Repertoire

PROGRAM EXAMPLES

1. Élans romantiques: presenting masterpieces of the Romantic Period and foray into Post-Romantic Period with Quebec composer André Mathieu. This commented concert brings out the passionate character of this period, which saw the emergence of new sounds and new rythms.

  • Schubert, Franz               Four Impromptus Op. 90 D. 899
  • Brahms, Johannes         Three Intermezzi Op. 117
  • Mathieu, André                Marche Funèbre
  • Mathieu, André                Printemps Canadien
  • Scriabine, Alexandre     Étude Op. 8 No. 12
  • Liszt, Franz                          Vallée d’Obermann

2. Beethoven en trois temps : presents sonatas composed during each of the three major periods in the life of this musical giant that shaped his writing: the pre-deafness period, the transition period (awareness of deafness) and finally, the period of complete deafness. This concert is commented in order to make the travel even more interesting for the listeners and is aimed at both music experts and amateurs who wish to discover one of the greatest composers who fascinates me. 

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)

  • Sonate No. 1, Op. 2 (1794-1795) 
  • Sonate No. 21, Op. 53 “Waldstein” (1805) 
  • Sonate No. 27, Op. 90 (1814-1815)
  • Sonate No 30, Op. 109 (1820)

Beethoven, Ludwig Van

  • Piano Trio No. 7 in B flat major, Op. 97 «Archduke Trio»
  • Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 1 No. 3
  • Sonata for violin and piano No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23
  • Sonata for violin and piano No. 5 in F major, Op. 24 «Printemps»

Brahms, Johannes

  • Trio for piano and strings No. 1 in B major, Op. 8
  • Hongarian Dance No. 5 for four hands piano
  • Waltz No. 15, Op. 39 for four hands piano

Chostakovich, Dmitri

  • Trio with piano No. 1 in C minor Op. 8

Debussy, Claude

  • Petite Suite for four hands piano
  • Six épigraphes antiques for four hands piano

Dvörjak, Antonin

  • Piano Trio No. 4, Op. 90 « Dumky »

Fauré, Gabriel

  • Dolly, Suite for four hands piano
  • Élégie in C minor for cello and piano, Op. 24

Gershwin, George

  • Three preludes (arr. Gregory Stone for four hands piano)

Mathieu, André

  • Quintet for piano and string quartet
  • Trio for violin, cello and piano
  • Sonate for violin and piano
  • Ballade Fantaisie for violin and piano
  • Fantaisie Brésilienne for violin and piano
  • Désir for violin and piano
  • Nocturne for violin and piano
  • Concerto de Québec, piano four hands (arr. Louis-Dominique Roy)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

  • Trio for clarinet, viola and piano in E flat-major, K. 498 « Kegelstatt »
  • Sonata in D major, K. 381 for four hands piano

Poulenc, Francis

  • Sonata for four hands Piano

Rachmaninoff, Sergueï

  • Vocalise No. 14 Op. 34 (cello and piano)

Ravel, Maurice

  • Ma mère l’Oye, (four hands piano)

Saint-Saëns, Camille

  • Carnaval des animaux (four hands piano and string orchestra, original version)
  • Carnaval des animaux : Le cygne (cello and piano)

Schubert, Franz

  • Trio for piano and strings No. 2 in E flat major, D. 929 (Op. 100)
  • Fantasia in F minor, Op. 103, D. 940, four hands piano

Schumann, Robert

  • Dichterliebe for voice and piano, Op. 48 (excerpts)
  • Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 4

Beethoven, Ludwig Van

  • Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
  • Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19
  • Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
  • Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58

Franz, Liszt

  • Concerto No. 1 in E flat major

Mathieu, André

  • Concertino No. 2 Op. 13 for piano duo

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

  • Concerto No. 17 in G major, K. 453
  • Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466

Prokofiev, Sergueï

  • Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26

Tchaïkovsky, Piotr Ilitch

  • Concerto No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 23