La Folle Journée de Varsovie: CHAMBER EROICA (30)

Tickets go on sale on 1 September 2021, 11 a.m.

PROGRAMME:

Symphony No. 3 in E flat major Op. 55 Eroica (1803), arr. for piano quartet by Ferdinand Ries

I. Allegro con brio
II. Marcia funebre: Adagio assai
III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace
IV. Finale: Allegro molto

PERFORMERS:

Adrien Boisseau – viola 

Trio Owon:

Olivier Charlier – volin

Emmanuel Strosser – piano

Sung-Won Yang – cello

Ferdinand Ries was Beethoven’s student, friend, copyist, and secretary and, like the composer, was born in Bonn. He made his debut as a talented pianist in Vienna in July 1804, playing the Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37, with his own cadenza. In later years, he confirmed his talent and started an international career as a concert pianist and prolific composer. The same year, 1804, he assisted in rehearsals for the Eroica. One could say that his arrangement for piano quartet is first-hand and echoes Beethoven’s own authorial intentions. Ries’s piece will be performed by the award-winning French Trio Owon with violist Adrien Boisseau. The musicians of the trio are experienced chamber musicians who work with the prestigious Decca label. The name Owon refers to a 19th-century Korean painter whose work, according to the trio, embodies the universality of art.