ASD - Arts-Scène Diffusion

Pascal Amoyel

PIANO

Camille Saint-Saëns

Sonata n°1 & Suite op.16 - The Swan & transcriptions for cello and piano

Harmonia Mundi, 2007

Emmanuelle Bertrand, cello
Pascal Amoyel, piano

Saint-Saëns, lover of the cello.
Written when he was only 27 years old, the Suite for cello remained one of Saint-Saëns’s favourite children all his life. Ten years later, in 1872, he discovered a new passion for the instrument, which led to the monumental First Sonata. ‘Nowhere else, perhaps, was his notion of pain and struggle so grimly projected’, to quote E. Baumann. The legendary ‘Swan’ from The Carnival of the Animals and other works for cello and piano complete this programme.

Press

Helmut Peters, 2007

Camille Saint-Saëns wird nur in strenger Auswahl und dies auch lieder viel zu wenig gespielt. Entdeckenswert sind die von Bertrand und Amoyel hier so lebendig eingespielten Cellowerke, allen voran die schillernde erste cello- sonate in ihrer Beethoven verwandten, aber im zweiten satz auch an den tschechischen Kollegen Smetana erinnernden stilistik. Wie stark ist der kontrast dieser dichten kompositorischen Anlagen zu den knappen, fast salonmusikartigen stücken dieses komponisten, die die beiden hochengagierten Interpreten mit gleicher liebe und hingabe gestalten.

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Une leçon de piano avec Chopin

Have you ever dreamed of attending a piano lesson given by Chopin? By decoding the little-known method written by Chopin and…

Have you ever dreamed of attending a piano lesson given by Chopin?

By decoding the little-known method written by Chopin and the testimonies of his rare pupils, Pascal Amoyel, himself of Franco-Polish descent, brings him back to life in an imaginary and moving dialogue...

Following the success of his previous one-man shows (Le Pianiste aux 50 doigts, Le Jour où j'ai rencontré Franz Liszt and Looking for Beethoven) in Paris, the rest of France and abroad, this season Pascal Amoyel presents his latest musical, Une leçon de piano avec Chopin: an expert, passionate and sensitive reading of Chopin's First Ballade as a musical treasure imagined and performed by the man who in 2010 was awarded the Grand Prix du Disque in Warsaw by the prestigious Société Chopin for his complete Nocturnes. As a privileged witness to this intimate transmission from master to pupil, the audience is transported by the music and storytelling of the great pianist and Victoire de la Musique winner. A must-see nugget! Find out more

Pianist Pascal Amoyel is back at the Théâtre du Ranelagh for a series of performances, and we look forward to welcoming you!

Where?
Théatre Le Ranelagh 5, rue des Vignes 75016 Paris
Subways: La Muette or Passy

When?
Thursday, November 21st, 2024 to Sunday, January 12th, 2025
Thursday to Saturday at 8:30pm and Sunday at 5pm
Additional performance Tuesday December 31 at 8:30pm