Concert

Hélène Grimaud and Jan Vogler perform Schumann, Brahms and Shostakovich

A Hélène Grimaud cycle at the Cité de la musique and the Salle Pleyel

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Jan Vogler — Cellist

Hélène Grimaud — Pianist

Program notes

The last concert of this series starring Hélène Grimaud at the Salle Pleyel and the Cité de la musique brings the French pianist to play with the German cellist Jan Vogler.

In autumn 2010, Jan Vogler and Hélène Grimaud went on tour to perform a chamber music programme made up of works by Schumann, Brahms and Shostakovich; they had time to maturate this repertoire before bringing it at the Cité de la musique.

The Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 by Schumann have been originally written in A for the soft sound of clarinet, but the cello's version is often played too. Also composed in three movements, Brahms' Cello Sonata Op. 38 is commonly known as the "pastoral sonata," probably referring to its spontaneity and freshness. As for Shostakovich's Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 40, its 4-movement classical structure embraces both lyricism (Largo) and a frenetic virtuosity (final Allegro).

View Hélène Grimaud's page on the Deutsche Grammophon label.

© Photo: Rene Gaens

A closer look: featured composers

Robert Schumann

Frédéric Chopin

Johannes Brahms

Dmitri Shostakovich

Claude Debussy

Further listening: featured works

Fantasiestücke for Clarinet (or Cello/Violin) and Piano, Op. 73

Robert Schumann (Composer)

Sonata for Cello and Piano in G Minor, Op. 65

Frédéric Chopin (Composer)

Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 38

Johannes Brahms (Composer)

Sonata for Cello and Piano in D Minor, Op. 40

Dmitri Shostakovich (Composer)

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