Le répertoire de la Sinfonie Bohémienne est constitué à partir des recherches menées sur les partitions manuscrites originales des compositeurs quand elles sont parvenues jusqu’à nous, ou sur les plus anciennes éditions connues. Chaque interprétation est travaillée en relisant la partition originale de la main même du compositeur, “pour se mettre dans sa peau”. La encore, la Sinfonie Bohémienne veut cerner au plus près l’âme de la création des œuvres et l’esprit de leur temps en faisant le pari de leur actualité.
Programmes
Each concert can be commentated by Gilles Thomé and further illustrated through presenting instruments of his own manufacturing.
Quatuors pour clarinette et trio à cordes « A romantic evening - Une soirée romantique» Program sponsored by the Bru-zane fondation (http://www.bru-zane.com)
chief d'orchestre and clarinette : Gilles Thomé
Sinfonie Bohemienne Orchestra : 4 musiciens : Clarinette, Violon, Alto, Basse
Charles-Simon Catel (L’Aigle 10 juin 1773 / Paris 29 novembre 1830)
Quatuor op2 n°3 en ré min
Matthieu Frédéric Blasius (Lauterbourg 24 avril 1758 / Versailles 1829)
Quatuors concertants op 1 n°3, clarinette, violon, alto et violoncelle et sib
Charles Duvernoy (Montbéliard 1766 / Paris 28 février 1845)
Quatuors pour clarinette, violon, alto et basse, 2e oeuvre de quatuors
MOZART Quintet with clarinet
Gilles Thomé
A Mozart evening - Une soirée chez Mozart
“Serenades for Bohemian wind sextet”
Chief d'orchestre and clarinet: Gilles Thomé
Sinfonie Bohemienne Orchestra : 7 musicians: 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassoons, 1 contra bassoon
THE ideal wind formation from 1750 to 1810 in the Europe of France and Vienna.
Vienna, around 1760-1780: the greatest composers delight in writing serenades for wind instruments, often played during outdoor promenades. In the context of his work on the sextet, Gilles Thomé produced a Bohemian sextet in 2006/7/8.
The purity of melodic lines and perfect harmony of the wind sextet make for an enchanting divertissement on original Bohemian instruments.
Joseph HAYDN
Partita in Bb major Hob II/B7 (around 1761)
Johann-Christian BACH
Sinfonia n°1 in Eb major
Franz KROMMER
Partita in Bb major
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART
Serenade in Eb major K.375 (1781)
A Rossini evening - Une soirée chez Rossini
“Bohemian wind quintets”
chief d'orchestre and clarinet: Gilles Thomé
Sinfonie Bohemienne Orchestra: 5 musicians: flute, oboe, clarinets, horn, bassoon
Gioachino ROSSINI
Overture to The Italian in Algiers
Gioachino ROSSINI/BEER
Quartet n°6 in F major (based on the Andante e Tema con variazioni in F major of 1812 for flute, clarinet, horn and bassoon by Rossini)
-Andante
-“Tema con variazioni” Allegretto
Anton REICHA
Quintet in Eb major op.88 n°2
-Lento/Allegro moderato
-Menuetto
-Poco andante grazioso
-Finale allegretto
François-René GEBAUER:
Quintet n°2 in Eb major
-Allegro
-Menuet
-Andante sostenuto
-Rondo Valse
An evening at Erard’s - Une soirée chez Erard
“Trio with harp”
chief d'orchestre and clarinet : Gilles Thomé
Sinfonie Bohemienne Orchestra: 3 musicians: harp, clarinet, horn
J.G.H. BACKOFEN (1768-1839)
Duo concertant for harp and clarinet
Allegro – Theme and variations
Frédéric DUVERNOY (1765-1838)
Second Nocturne for horn and harp in Eb major
I. Allegro assai
II. Andantino
III.Allegro
FUCHS
Duo for clarinet and horn
Allegro moderato –Menuetto allegretto
François-Adrien BOIELDIEU (1775-1834)
Horn solo in F major with harp accompaniment
Largo molto –Andante grazioso
Nicolas-Charles BOCHSA (1789-1856) / Duport
Nocturne n°1 for clarinet and harp in Eb major
Giaccomo ROSSINI
“Strofe d’Improvviso” taken from Le voyage à Reims, arranged for clarinet and harp, in A major.
François PETRINI (1740-1820)
Variations on “Les Folies d’Espagne” for harp
Louis-Emmanuel JADIN (1768-1853)
3rd Fantaisie for horn and harp
Nicolas-Charles BOCHSA (1789-1856)
Nocturne for horn, clarinet and harp in Eb major
A soirée in the salons of Monsieur de La Popelinière - Une soirée chez M. de La Popelinière
Alexandre(-) Jean-Joseph Le Riche de la Popelinière: 1693-1762
“Rameau and his time”
chief d'orchestre : Gilles Thomé
Sinfonie Bohemienne Orchestra: 6 musicians: 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassoons
This programme proposes arrangements for wind sextet (2 horns, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons) along with arias and dances from Acanthe et Céphise by Rameau. Pieces by Rameau were played in the 1760s: “Monsieur Gaspard joined other wind instrumentalists of the Prince de Condé in some pieces by Rameau for 2 horns, 2 clarinets and 2 bassoons at the Concert Spirituel of May 29th, 1766, the Feast of Corpus Christi. Arrangements, directed by Gilles Thomé, were made by Bertrand Peigné.
