Gaëlle Solal

Arnaud Thorette, viola
Gaëlle Solal, guitar

A musical journey around hope

“Hope is nothing more than the belief that this moment has not yet arrived...”
— Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Labyrinth of Spirits

Throughout the centuries and across cultures, music has always been one of the most powerful languages for expressing hope. Spiritual hope, hope for freedom, hope for a more just world, intimate hope that carries us through life's trials.

The HOPE program, conceived by Gaëlle Solal and Arnaud Thorette, offers a musical journey that combines classical music, folk traditions, and protest songs. From the baroque of Johann Sebastian Bach and Henry Purcell to the poetic impulses of Gabriel Fauré, from the fiery rhythms of Astor Piazzolla and Manuel de Falla to the protest songs of Violeta Parra and Alberto Ginastera, this program weaves a sensitive thread between eras and continents.

Duo and guest formulas

Jean-Sébastien BACH
Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ BWV 639

Manuel DE FALLA
Nana, Asturiana (Excerpts from Siete Canciones Populares Españolas) 

Django REINHARD
Minor Swing

ANON.
Amazing Grace

Henry PURCELL
Music for a While

Stéphane GRAPPELLI
Rolls (Soundtrack from Les Valseuses)

Kurt WEILL
Youkali

Gabriel FAURÉ
Après un rêve op.7 n°1

Astor PIAZZOLLA
Ave Maria (Tanti anni prima)

Alberto GINASTERA / Victor JARA
Canción del árbol

Scottish/American traditional
Wayfaring stranger

Violeta PARRA
Gracias a la vida

Carlos PUEBLA
Hasta siempre comandante

John LENNON
Imagine