Halfway between a quartet and a chamber orchestra, the string sextet (i.e., two violins, two violas, two cellos) opens a sound field that Johannes Brahms and Richard Strauss play wonderfully. The former paints a wordless opera that earned him the nickname "Spring Sextet," carrying a flood of images that the filmmaker Louis Malle would later dress up in Les Amants ; the latter disguises the sextet as an operatic opening, to touch on the timeless character that floats over his final Capriccio .

National Sundays / Adrien La Marca

Maison de la Radio et de la Musique

Mozart inaugurates: during the creation of this Quintet in which he plays the piano part, he brought together for the first time around the keyboard, certain of their alchemy, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon. And it is an understatement to say that the timbres are in harmony. Discussing vigorously, they balance each other with an Apollonian smile and then pour an angelic sweetness over the score. Indebted to Amadeus but also to Mendelssohn, Clara Schumann's Trio is distinguished by its elegiac song, bursts of ardor that take the upper hand over its depressive side: four movements that reaffirm the essential place of the composer.

Sundays at the National - Clara Schumann / Mozart

No shouts, but whispers, a hushed delicacy and unfulfilled impulses: Gabriel Fauré died exactly a century ago, and our attachment to his music is intact. An entire evening is devoted to him, starting with the Ballade and Fantaisie for piano and orchestra , and for the cello, the Élégie . Not forgetting the suites from  Pelléas et Mélisande  and Masques et bergamasques . We are looking out for a highly anticipated debut with the National: pianist Lucas Debargue.

Aurelian Brauner

Events

Past events

Mar 29, 2026

National Sundays / Adrien La Marca · Orchestre National de France

Jan 18, 2026

Sundays at the National - Clara Schumann / Mozart · Orchestre National de France

Future and recently performed repertoire

Cello in Elegy for Cello and Orchestra by Fauré

Orchestre National de France

Cello in Quintet for Piano and Winds by Mozart

Orchestre National de France

Cello in String Sextet No. 1 by Brahms

Orchestre National de France

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