The programme also includes the very first French pieces for this formation by Gossec, followed by the popular first arrangements of opera made by the clarinettist Roeser.
In the second half, a wind band suite specially written for this formation takes us away from the fashionable opera world, a composition dedicated to this wind sextet undeniably popular until the revolution.
These works are performed, for the clarinets, on facsimiles made by Gilles Thomé based on the unique original signed by “Geist” and conserved in the Musée de la Musique in Paris. This model, from 1760, corresponds to the first clarinets introduced into France by musicians like Kaspar Prosck.
Jean-Philippe RAMEAU (1683-1764)
Suite from “Achante et Céphise” (1751)
Vœux de la Nation – Fanfare – Muzette Tendre – Menuets – Gavottes en Rondeau – Tambourins – Entrée Andante – Rigaudons – Menuets – Airs du Chasseur – Air Vif-Menuets – Pantomime – Contre-Danse
François-Joseph GOSSEC (1734-1829)
Sextet pieces for 2 clarinets, 2 horns and 2 basoons (1768)
For His Serenissime Highness Monsieur le Prince de Condé
Andante, the Great Hunt of Chantilly, Andante-Larghetto, the Hunt of Hylas and Sylvie
Valentin ROESER (c1735-c1782)
Suite of pieces for wind band (c1770)
Themes taken from the Opera and the Opera-Comique, for 2 clarinets, 2 horns and 2 bassoons, arranged by Mr. Roeser / for protégés of His Highness, Monseigneur, Le Duc d’Orléans.
Andante, un poco Allegretto, Andante, Amoroso, Menuet, Marche, Larghetto, Allemande, un peu lent, Allegretto, Pastorale, Allegro en Rondeau
Prosper-Didier DESHAYES (c1750-1815)
First suite for wind band for 2 clarinets, 2 horns and 2 bassoons.
Allegro moderato, Largo, Allegro Molto, Largo, Romanza, Vivace
An evening at Stadler’s – Une soirée chez Stadler”
“Concerts for a trio of basset horns d’amore”
chief d'orchestre and basset horn d’amore : Gilles Thomé
Sinfonie Bohemienne Orchestra: 3 musicians: basset horns
In 2006, Gilles Thomé made, for the Cité de la Musique and the Musée de la Musique de Paris, a facsimile of a basset horn d’amore, based on an anonymous Viennese model from c1790.
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART – Divertimenti K 439b circa 1788
Divertimento n° 1
Allegro - Menuetto (allegretto) – Adagio – Menuetto – Rondo (Allegro)
Divertimento n° 2
Allegro – Menuetto – Larghetto – Menuetto – Allegro – Rondo (Allegro)
Divertimento n° 3
Allegro – Menuetto – Adagio – Menuetto – Rondo (allegro assai)
Divertimento n° 4
Allegro – Larghetto – Menuetto – Adagio – Allegretto
Divertimento n° 5
Adagio – Menuetto – Adagio – Romance (andante) – Polonaise
Three basset horns d’amore in F made by Gilles Thomé, based on three Viennese instruments:
* Basset horn d’amore in F, Viennese anonymous, circa 1795
(collection of the Musée de la musique (E2002), Paris)
* Basset horn d’amore in F, Hammig Junior, circa 1795,
(collection of the Museum of Anvers)
* Basset horn of Theodor Lotz, in F, circa 1785;
(collection of the Nuremberg Museum MJ135)
An evening with Lotz – Une soirée chez Lotz
“Basset horn trio”
chief d'orchestre and basset horn : Gilles Thomé
Sinfonie Bohemienne Orchestra: 3 musicians: basset horns
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART
Divertimento K439b n° 2 Allegro Menuetto Larghetto Rondo (Allegro)
- A. NUDERA
Divertimento in F Allegro Vivace Jiri DRUZESKY “Divertissement for Three Basset Horns” Allegro Anton STADLER “Terzetten für 3 Bafsethörner” Marcia n° 5 Allegretto n° 2 Adagio n° 4 Allegro “Matrimonio nella Candella” n° 9 La Russe n° 7 Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART The Marriage of Figaro, an 18th century transcription based on KV 577 Rondo “Al desio di chi t’adora” Aria “Voi che sapete” Aria “Non più andrai, farfallone amoroso”
An evening at the Lichnowsky’s – Une soirée chez Lichnowsky
“The complete trios for clarinet, piano and cello of Beethoven”
chief d'orchestre and clarinet : Gilles Thomé
Sinfonie Bohemienne Orchestra: 3 musicians: clarinet, cello, piano
These two famous trios are inspired by Viennese popular themes which Beethoven portrays with a new depth.
