Puccini: La Bohème, for violin and piano, 'Si sente meglio' and 'Che gelida manina' Live in Bonn

An excerpt of a concert in the chamber music hall of the Beethoven-Haus Bonn, presenting the entire opera La Bohème by Giaccomo Puccini, arranged and performed by Mathieu van Bellen (violin) and Mathias Halvorsen (piano).

The album featuring the project will be released 18th of November 2022 on Backlash Music.
Pre-orders are already open on Bandcamp:
https://vanbellen-halvorsen.bandcamp....

Mathieu van Bellen and Mathias Halvorsen present this ambitious and the first ever completely instrumental arrangement of Giaccomo Puccini’s entire opera La Bohème. The musicians have arranged the score themselves, bringing together the parts of the soloists, the choir and the orchestra into a hyper-virtuosic piece for just violin and piano. Drawing on styles and techniques from Puccini’s contemporaries like Kreisler and Godowsky, the musicians have strived to utilise a wide array of colours and textures. Ranging from intimate love scenes to buzzing streets filled with soldiers and children, the arrangement is meant not only to reflect Puccini's orchestration, but also to build the scenic imagery and bring the characters to life.

A co-production of Backlash Music with PODIUM Esslingen and MuziekHaven.

Film by Dan Abbott / Recorded by Johann Günther

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