Festival International de Colmar : Excellence à la française : Fauré, Saint Saens

TRIO TALWEG "Bewitching phrasing, bewitching fusion of timbres" (ConcertoNet), "dazzling and refined" (Diapason), "balance on the edge, between control and abandonment" (Classica), the Talweg are 3 exceptional musicians brought together here for a program of Fauré and Saint-Saëns. Contemporaries, both French, Saint-Saëns and Fauré nonetheless followed two very different aesthetic paths. While the elder Saint-Saëns remained a lifelong fervent defender of a certain idea of classicism and clarity of form and harmony, Fauré was, on the contrary, the man through whom Impressionism crept into music. It is therefore a fine idea for Trio Talweg to invite us to discover with them how their two Trios for piano and strings respond to each other, some thirty years apart. Saint-Saëns?s trio blends majesty of purpose and instrumental refinement, while Fauré?s, a late and almost testamentary work, imposes a more intimate language, rich in exceptional emotional depth. One of chamber music?s most brilliant monuments! PROGRAM G. Fauré, Trio in D minor Op. 120 C. Saint Saens, Trio n.2 op.92 Anton Dvorak: American Quartet