Chamber music works by impressionist masters such as Jongen, Jolivet, Debussy and Ravel.

With Auftakt and Volltakt, two concerts with chamber music giants will open this year's crescendo festival! Nothing less than outstanding soloists on their instruments - and professors at the UdK Berlin - take us to the early 20th century in France and Belgium. Impressionistic sounds by Joseph Jongen, Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel run through the evening, but are broken up with abrupt and atonal mood changes in André Jolivet's Chant de Linos, which thus cannot be unjustifiably assigned to the modern era. The music oscillates between these sudden emotional outbursts and introverted harmonies, finding its emotional and powerful climax in Ravel's Introduction and Allegro for harp, flute, clarinet and string quartet. This evening takes its listeners into the musical depths of impressionism.

Program
Joseph Jongen (1873-1953): Stück für Flöte, Harfe und Violoncello
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Sonate für Flöte, Viola und Harfe
Jacques Ibert (1890-1962): “Deux Interludes” für Flöte, Violine und Harfe
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): „Pièce en forme de Habanera“ für Flöte und Harfe (in einer Bearbeitung für Flöte und Harfe)
Jacques Ibert (1890-1962): „Entr´acte“ für Flöte und Harfe
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): Introduction und Allegro für Harfe, Flöte, Klarinette und Streichquartett

With professors and students of the UdK Berlin
Christina Fassbender, flute
Erich Wagner, clarinet
Marion Ravot, harp
Mark Gothoni, violin
Yuna Toki, violin
Hartmut Rohde, viola
Hwayoon Lee, viola
Konstantin Heidrich, violoncello

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