2023-04-04 – 15:00 h

The Orchestre national de Lyon conducted by Eckehard Stier will perform two video games concert in April (Friday 7 & Saturday 8), dedicated mostly to the music of the Final Fantasy saga. The concerts will have the participation of Rony Barrak (darbouka) and Pierre Thibout (piano).

 

Description:

 “Long before the confinement, the video game was one of the most practiced leisure activities in France. Technological developments now allow it to support a soundtrack that has nothing to envy the great scores of film music. For the first time, the AO dedicates an entire concert to this highly creative music.

 

There is no predefined style in video game music, all genres are represented. These musics have in common to be intimately linked to the virtual world they accompany. Like the characters or the scenery, they are part of the game universe and deploy their immense evocative potential. Today, like film music, video game music has an independent life. The AO proposes to devote this concert to the symphonic pages that have long accompanied great sagas such as Final Fantasy. You don’t have to be a hardcore gamer to enjoy this music with a crazy communicative energy!”

 

The program will be the following:

  • Nobuo Uematsu – Fanfare d’ouverture (arr. Jonne Valtonen) – 3 MIN
  • Nobuo Uematsu – Final Fantasy VI – poème symphonique (Born with the Gift of Magic) (arr. Roger Wanamo) – 18 MIN
  • Yoko Shimomura – Kingdom Hearts – Rhapsodie (arr. Jonne Valtonen et Roger Wanamo) – 16 MIN
  • Nobuo Uematsu – Final Fantasy VII – symphonie (2e mvt : Words Drowned by Fireworks) (arr. Jonne Valtonen) – 14 MIN
  • Yasunori Mitsuda – Chrono Trigger/Chrono Cross – suite (arr. Roger Wanamo et Jonne Valtonen) – 17 MIN

 

When: Friday, 7 & Saturday 8, April 2023 at 20h & 18h

Where: Auditorium de Lyon (Lyon, France)

Tickets: 12-39 € – https://www.auditorium-lyon.com/en/node/13908

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