Festival Beethoven à Beaune 2025 - vendredi 4 avril - Menselssohn/Brahms - Quatuor Hermès avec Hélène et Eric Levionnois

Quatuor Hermès, Eric Levionnois, cello, Hélène Levionnois, viola

Fanny Mendelssohn
String quartet in E flat

Felix Mendelssohn
String quartet op. 12, in E flat major

Johannes Brahms
String sextet n°2 in G major op. 36

This programme celebrates the richness of family and artistic transmission by contrasting the works of Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn, brother and sister united by exceptional talent. Fanny Mendelssohn's String Quartet reveals a singular and daring voice, at once rooted in the classical tradition and open to an emerging romantic sensibility. In echo, Felix Mendelssohn's Quartet op. 12 shares the same luminous tone and bears witness to the mutual admiration between these two emblematic figures of Romanticism.
This exploration of transmission continues with Johannes Brahms's String Sextet No. 2, whose music draws on the Mendelssohn legacy while asserting a depth and warmth unique to his own world. This musical journey weaves a thread between family intimacy and artistic dialogue, crossing generations and sensibilities.

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