Quatuor Van Kuijk (photo Svend Andersen)

Impressions parisiennes

Quatuor Van Kuijk
Sat 7 Dec 2024 20:15 - 21:50
Sat 7 Dec 2024
20:15 - 21:50
  • Sat 7 Dec 2024
    20:15 - 21:50
    Interval 20:55
    Grote Zaal

Program

19:45 / Entreehal / Support
by the Bosmans Kwartet

20:15 / Grote Zaal / Main programme
Francis Poulenc C (arranged for string quartet)
Francis Poulenc Fêtes galantes (arranged for string quartet)
Francis Poulenc Fancy (arranged for string quartet)
Francis Poulenc Les chemins de l’amour (arranged for string quartet)
Baptiste Trotignon Francis uit Ces messieurs (Dutch première)
Gabriel Fauré Après un rêve (arranged for string quartet)
Gabriel Fauré Les berceaux (arranged for string quartet)
Baptiste Trotignon Gabriel, Erik, Maurice, Claude uit Ces messieurs
Maurice Ravel String Quartet in F

Credits

Quatuor Van Kuijk:
Nicolas Van Kuijk violin
Sylvain Favre-Bulle violin
Emmanuel François viola
Anthony Kondo cello

Contemporary salute to Ravel, Poulenc and Fauré

They have a Dutch name, but they come from France: Quatuor Van Kuijk. In the Netherlands, the young quartet is not very well known yet, but no doubt this is about to change. Their recent albums with Mendelssohn’s complete string quartets have been showered with praise. Tonight at the Muziekgebouw, the Van Kuijk Quartet takes listeners on a captivating journey through French music. The programme features iconic 20th-century composers in dialogue with the contemporary voice of Baptiste Trotignon.

Trotignon is a jazz pianist and composer who cares little about genre boundaries – he knows his classics, but also plays songs by Led Zeppelin and David Bowie. In his new Ces messieurs (‘These gentlemen’) for the Van Kuijk, Trotignon gives a salute to France’s great impressionists, such as Claude Debussy, Gabriel Fauré, and Erik Satie. The Van Kuijk also plays pieces by the gentlemen themselves, as found on their latest CD, Impressions Parisiennes. They top it off with Ravel’s phenomenal String Quartet in F (1903), which won the admiration of Debussy – and many others.

'Style, energy and a sense of risk. These four young Frenchmen made the music smile' - The Guardian

This concert will be recorded to be broadcast later by NTR on NPO Klassiek


Programme booklet (Dutch)