Late Romantic music from Flanders

Piano trios by Ryelandt and Callaerts

Ryelandt Trio
Sun 22/01/2023 - 11:00

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Some music deserves a wider audience. Every now and then, you may discover unknown pieces that burst with energy. The young Flemish Ryelandt Piano Trio focuses on late Romantic chamber music from Flanders. This undeservedly forgotten music is restored to its rightful place in history.

In their own time, composers Joseph Callaerts from Antwerp and Joseph Ryelandt from Bruges were both internationally renowned and their works are real milestones in our musical history.

Ryelandt Trio puts this lyrical music on the map with tremendous passion and refreshing dynamism. Deservedly, they have recently won the important Supernova public award for young Belgian artists. It has been a long time since we were so impressed with both the passionate interpretation and the effervescent music. Not to be missed!

It is impossible to discuss the history of Belgian chamber music without paying attention to a composer such as Joseph Ryelandt (1870-1965), who wrote no fewer than seven violin sonatas, three cello sonatas, four string quartets, two piano quintets, twelve piano sonatas and two piano trios. These two piano trios (Opus 70 and Opus 131) are far apart in the composer’s career: the first one dates from 1915 and is clearly late Romantic in character, while the second one dates from nearly thirty years later and fits in with the musical style from the Interwar period.

Just like Ryelandt, Joseph Callaerts (1838-1901) was a late Romantic composer. He wrote chamber music with a lyrical dynamism which immediately grabs and holds the listener’s attention. At the time, his oeuvre was very popular and won a first prize (gold medal) from the Belgian Royal Academy. Shortly afterwards, the trio was published in Paris by Julien Hamelle, who also published the compositions of César Franck and Camille Saint-Saëns.

Press

“Chauvinism at its best … Pianist Pieter-Jan Verhoyen is the driving force behind this recording … The strings come into their own in the slow parts” (**** De Standaard)

More info

www.ryelandttrio.com

with Pieter-Jan Verhoyen (piano), Jeroen De Beer (violin) en Pieter-Jan De Smet (cello) photo Liesbeth Everaert