“The Passionate Ones”
Works by Louise Farrenc, Mel Bonis and Snežana Nešić.
Louise Farrenc (1804-1875) was a composer, professor, editor, and pianist. Raised as the daughter of a pair of sculptors, “liberté, egalité, and fraternité” were crucial to her as she campaigned at the Paris Conservatoire to receive the same fees as her male colleagues.
Her chances on the marriage market were to be improved, so Mel Bonis (1858-1937) took composition lessons – from none other than Claude Debussy and César Franck.
She had a child out of wedlock and continued composing undeterred despite everything. Her works have been performed by great contemporary interpreters.
Accordionist, conductor and composer Snežana Nešić (*1972) studied at the Academy of Music “P.I. Tchaikovsky” in Kiev and at the HMTM Hannover. Her art is ” collectivist”, and very individualistic she sets interpersonal communication to music in order to “sharpen eyes and ears”.
Program:
Louise Farrenc
– Sonata for Violin and Piano No.2, Op.39
Snezana Nesic
– Solnce Odno String Trio (2004/2007)
Mel Bonis
– Piano Quartet
Flex-Ensemble
Kana Sugimura, Violine
Anna Szulc, Viola
Martha Bijlsma, Violoncello
Johannes Nies, Klavier
Concert introduction: Julia Meyer-Hermann