Claire Chevallier (Altviool) & Paul de Clerck (Piano)

OLD AND NEW

Pianist Claire Chevallier and violist Paul De Clerck choose music that harks back to music with works by Reger, Hindemith, Britten, Stravinski and Kris Defoort (creation!). to the musical past. Composers can honor their old colleagues through personally colored tributes, but they can also edit, quote, copy or reinterpret existing compositions. Whether or not all these methods are musically 'responsible', or whether they belong in the composer's study rather than in the concert hall, or whether they teach anything, these are questions that largely have to be answered by the audience. The answers to these questions differ with each implementation. Returning to the musical past itself is fascinating to say the least and worth exploring. Belgian jazz pianist and composer Kris Defoort writes a work for viola and piano for the occasion. He was inspired by Purcell...

This concert is part of the Focus Stravinski 2010-2011

< em>In his time, Stravinsky's music was experienced as radically innovative, today it belongs to the canon of 20th century music. Everyone knows his ballet music, but his chamber music is just as captivating. In six concerts you can become acquainted with a selection of Stravinsky's most beautiful works for small ensembles.