Schedule for The Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne 2022


Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra

Principal Guest Conductor: Bertrand de Billy

PROGRAMME:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony Np 39 in E Flat Major, KV 543
Symphony No 40 in G Minor, KV 550
Symphony No 41 in G Major (Jupiter), KV 551

The Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne (OCL) performs around one hundred concerts each season at the Salle Mйtropole in Lausanne, its place of residence, as well as throughout Switzerland and abroad. The ensemble has performed at the Thйвtre des Champs-Йlysйes and the Salle Pleyel in Paris, the Alte Oper in Frankfurt, the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg and the Musikverein in Vienna, as well as at festivals including the BBC Proms in London, the George Enescu Festival in Bucharest and the Istanbul Festival.
Founded in 1942 by Victor Desarzens, the OCL has collaborated with such eminent international artists as the conductors Ernest Ansermet, Gьnter Wand, Paul Hindemith, Charles Dutoit, Neeme Jдrvi and Jeffrey Tate, as well as with soloists including Isaac Stern, Radu Lupu and Martha Argerich. Since it was established almost seventy years ago the orchestra has been led by only five artistic directors – Victor Desarzens (1942–1973), Armin Jordan (1973–1985), Lawrence Foster (1985–1990), Jesъs Lуpez Cobos (1990–2000) and Christian Zacharias (2000–2013). Bertrand de Billy is the orchestra’s Principal Guest Conductor.
The OCL’s extensive discography has earned a great deal of praise from the international press. The complete recording of Mozart’s piano concerti, performed and conducted by Christian Zacharias for the German label MDG, has received over forty international awards and distinctions. More recently, a new collaboration commenced with Outhere Music; a remarkable recording of Louis Spohr’s complete clarinet concerti performed and led by Paul Meyer in 2012 was followed by a Schoenberg disc with Heinz Holliger in the autumn of 2013. A brand-new recording of Symphony in D Major by Luigi Cherubini led by Bertrand de Billy is now available (MDG).
As a partner of the Opйra de Lausanne, the OCL regularly appears in the orchestra pit over the course of the opera season. The OCL is also the first Swiss orchestra to engage a composer in residence every two years. As part of its mission to promote music among young audiences, the orchestra offers a variety of concerts for families and schools, and it collaborates on a regular basis with music institutions of higher education in Lausanne itself (the Haute Йcole de Musique de Lausanne and the Haute Йcole de Thйвtre de Suisse Romande). The OCL is subsidised by the city of Lausanne and the canton of Vaud and is a member of www.orchester.ch and the Swiss Association of Professional Orchestras. The majority of its concerts are recorded by Espace 2, its privileged partner since its foundation, and are made available to the public for listening on request www.espace2.ch.