HET COLLECTIEF/BRĀMSS. DEBISĪ. STRAVINSKIS. ŠĒNBERGS

HET COLLECTIEF / Brahms. Debussy. Stravinsky. Schoenberg

The World in an Amber / Belgium

 Participants:

Thomas Dieltjens, piano

Wibert Aerts, violin

Martijn Vink, cello

Julien Hervé, clarinet

Toon Fret, flute

 Program:

Trio for clarinet, cello and piano, J. BRAHMS

Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (arr. T. Mulleman), C. DEBUSSY

Suite from 'L'Histoire du soldat', I. STRAVINSKY

Kammersymphonie (arr. A. Webern), A. SCHÖNBERG

Nearly twenty years ago a new quintet saw the light of day, the aim of which was to bring tradition and modernity in classical music closer to each other. After its inaugurating concert with Schoenberg’s 1906 ‘Kammersymphonie Opus 9’ (Chamber Symphony Opus 9), the ensemble was immediately referred to with the slightly derogatory label ‘contemporary’. But today’s history of music has moved ahead quite significantly in the sense that Schoenberg’s pioneering work is now generally regarded as the logical sequel to the late romantic masterworks of Brahms and Wagner.

In the turbulent years of the early decades of the twentieth century, a totally different, conflicting aesthetics was taking shape in Igor Stravinsky’s music. His career started with the ‘Ballets russes’ in Paris, under the approving eyes of Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel. And not even the atmosphere of scandal surrounding the creation of ‘Le sacre du printemps’ (The Rite of Spring) could prevent Stravinsky’s later work from conquering for itself quite rapidly a place in our collective memory.

Tickets: € 7,00 – 15,00

Venue: Chamber Hall

Organized by: Great Amber