The Transformation of Music – Trans-Formation II
Chamber Music
Thursday, 8 August 2024
7.30 pm, Rougemont Church
One and the same piece of music can adopt two entirely different characters! This definitely holds true for Brahms’s Piano Trio No. 1 – a composition that started its life as a youthful endeavor but, four decades later, underwent an absolute transformation. In a letter dated September 3, 1889, Brahms wrote to Clara Schumann: “You wouldn’t guess the childlike amusement I indulged in on beautiful summer days. I rewrote my B major Trio and can now label it, Op. 108 instead of, Op. 8.” Gathering for this “new” trio and Antonín Dvořák’s enchanting “Dumky” are artists who, in their previous Festival appearances, left indelible memories: violinist Sayaka Shoji, pianist Beatrice Rana (2nd prize winner of the Van Cliburn Competition 2013), and cellist Kian Soltani, who performed alongside Sol Gabetta in Gstaad in 2016.
Avec le généreux soutien de la Loterie Romande
Sayaka sohji, Violin
Kian Soltani, Cello
Beatrice Rana, Piano
| Claude Debussy (1862-1918) | |
| Violin Sonata in G Minor, L. 140 | 13' |
| Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) | |
| Piano Trio No. 4 d-Moll, Op. 9, “Dumky” | 30' |
| Robert Schumann (1810-1856) | |
| Adagio and Allegro for Cello and Piano, Op. 70 | 9' |
| Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) | |
| Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8 (revised version of 1889) | 37' |
| 90' | |
| CHF 85/60/40 |
