Festival Messiaen: Quatuor Diotima 3-3

As part of the Messiaen Festival, which runs from 25 July to 1 August, discover:

The Quatuor Diotima and soprano Karen Vourc'h offer a journey between heritage and creation, bringing together the music of Kaija Saariaho and that of Claude Debussy.

With Terra Memoria, dedicated to "those who have left us", Saariaho refers to two words rich in associations: earth, which designates the musical material, and memory, the way she works with it, between transformations and permanence. Changing Light, composed to the English translation of the Hebrew text Siddur shim Shalom, weaves an intimate and fragile dialogue between soprano and violin, reflecting the fragility of our uncertain existence. Cloud Trio, inspired by the observation of the sky in the French Alps, explores the individual lines and emerging textures of the three string instruments. Finally, Die Aussicht musically translates the composer's impressions of a poem by Hölderlin

Debussy's Quartet, composed in 1893, marks a decisive stage in the history of the genre. The richness of its timbres, the flexibility of its form and its sense of colour opened the way to a new conception of the string quartet.

Served by exceptional performers, this programme brings together two worlds where sound, light and memory weave landscapes of rare intensity.

Quatuor Diotima:

Yun-Peng Zhao, violin

Leo Marillier, violin

Franck Chevalier, viola

Alexis Descharmes, cello

Karen Vourc'h, soprano