CONCERT PRELUDE A LA FETE NATIONALE 2020

This year, the traditional concert performed as a prelude to Belgium's national day, is under the direction of the conductor Michael Schønwandt. He brings together the Belgian National Orchestra, the soprano Jodie Devos, the tenor Thomas Blondelle and the violinist Sylvia Huang.

On the programme:

- "Adagio for strings", by Guillaume Lekeu
- "Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio!", K. 418, "Symphony No. 35 in D major", K. 385, known as "Haffner", "Fuor del mar", from "Idomeneo", K. 366, and "Concerto for violin and orchestra No. 4 in D major", K. 218, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- "Brentano Lieder", Op. 68, by Richard Strauss
- "Old American Songs" (First Set), by Aaron Copland
- "Rêve d'Enfant", Op. 14, by Eugène Ysaÿe
- "Oh, Happy We!", from "Candide", by Leonard Bernstein
- "Symphony No. 7 in A major", Op. 92, by Ludwig van Beethoven

Presented by: Caroline Veyt.
Recorded on 20 July 2020 at the Palais des Beaux-Arts (Bozar), Brussels.