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Martin Fröst, Janine Jansen, B. Brovtsyn, N. Shaham, P. Ferrández & D. Kozhukhin
29.08.25 > 19:30

> Grande salle, NODA BCVS

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Description

  • Martin Fröst, Clarinet
  • Janine Jansen, Violin
  • Boris Brovtsyn, Violin
  • Noga Shaham, Viola
  • Pablo Ferrández, Cello
  • Denis Kozhukhin, Piano

 

Our co-artistic director, Janine Jansen, surrounds herself with exceptional musicians for a journey into the heart of the most beautiful pages of the chamber music repertoire. In 1891, fascinated by clarinetist Richard Mühlfeld, Johannes Brahms came out of retirement and composed his last works, including the Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Opus 115. In an atmosphere both intimate and lyrical, Brahms deploys deep melancholy, tinged with poignant nostalgia. Over the course of four movements, he oscillates between major and minor modes, navigating between shadow and light, and exploring with infinite delicacy a very nuanced palette of emotions.

A great admirer of Brahms and a major figure in Hungarian music, Ernö Dohnányi was still a student at the Budapest Academy of Fine Arts with his classmate Béla Bartók when he composed his Piano Quintet in C minor. Of striking maturity, this work combines flamboyant virtuosity with great harmonic richness. Inspired by the Brahmsian heritage, Dohnányi sculpts elaborate textures and fiery rhythms, gliding smoothly from lyricism to drama.

Finally, in 1938, Béla Bartók composed Contrasts, a unique and daring trio for violin, clarinet, and piano – his only chamber music work including a wind instrument. Treated with rhythmic complexity and great inventiveness, this score explores various folk dances, plunging us into a world of oppositions, tensions, and balances between tradition and modernity.

Three essential compositions to (re)discover!

Program

J. Brahms  /  Clarinet Quintet (with Strings), Op. 115

B. Bartók  /  Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet and Piano, Sz. 111

E. Dohnányi  /  Piano Quintet No. 1, Op. 1; W082

Artists

Concert venue

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Grande salle, NODA BCVS
Avenue de Tourbillon 22
Sion
Switzerland

Partners

Fondation Sion Violon Musique - Rue du Rawil 47 - CH-1950 Sion - Switzerland
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