For the first time in many years, the opening concert of the Festival will not take place in the barn of Halloy, but in the Grand Manège in Namur!

The program opens with a beautiful string quintet by Mozart. Ravel’s Waltz is heard here in a magnificent arrangement by Tim Mulleman for a nonet of strings. Chausson’s enchanting ‘Chanson perpétuelle’ leads us for the first time to the central composer of this festival; Gabriel Fauré’s piano quartet closes this concert.

Attention: this concert is not included in the Festival Pass. Ticket sales for this concert are via the Grote Manege website in the link below.

See you in Namur!

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – String quintet n°3 in C major K.515

Bogdan Bozovic, Kaja Nowak (violin), Malin Broman, Vincent Hepp (viola), Ivan Karizna (cello)

Maurice Ravel – La Valse (arrangement for string nonet by Tim Mulleman)

Philippe Grafin, Pablo Hernán Benedi, Kaja Nowak, Alice Van Leuven (violin), Florent Brémond, Vincent Hepp (viola), Amy Norrington , David Waterman.(cello), Adrien Tiberghien (double bass)

Ernest Chausson – Chanson perpétuelle for soprano, piano and string quartet

Liza Ferschtman, Kaja Nowak. (violin), Pablo Hernán Benedi (viola), Amy Norrington (cello), Florian Noack (piano)

Gabriel Fauré – Piano quartet n°1 in c minor 

Alasdair Beatson (piano), Philippe Graffin (violin), Lily Francis (viola), Martijn Vink (cello)