Juliette Hurel

Flutist Juliette Hurel and pianist Hélène Couvert celebrate their 30 years of musical complicity with a new album devoted to nature in the Romantic period. They have invited their long-time friend, cellist Emmanuelle Bertrand, to join them in recording Weber's magnificent trio, an emblematic work of this repertoire.

In the Romantic era, nature became the confidant of composers. Through their works, this female trio will take you to meet the shepherd evoking his sorrow in the mountains, the miller imagining his near end, surrounded by the flowers given by his lost love and the water nymph Ondine in search of a human soul.

This is the programme for this disc, which will be released in July 2023 by Alpha Classics:

Franz SCHUBERT 
Schäfers Klagelied (Shepherd's Lament) opus 3 n.1 for flute and piano (transcription) (1814).    3'

Carl Maria VON WEBER 
Trio opus 63 for flute, cello and piano (1818).    23'
Allegro moderato 
Scherzo. Allegro vivace  

Schäfers KLAGE 
Andante espressivo (hence the link with Schubert's lied)
Finale. Allegro 

Franz SCHUBERT
Trockne Blumen (dried flowers) 
Belle Meunière D795 opus 25 for cello and piano (transcription) 1823. 4'

Franz SCHUBERT
Introduction, theme and variations on a theme from La Belle Meunière (Trockne Blumen) (1824) for flute and piano. 20'         

Carl REINECKE 
Sonata "Undine" opus 167 (1882).     9'
Allegro
Intermezzo. Allegretto vivace
Andante tranquillo
Finale. Allegro molto agitato ed appassionato, quasi Presto.

In concert, this programme can be adapted: the three musicians will add Beethoven's trio in G major, WoO. 37 by Beethoven, Emmanuelle Bertrand and Hélène Couvert will perform Schumann's Fantaisiestucke.