The beautiful understanding of the choristers and the prompters of the Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra allowed Warynski to bring out with rare authority the main lines of Brahms's Begräbnisgesang and Anton Bruckner's Mass No. 2 in an interpretation full of breath , before releasing the formidable energy of the Symphony. “The older I get, the more I love Stravinsky’s music,” confides the conductor. In any case, he showed an intimate understanding, received with enthusiasm by the public. As an encore, Les Métaboles rewarded him with an absolute rarity: the Libera me by Ignaz von Seyfried (1776-1841), Viennese composer and student of Mozart. Full of echoes of the latter’s Requiem, the piece was performed in 1827 at Beethoven’s funeral.
A discovery and a way of showing that many surprises still await us as part of the Métaboles residency, whether at the Rencontres musicales de Vézelay 2025 or during the season.....