The Pablo Casals Festival

                                        Prades at the Champs-Elysées in 2010



                                                                                17th SESSION


                                             MASTERPIECES OF CHAMBER MUSIC

Saturday 16 January, 2010
“ Mozart and the stars “

6 p.m.
Lecture by Hubert Reeves “ Astronomy and Ecology “

8 p.m.
“ Mozart and the stars" music and pictures by Hubert Reeves and friends

Quartet with piano in E flat major K 493
Quintet with clarinet in A major K581
Quintet with 2 violas in C major K515

Hubert Reeves, astrophysician and music lover
Gérard Poulet, Dan Zhu, violins
Nobuko Imai, Vladimir Mendelssohn, violas
François Salque, cello
Jeremy Menuhin, piano
Michel Lethiec, clarinet

Thursday 25 February, 2010

“Chopin in Paris “

6 p.m.
Introducing to-night’s concert. An encounter with Krzysztof Penderecki

8 p.m.
About Chopin’s first concert in Paris (26 February, 1832)
Beethoven String Quintet in C major, op 29
Chopin Sonata for cello and piano in G minor, op 65
Penderecki Sonata for cello and piano (2009) - in presence of the composer
Chopin Concerto en F minor, for piano and string quintet

Bruno Pasquier, viola
Arto Noras, cello
Jurek Dybal, bass
Ralf Gothoni, Wojciech Œwitała, piano
Silesian Quartet ( with contribution of the Chopin National Institute, Warsaw )

Friday 12 March, 2010
"Schubertiade"

6 p.m.
Introducing to-night’s concert with the prize winning work at the 3rd International composition contest, in Prades – April 2009

8 p.m.
Quintet for piano and strings in A major, “ The Trout “
Octette for strings and winds in A major posthumous opus 166

Philippe Bianconi, piano
Olivier Charlier, Mihaela Martin, violins
Nobuko Imai, violas
Frans Helmerson, cello
Niek de Groot, bass
Michel Lethiec, clarinet
Giorgio Mandolesi, bassoon
Bruno Schneider, French horn
Ensemble Calliopée

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