Concert Michael Barenboim and Julien Quentin perform French duets

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Maurice Ravel, Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in A Minor, Op. Posth.
Olivier Messiaen, Theme and Variations for Violin and Piano
Camille Saint-Saëns, Berceuse in B-flat Op. 38
César Franck, Andantino quietoso, Op. 6
Gabriel Fauré, Élégie in C Minor, Op. 24
Henri Vieuxtemps, Elegy in F Minor, Op. 30
Ernest Chausson, Pièce Op. 39
George Enescu, Concertstück
Gabriel Fauré, Lullaby, Op. 16

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Michael Barenboim and Julien Quentin perform French duets Verbier Festival 2024

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Celebrated violinist Michael Barenboim and piano superstar Julien Quentin perform a program of French duets! Ravel’s first violin sonata comprises a single impressionist movement, written as a student at the Paris Conservatoire. Admitted to the conservatoire at just eleven, Messaien composed his compelling Thème et Variations as a wedding gift for Claire Delbos. The serenity of Saint-Saëns’s Berceuse complements the elegiac themes of Franck’s emotive Andantino Quietoso, Fauré’s romantic Élégie, and Vieuxtemps’s expressive Élégie. Freeing his music from Wagnerian influence, Chausson combined late Romanticism with the vivid colors of Impressionism in his Pièce. The concert concludes with a demanding commission for the Paris Conservatoire viola concours: Enescu’s Concertstück.

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