Closing Gala Concert LVHF 2026

The closing concert of LVHF 2026 takes the audience one last time to France. The Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic and soprano Sandra Hamaoui present both the passion of Ravel's Bolero and Bizet's Danse Bohème from Carmen, as well as the lyricism of arias and songs by Duparc, Gounod, and Debussy.

Program:
- Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) Bacchanale (Samson et Dalila, op. 47)
- Henri Duparc (1848-1933) L'invitation au voyage
- Charles Gounod (1818-1893) Je veux vivre (Roméo et Juliette, CG 9)
- Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) Les Chemins de l'amour, FP 106-Ib
- Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) La Valse, M. 72

- intermission -

- Georges Bizet (1838-1875) Danse bohème (Carmen suite no. 2)
- Maurice Ravel La flûte enchantée (Shéhérazade, M. 41)
- Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Nuit d'étoiles, L2. 2
- Jules Massenet (1842-1912) Je marche sur tous les chemins… Obéissons (Manon)
- Maurice Ravel Boléro, M. 81