summit of Johann Sebastian Bach’s œuvre and a milestone in music history, the Mass in B Minor transcends genre and time. This monumental, enigmatic fresco unites diverse styles, forms and affects in a single arc. Gli Angeli Genève’s singers, both soloists and ripienists, join players from the Orchestre de Chambre de Genève in a rare side-by-side project under the direction of Stephan MacLeod. The collaboration frames the score as an invitation to encounter voices, instruments and shared sensibilities.
Gautier Capuçon (cello) and Mirabelle Kajenjeri (piano) present an intimate programme of chamber music, juxtaposing Debussy’s lyricism with Mendelssohn’s classical clarity. The programme continues with Schumann’s three Fantasiestücke in the cello-piano version and Brahms’s richly textured Second Cello Sonata, Op. 99. Expect sensitive dialogue, warm tone and finely calibrated phrasing as the two artists explore contrasts of colour and intimacy, drawing listeners into a concentrated and expressive musical journey.
Following its exploration of Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos, Christmas Oratorio and Mass in B minor, the ensemble Gli Angeli presents Bach’s St John Passion (BWV 245). More direct and theatrical than the St Matthew Passion, the work is marked by dramatic intensity, striking contrasts and powerful expressivity. Under the direction of Stephan MacLeod and featuring soloists Guy Cutting, Aleksandra Lewandowska, Zoë Brookshaw, Christopher Lowrey, Thomas Hobbs and Drew Santini, the performance brings rigorous baroque interpretation and vivid emotional immediacy.
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