Classical and Contemporary Music
Journées de la curiosité - ‘Auf Flügeln des Gesanges’: music for piano and voice by Mendelssohn and Schubert
Now in its fourth year, the "Journées de la curiosité" is an annual presentation of students’ final year work, focusing this year on research that leads to a concrete artistic result: interdepartmental artistic projects, compositions, critical editions and transcriptions. It will illustrate the liveliness of cross-disciplinary research between the different artistic disciplines taught at the Conservatoire. During these Journées de la curiosité, you can also discover our doctoral students at 3 exceptional concerts linked to their thesis work in Art and Art Sciences.
May 8 2025 12:30
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) and Franz Schubert (1797- 1828): two child prodigies, two melodic geniuses, but two radically different artistic lives. A contrapuntalist and admirer of the music of Mozart and Beethoven, Mendelssohn is often regarded as a ‘classical romantic’ who remained sceptical about the existence of new musical paths. Schubert, on the other hand, was a ‘Romantic Classicist’ who enriched the harmonic language and relaxed the formal principles of the classical style with a greater spirit of innovation and experimentation. In order to explore the similarities and contrasts between the two composers, this concert with commentary will be devoted to their romances and lieder, with or without words, as well as a number of piano pieces.
Mendelssohn, Lieder and Romances without words Schubert, Lieder
Schubert, Impromptu in C minor, op. 90/D. 899 no1 Mendelssohn, Prelude and Fugue in E minor, op. 35 no1
Xiao Dong, piano,
ULB/Laboratory of Musicology and Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles
Qian Yang, soprano
Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles
Auditorium Joseph Jongen
17 rue du Chêne - 1000 Bruxelles
Free entrance - without reservation, subject to availability