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Mahler, Symphony No 9
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 November 2026 | ||||||
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Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt has never hidden his love of music, essential to life, and more particularly to his life as a writer concerned with the music of words. For him, the immediacy of the emotions it creates and its ability to transport us to another world make music an art above all others. Inspired and moved by the tragic journey of the immense composer Gustav Mahler , the writer Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt looks back on his life and his music, inviting us to listen again to his ultimate masterpiece , a painful journey that ends transfigured by joy.
A poignant farewell to life, Mahler 's ninth and final symphony opens and closes with a slow movement. Initially tender and nostalgic in character, a cry of despair soon rises from the orchestra, the brass tearing through the silky tones of the strings. This art of contrast is present at all levels because the antagonism between life and death is the driving force of Mahler's language. Hence the mixture between the popular (the village dance of the second movement) and the learned, tragic and ironic (the grating funeral march of the third movement), the alternation between a monumental use of the orchestra and, on the contrary, a more chamber-like one, highlighting all the sections. This episodic writing is a constant delight, whose full palette of colors and nuances will be heard by the Orchestre national d'Île-de-France.
The last movement, punctuated by silences and quotations from the first movement, which resonate like reminiscences, breaks up and closes calmly on luminous sounds.
Program and cast
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National Orchestra of Île-de-France
Case Scaglione, conducted by
Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, text and reading
Program
Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt , Rendezvous with Mahler
Mahler , Symphony No. 9
La Seine Musicale
La Seine Musicale is a music and performing arts center located on Île Seguin an island on the Seine river between Boulogne-Billancourt and Sèvres, in the western suburbs of Paris, France.
Adress: La Seine Musicale, Île Seguin, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Auditorium Patrick Devedjian
Nestled like a gem in a case of glass and wood, the Auditorium Patrick Devedjian is the centerpiece of our building. It can accommodate up to 1,150 spectators and is dedicated to acoustic music, featuring the greatest classical ensembles and musicians, foremost among them the resident orchestra: Insula orchestra.
Its appearance is open to interpretation: a bird's nest, a giant liner, "the ball"...
From the outside, its glass facade is protected and powered by a gigantic array of solar panels that moves in synchronization with the sun, overlooking the concrete liner.
From the inside, the 1,150-seat hall awakens our senses. Dedicated to classical music, jazz, and world music concerts, its light blonde wooden ceiling, cardboard tubes, and paper reveal all the secrets of the excellent acoustics of this stage.
Its Acoustics
Studied by the Nagata and Jean-Paul Lamoureux firm to ensure the best possible sound reproduction for the audience. All precautions have been taken to guarantee exceptional acoustics with the precision of a musical instrument.
Its Design
Modular, its vineyard-style arrangement creates a genuine proximity with the audience surrounding the artists. The interplay of lights, the beauty of materials (wood, mosaics, glass), and the 360° panorama are all designed to match the pleasure of the eyes with that of the ears.
Its design aims to create a sense of visual and acoustic intimacy shared between the audience and the musicians. The atmosphere of the hall is warm, with curved wooden walls and ceiling contributing to the hall’s unique sound identity. Access to the hall is provided on three levels by large suspended walkways offering panoramic views of the surrounding landscape. These are connected by large staircases forming a continuous promenade around the hall.
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