Moreau - A Family Affair
Edgar – Raphaëlle – David – Jérémie
Edgar Moreau (cello), Raphaëlle Moreau, David Moreau (violins), Jérémie Moreau (piano)
The programme confirms their prowess as an ensemble, any regret as to the absence of harmonium in Dvorák’s Bagatelles being dispelled by the adroit timbral interplay between Jérémie’s piano...
Moreau - A Family Affair
Edgar – Raphaëlle – David – Jérémie
Edgar Moreau (cello), Raphaëlle Moreau, David Moreau (violins), Jérémie Moreau (piano)
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The programme confirms their prowess as an ensemble, any regret as to the absence of harmonium in Dvorák’s Bagatelles being dispelled by the adroit timbral interplay between Jérémie’s piano...
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The young French cellist Edgar Moreau, an established Erato artist, is joined by his siblings – the violinists Raphaëlle and David and the pianist Jérémie – for Dvořák’s five Bagatelles op 47 and Korngold’s Suite op 23. As David points out, works for the combination of two violins, cello and piano are unusual: “These are wonderful pieces that are rarely played, so this is an opportunity to shine a spotlight on them.” When it comes to playing as a family, Edgar feels that “There’s something that works almost instinctively,” while Raphaëlle explains that “We don’t need to look at each other, and we breathe together in a certain way. There’s something very strong about it.” Completing the programme are transcriptions of much-loved operatic arias from Dvořák’s Rusalka and Korngold’s Die tote Stadt, performed by Edgar and Jérémie
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- Edgar Moreau (cello), David Moreau (violin), Raphaëlle Moreau (violin), Jérémie Moreau (piano)
- Edgar Moreau (cello), Jérémie Moreau (piano)
- Edgar Moreau (cello), Jérémie Moreau (piano)
- Edgar Moreau (cello), Raphaëlle Moreau (violin), David Moreau (violin), Jérémie Moreau (piano)
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January 2021
The programme confirms their prowess as an ensemble, any regret as to the absence of harmonium in Dvorák’s Bagatelles being dispelled by the adroit timbral interplay between Jérémie’s piano and Edgar’s cello in a performance which concludes with a rendering of the fifth piece as witty and affectionate as any before it…For the sheer frisson of music-making caught on the wing, this particular ‘Family Affair’ will prove hard to beat.
