To step outside the box, the program, the menu. To break free from imposed sequences, from pieces that follow one another in slices of music, interspersed with applause and silences, from a before and after that conforms to the rules of the concert. To free oneself from the more or less arbitrary plan of an order that one chose months ago, to twist the neck of this classic form of the recital, of the "and then," of the sequence and the intermissions, of these moments of ophthalmic anxiety when the listeners try to decipher from their program the piece that is going to come, so as not to be surprised, especially not to be surprised.

Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel

Apr 22, 2025

Jean Rondeau

Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel