YSAŸE’S SECRET CONCERTO (Philippe Graffin “Rêves”)

Ysaÿe’s Secret Concerto ‘’L’œuvre retrouvée”
(A film by Philippe Graffin and Clara Vorfeld)


20th February 2024
After the discovery of Ysaÿe’s 7th Sonata featured in Philippe Graffin’s 2020 documentary “Ysaye’s Secret Solo Sonata”, this new documentary follows the violinist as he reveals the story behind another "secret" work from the great Belgian Master, his “Poéme Concertant“.
The film takes us on a voyage through time in Brussels, with musicologists Xavier Falques and Marie Cornaz.

Philippe would like to express his thanks to, the Royal Library of Belgium, KBR, the Liége Royal Conservatory Library, the Musée du Petit Palais in Geneva, the Koninklijk Conservatorium of Brussel, Erika Vega, Nicolas Bruant, Bruno Maes, Jan Roszkowski, Natalia Kotarba, Cyrille Champagne, Edith Cnockaert, Çağıl Cansu Şanlıdağ, Inja Stanović, Jean-Jacques Kantorow, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.


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This film was made to accompany the release by Avie Records of “Rêves“, featuring Ysaÿe‘s “Poème Concertant“ and the completed Concerto in E minor.


Listen to the Poème Concertant:
https://open.spotify.com/track/3rBeMe...


Listen to the Violin Concerto in E minor:
https://open.spotify.com/track/14E6zR...



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Editing: Clara Vorfeld
Images: Clara Vorfeld, Bruno Maes
Sound Mixing: Cyrille Champagne
Editing of musical clips: Jan Roszkowski
Nicolas Bruant: reciter of the letter of Ysaÿe to Irma
Edith Cnockaert: as Irma playing the violin

Recording violin and piano:
Philippe Graffin - violin
Çansu Sanlidag - piano
Kaling Hanke - tonmeister

Recording Liverpool:
Rachel Smith - producer
Ben Connellan - sound engineer

©Traces Production 2024


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