Symphonie cosmique, Rameau, Rebel - Musique

1 Place du Champ-au-Roy, Théâtre du Champ au Roy

What existed before creation? Graciane Finzi asks the question from her perspective as a creator, imagining what lay “before the before,” the twists of her thinking before she laid down a first note. Poulenc asks himself fewer questions: his Sinfonietta, with its third movement falsely Brahmsian, is a jewel of gaiety and swagger. Nicolas Ellis returns to the initial questions with a formidable Cosmic Symphony. Drawing on Rameau’s scenic works and Jean-Féry Rebel’s ballet The Elements, he lets us hear the universe arising from chaos, the seasons and the he…