ATM ENSEMBLE The 15th Concert (English) / Concert Hall ATM

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ATM ENSEMBLE The 15th Concert
-- Enjoying Modern French Chamber Music III --

Together with the maestro, Takahiro Sonoda, the ATM Ensemble presents one of their specialties, modern French chamber music. The three pieces to be performed in the concert are masterpieces written by their respective composers at the turning points in their lives -- Fauré at 30, Ravel at 39, and Franck at 57. The pieces transcend the adjectives typically used to describe French music, i.e., sophistication, wit and elegance, and instead convey the composers' most genuine feelings.
Come and relax, enjoying an evening listening to these portraits of the soul, as passionate as they are refined, depicted in tricolor sound.

Gabriel Fauré aged 30 in 1875 "Violin Sonata No. 1, in A, Op. 13"
The young Fauré had poured his energies into the task of creating songs.
However, the poems of Victor Hugo and Théophile Gautier failed to suffice in expressing his heightening emotions experienced during a tryst with Marianne Viardot.
That is how his collection of soaring sonatas was born, held aloft by the violin and piano serving as a pair of wings.

Maurice Ravel, aged 39 in 1914 "Piano Trio in A minor"
Having already gained a reputation as an orchestral magician with his "Daphnis and Chloe," Ravel was confronted in 1914 with having to serve in the French Army in World War I. With a foreboding sense that this would be the last piece he would write, the composer chose not to stick with his forte, orchestral music, but instead wrote a piano trio.
The piece includes dance music of the Basque country, his home region, and a passacaglia that seems to be trudging ever onward into the abyss. Both shed light on his mental state at that time.

César Franck, aged 57 in 1879 "Piano Quintet in F minor"
Franck as a child had been forced to perform the role of "genius boy pianist." In his later youth, though, he lay low as an obscure organist.
At the end of a long journey seeking his own distinctive voice and color, Franck's true emergence as a composer was heralded by his piano quintet of 1879.
The chromatic storm of the piece, with its swirl of agony and hope, left a deep impression on the minds of Duparc and Debussy, both of whom had happened to attend its debut performance.

February 21 (Mon) 2000 6:30 p.m. Concert Hall ATM
A ¥3,500 / B ¥2,500 / A ¥6,000 for 50 pairs (All seats reserved. Tickets go on sale on December 4 for general.)

PERFORMERS
Koichiro Harada (vn), Tomoko Kato (vn), Mie Kobayashi (vn),
Yasushi Toyoshima (va), Hakuro Mori (vc)
Takahiro Sonoda (pf, guest)

Drink Service: Everyone in the audience will receive a free glass of wine or soft drink.
Concert supported by Hotel Steno.

Notice: Sale of Student Tickets

When tickets remain unsold on the day of a performance, students with valid IDs can purchase them at a discount starting one hour before the curtain.

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