ALEXANDRA CONUNOVA / ADRIEN LA MARCA / JULIEN QUENTIN…
Good things come in threes, as the saying goes. Led by the remarkable violinist Alexandra Conunova, this programme explores every possible configuration of chamber music. From Szymanowski’s visionary Myths to Schubert’s trio, the concert ends with Fauré’s masterly Piano Quartet No. 2.
Programme
FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828)
String Trio in B-flat major D. 581
KAROL SZYMANOWSKI (1882-1937)
Mythes for violin and piano op. 30
GABRIEL FAURÉ (1845-1924)
Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor op. 45
Concert without interval
Artist(s)
- Alexandra Conunova violin
- Adrien La Marca viola
- Pablo Ferrández cello
- Julien Quentin piano
Find out more
How can the relative discretion of the string trio be explained, compared with the piano trio and above all the string quartet? Two main reasons can be put forward: the homogeneity of timbre between a violin, a viola and a cello, and the difficulty of balancing low and high sonorities, which led to the addition of a second violin in the quartet form. As early as 1817, however, Schubert found the ideal alloy in his Trio D. 581 with its Mozartian echoes. Relatively little known, Szymanowski’s Myths are of extraordinary virtuosity. As equal partners, violin (Alexandra Conunova) and piano (Julien Quentin) depict with incredible evocative power tales such as The Fountain of Arethusa or the legend of Narcissus before his mirror. Squaring the circle, the programme finally presents one of the jewels of French chamber music, Gabriel Fauré’s quivering Piano Quartet No. 2. Violist Adrien La Marca and cellist Pablo Ferrández complete an exceptional team.
