Festival Parisien: Fauré - Piano Trio
Festival Parisien
Recital Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Hoylin Yeoh piano
Debussy Ballade
Xinying Cai piano
Debussy Deux Arabesques
Yiyang Chen piano
Fauré Impromptu no.3
Luisina Rabago violin
Ursula Miethe Flores cello
Gustavo Schafaschek piano
Fauré Piano Trio Op.120
Oliver Wild flute
Jenny Wood oboe
Luke English clarinet
Lucy Morrell bassoon
Henry Wright horn
Connor Wilcox piano
Poulenc Sextet for Piano and Wind Quintet, Op. 100
Two short piano pieces by Debussy followed by two chamber works from opposite ends of the spectrum of all things French. Fauré’s Trio, written in his 70s, is subtle, elusive, endlessly swirling in a watery way, while Poulenc’s Sextet is concise, witty, satirical, eclectic, and embraces elements of jazz and ragtime.