Performed on “Viennese” instruments, copies of the originals.
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
Trio en Bb major op. 11 for piano, clarinet and cello
Vienna, 1798 (22 mn)
Allegro con brio
Adagio
Theme and nine variations
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
Trio in Eb major op. 38 for piano, clarinet and cello
Vienna, 1802/1803
Adagio
Allegro con brio
Adagio cantabile
Tempo di menuetto
Theme and five variations
Scherzo (Allegro molto e vivace)
Andante con moto alla marcia
An evening in the salons of Lafayette – Une soirée chez Lafayette
Songs of the First Republic
chief d'orchestre and clarinet: Gilles Thomé
Sinfonie Bohemienne Orchestra: 6 musicians: 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassoons and a choir of 15
With this programme, the Sinfonie Bohémienne of Gilles Thomé evokes the unknown world of the late French 18
th century, the first years of the Republic. You will hear forgotten composers and extraordinary pieces. Played on original instruments and sung with all the vigour and simplicity of its creation, this music will help you to grasp an uninterrupted musical current which, having begun in opera of the Ancien Régime, grew little by little into a specific new form and culminates in the works of Beethoven and in the Ode to Joy which in some aspects it prefigures.
François-Joseph GOSSEC
La grande chasse de Chentilli A suite of revolutionary songs
Ah! ça ira. –Oh, it will be fine. Le réveil du peuple contre les terroristes –The people rising up against terrorists.. Hymne à l’être suprême (Catel) –Hymn to the supreme being Hymne chanté par le peuple à la fête de Bara et Viala –Sung by the people on the feast of Bara and Viala Marche victorieuse –Victorious march La Carmagnole François-Joseph GOSSEC
La chasse d’Hylas et Silvie –The hunt of Hylas and Sylvie Symphony à six –Symphony for six Trois hymnes à la liberté (Marche religieuse –O salutaris- Hymne à la statue de la liberté) –Three hymns to freedom (Religious march – O Salutaris – Hymn to the statue of liberty) A suite of revolutionary songs
Le chant du départ (Méhul) –The departure song La Bataille (RH.179) (Gossec) – The Battle
- I. l’appel des troupes (sic)
- II. Marche
- III. Mêlée ou attaque
- IV. Victoire
Hymne à l’Eternel (Devienne) The Marseillaise (Rouget de Lisle) Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
Rondo from the Septet op. 71, [opus 122] Bundeslied: In allen guten Stunden (B flat major), for two vocal soloists and a three-voice choir, 2 clarinets, 2 horns and 2 bassoons, set to a text by Goethe.
Une soirée chez les Jacquin – An evening at the Jacquins
“The Stadler quintet"
Soloist: Gilles Thomé, basset clarinet d’amore
Formation: 5 musicians, 2 violins, viola, cello, clarinet
This Quintet of Mozart is perfect in finishing and effect. Mozart’s nostalgia and pure intensity of melodic line is here taken to its greatest height. The clarinet, shining as never before, is treated as if Mozart had been the first to discover its charm, its volubility. Here, there is no duality between the soloist and the accompaniment, but only a fraternal rivalry.
Johann Friedrich Schink wrote about it in this way to Stadler (Litterarische Fragmente): Please accept my thanks for your extraordinary virtuosity! What you do with your instrument, I have never heard before. I would have never thought a clarinet able to imitate the human voice like you do. Your instrument has a sonority so sweet, so tender, that no listener with a heart can resist it!”
The concert premiere of the Stadlerquintett K 581 took place on December 22, 1789 at the Tonskunstler Societät with Anton Stadler as soloist.
Frantisek KROMMER
Quartet for clarinet and string trio in B flat major op. 21
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART
Sketch for an Allegro KV Anh. 91 (KV 516c) (Vienna 1987 - ?) in B flat major for basset clarinet in B flat and string quartet
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART
Sketch for a Rondo, KV Anh. 88 (KV 581a), in A major for Clarinet in A and string quartet
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART
Quintet to Stadler, KV 581, in A major (September, 1789) for clarinet in A and string quartet
This programme can be modified in order to include the projection of the film “Mozart, the K621b enigma by Thierry Nutchey and Olivier Julien.
The salon of curiosities
Mechanical organ
chief d'orchestre and clarinet : Gilles Thomé
Sinfonie Bohemienne Orchestra: 2 musicians: mechanical organ, clarinet
Musical excerpts for mechanical organ and clarinet from the opera Zémire et Azor by Grétry.
Pianino
Gilles Thomé, clarinet
Formation: 2 musicians: pianino, clarinet
Using an authentic Pleyel pianino from 1834, this concert reveals a whole universe rich in nuances and authentic sonorities. A faithful reproduction of the musical and instrumental language of the first half of the 19th century, with music by Rossini, Hoffmeister, Pleyel and Chopin.
