ORATORIO POUR LA PAIX (Jean-Philippe Vanbeselaere) Dunkerque 2025
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Information on the Performance
- Work Title: ORATORIO POUR LA PAIX
- Composer: Jean-Philippe Vanbeselaere
- Libretto: various
- Venue & Opera Company: Eglise Saint-Eloi, Dunkerque, France
- Recorded: May 9, 2025
- Type: Concert Live
- Singers: N/A
- Conductor: Luigi Pacicco
- Orchestra: Orchestre d’Harmonie de la Ville de Dunkerque
- Chorus: Crescendo, Intervalle, la Jeune France, Josquin des Prés, Chœur d’enfants du Conservatoire de Dunkerque
Information about the Recording
- Published by: weo
- Date Published: 2025
- Format: Broadcast
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
- This Recording is NOT AVAILABLE from a proper commercial or public source
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
PROGRAMME:
Dunkirk
by Josè Alberto Pina
Oratorio pour la paix
by Jean-Philippe Vanbeselaere
A tribute to Operation Dynamo, a key moment in Dunkirk’s history
Operation Dynamo was a pivotal episode of World War II that took place in Dunkirk in May 1940. After the German invasion, more than 300,000 Allied soldiers were evacuated in dramatic conditions from the beaches of Dunkirk to Great Britain. An act of courage, unity, and solidarity, the city of Dunkirk has gone down in history as a symbol of resistance and resilience.
“Oratorio for Peace”: a monumental work
The “Oratorio for Peace” concert is a poignant tribute to this era, while conveying a message of hope and peace. The 80 musicians of the Dunkirk City Wind Orchestra (OHVD) will be accompanied by the choirs Crescendo, Intervalle, La Jeune France, and Josquin des Prés, as well as the children’s choir from the Dunkirk Conservatory. A true gathering of regional talent!
The program for this 75- to 80-minute performance will be a musical celebration of collective memory and the sacrifices made for peace.
The Oratorio for Peace was commissioned by the Brass Orchestra and the Regional Conservatory of Amiens. It was premiered at the Amiens Coliseum on November 14, 2008, as part of the 90th anniversary of the Armistice of November 11, 1918. This lyrical, narrative, and dramatic work is closer to a secular cantata than an opera, and is not intended as a descriptive composition of the horrors of war, but rather as a work on the duty of remembrance that everyone must pass on to future generations. Through the texts of various authors, eras, and countries, the hope for freedom and peace, whether we call it salam, shalom, peace, pace, paz, or Frieden, always emerges.