Triofenix String Trio Prograamme Suggestions
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Photo Isabelle Pateer / Otherweyes Photo Isabelle Pateer TRIOFENIX STRING TRIO PROGRAAMME SUGGESTIONS In 2006, Shirly Laub (violin), Tony Nys (viola) and Karel Stey- invited to play with various eminent orchestras in Europe and Beethoven Trio, op. 9 n°1 laerts (cello) founded TrioFenix to bring to a wider public Asia. As first violin of the Oxalys Ensemble she plays at the Weiner Trio opus 6 (1908) through concert performance the seldom-played repertoire most prestigious international venues. She is professor at the Dohnanyi Serenade, op. 10 for string trio. As well as the great masterpieces, TrioFenix Conservatoire Royale de Musique de Bruxelles. explore and perform lesser-known and contemporary works written in this genre. From the start, they have had the sup- Tony Nys studied at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel Schubert Allegro D. 471 port of Klara, the Flanders Festival, the Ostbelgian Festival with Clemens Quatacker and Philippe Hirschhorn. As a violist Cras String Trio (1925) and the Musiques en Ecrins Festival among many others. in the Danel Quartet from 1998 till 2005 he played world- Jongen Trio op. 135 wide in numerous festivals, recordings and performances of Beethoven Trio, op. 9 n°3 Their first CD was recorded in 2010 on the Fuga Libera la- newly composed pieces. Since 2005 he has regularly worked bel. The well-known Divertimento KV 563 and the six Adagio as a freelance musician with ensembles such as Prometheus, and Fugues KV 404a by W.A.Mozart became their musical Ictus, Ensemble Modern, Explorations. He is currently member Bach Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 calling card and a significant step for TrioFenix. In 2012 they of the String Trio & Quartet Malibran. As an orchestra musi- recorded the Serenades Opus 8 by Ludwig Van Beethoven cian, Tony Nys has been viola solo in La Monnaie Symphony and Opus 10 by Ernst Von Dohnany for the television channel Orchestra since 2007 and in that position he was also invited Mozart Adagio and Fugue, KV 404a n°3 Canvas. by the Frankfurt Rundfunkorchester. He teaches viola and Bach Sinfonias, BWV 787-801 Their new CD dedicated to Beethoven string trios will be re- chamber music at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel and Mozart Divertimento, KV 563 leased in April 2016 (Fuga Libera) at the Fontys Muziekhogeschool in Tilburg. Karel Steylaerts studied at the Brussels Conservatoire with Beethoven Trio, op. 3 Shirly Laub studied violin at the Royal Conservatory of Music Carlo Schmitz and then at the Hochschule für Musik of Co- Tansman Serenade n°2 (1937) in Brussels with Clemens Quatacker and furthered her stu- logne with Maria Kliegel. He was a prize winner of the 1990 Schönberg Trio, op. 45 (1946) dies in Utrecht with Viktor Liberman and Philippe Hirschhorn. Tenuto competition. He has been Principal Cellist of the Bee- From 1998 to 2005 she was Co-Principal Violin of the Royal thoven Academie for many years. Karel Steylaerts is cur- Philharmonic Orchestra in London. As such, she is regularly rently Principal Cellist at the Brussels Philharmonic. Photo Isabelle Pateer / Otherweyes Isabelle Pateer / Otherweyes Isabelle Pateer « Les interprètes dévoilent les charmes et l’élégance de cette mu- DISCOGRAPHY sique faussement simple et en éclairent finement les différentes facettes. Cultivant une sonorité savoureuse et sans graisse, ils mettent un point d’honneur à ce que leurs voix s’unissent tout en restant clairement distinctes. Cette cohésion et cette transpa- rence ne constituent pas les seuls atouts de cette lecture à la fois ferme et souple : aisance, assurance, continuité du propos, les qualités abondent même en se focalisant sur les détails (netteté des traits, sveltesse des phrasés, subtilité de la pulsation). Leur vigueur n’a rien de brutal tandis que la pensée s’impose par sa cohérence, le discours par son esprit et sa finesse. Un premier essai discographique abouti. » Sébastien Foucart, The Classical Music Network, 19 juillet 2010 « Le bonheur de jouer et le sourire aux lèvres Divertimento K563 : Mozart au naturel par le Trio Fenix. Le Trio Fenix le réussit à merveille avec allant, naturel, simpli- Here is the integral of Mozart’s legacy for string trio, a cité sans simplisme, et un bonheur de jouer qui s’avère commu- formation in which only few masters really succeeded. The nicatif : le dernier accord vous laisse le sourire aux lèvres dans newly founded TrioFenix gathers three soloists coming from un état de joyeuse béatitude. » Gérard Pangon, Musikzen, 23 well known ensembles (Oxalys, quatuor Danel, Beethoven juin 2010 Academie) and sharing high standards. For its first CD, the trio offers us a double box including the famous Divertimento « Saluons donc l’entreprise du trio belge Fenix, qui ressus- K563 and the six Bach’s fugues transcribed in trio by Mozart cite des cendres de l’oubli ce joyau délaissé de la musique de (who added to it some Preludes sometimes original or some- chambre. » Gilles Macassar, Télérama.fr, 12 juin 2010 times transcribed from Bach father and son). A great journey in the inner universe of Mozart, which will delight everyone who can’t choose between melody, harmony or counterpoint ! 2 CD / Fuga Libera / FUG 569 / 2010 DELPHINE DEWALD 0032 (0)2 880 50 95 - [email protected] www.arts-scene.be REPERTOIRE STRING TRIO Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Gideon Klein (1919-1945) Arnold Schönberg (1874-1951) Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 String Trio (1944) Trio op. 45 Josef Haydn (1732-1809) Hans Krása (1899-1944) Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967) Divertimento, Hob.V:8 Passacaglia & Fugue Intermezzo Divertimento, Hob.XI:113 Tanec (danse) : Presto Trio, op. 53 n°1 Ernst von Dohnanyi (1877-1960) Sergei Taneyev (1856-1915) Serenade, op. 10 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Trio, op. 31 Divertimento KV 563 Leó Weiner (1885-1960) Adagios and Fugues, KV 404a n°1-6 Mieczyslaw Weinberg (1919-1996) Trio, op. 6 Trio, op. 48 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) György Kurtág (1926) Trio, op. 3 Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998) Signs games and messages Serenade, op. 8 String Trio (1945) László Lajtha (1892-1963) Trio, op. 9 n°1 Sofia Gubaïdoulina (1931) Serenade, op. 9 Trio, op. 9 n°2 String Trio Fox-trott Trio, op. 9 n°3 Anton Webern (1883-1945) Eugène Ysaye (1858-1931) Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Trio, op. 20 “Le Chimay” Trio, D.471 Trio, D.581 STRING TRIO WITH OBOE Albert Huybrechts (1899-1938) W.A. Mozart (1756-1791) Trio (1935) Quartet for oboe and strings, KV 370 Luc Brewaeys (1959) Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Nobody is perfect Phantasy for oboe and strings, op. 2 Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) El gran tango WITH PIANO Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962) Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Liebesleid und Liebesfreud Piano quartet, op. 47 Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959) Johannes Brahms (1833-897) String Trio n°2, H 238 Piano quartet, op. 25 Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) String Trio n°2 (1933) WITH CELLO Anton Arensky (1861-1906) Quartet for violin, viola & 2 cellos, op. 35.