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Quatuor Leonis

MUSICAL COMEDY SHOW

Nature

Nature

The theme of Nature is omnipresent in the repertoire of the string quartet. Whether evoked in the literal sense or symbolised, it is a milestone in the history of music and remains a fundamental source of inspiration for composers.

In this special QUARTET STORY 'Nature', we'll be looking at extracts from works for quartet that evoke nature in different ways: Schubert and Haydn's bucolic and soothing nature, Beethoven's wild and grandiose elements, Debussy's aquatic world, Philipp Glass's wide open spaces, Dvorak's fauna, Bartòk's miniature world or the flight into Space in the stratospheric slow movement of Beethoven's Opus 135: Nature in all its splendour, from the infinitely small to the infinitely large.

 

Detailed musical program

Bucolic nature
J. HAYDN Opus 76 No. 4 "Sunrise" Allegro con spirito (8')
F. SCHUBERT D.804 "Rosamunde" Andante (7')

A tormented nature
L. VAN BEETHOVEN Opus 74 Presto (5')
J. HAYDN "7 last words" Terremoto (2')

Aquatic world
C. DEBUSSY Opus 10 in G minor Andantino gently
expressive (9')

Le vent
M. RAVEL Quartet in F Vif et agité (5')

Open spaces
A. PÄRT Fratres - extract (2')
P. GLASS Quartet No. 2 "Company" Mvts 2 and 4 (4')

Bird songs
A. DVÒRAK n°12 "Américain" Molto Vivace (4')

A world of insects
B. BARTÒK Sz.91 quartet n°4 Allegretto pizzicato (3')

Flight and Space: harmony of the spheres
L. VAN BEETHOVEN Opus 135 Lento assai (7')

Music: 55 minutes (without encore)
Presentation: 20 minutes

 

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Eclisse totale: Christmas double!

The Quatuor Leonis have pulled off a double Eclisse totale in the run-up to Christmas in the Orne region (France).…

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The Quatuor Leonis have pulled off a double Eclisse totale in the run-up to Christmas in the Orne region (France). Join them at the Halle aux Toiles in Alençon this Sunday December 22nd at 11am and again at 4.30pm!

Armed with diplomas from the most prestigious conservatoires in France and the rest of the world, and having spent over 10 years touring the classical music scene, the 4 musicians of the Leonis quartet will spend 1 hour in a veritable musical eclipse, carried away by their wheelchairs, playing and dancing at the same time, tightrope walkers on their strings, in a burlesque and poetic universe.

In an atmosphere worthy of the greatest rock stages, the show ends with the audience on its feet and conquered, proof that classical musicians too are sometimes capable of unleashing passions. Halfway between Philippe Genty and the Quatuor, Manu Kroupit's crazy world, like the moon obscuring the sun, will transform these classical angels into music-hungry wolf garocks.

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Photo Amandine Lauriol


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