An encounter between Franz Schubert and the French sonata

Monday 3 August 2026 – 21 PM
Collégiale Saint-Pancrace, Aups

The second concert of the Haut-Var Festival showcases the French repertoire for three woodwind instruments – the bassoon, the oboe and the clarinet – in a piano sonata ensemble. This intimate programme promises an experience that brings the audience close to the musicians, truly bringing the term ‘chamber music’ to life.

These three French works will allow you to hear, in dialogue with the piano, the distinctive timbre of the woodwind instruments. Gentle melancholy, warm exuberance, flowing melodies, a nostalgic atmosphere and impressionistic qualities… let yourself be swept away by the delicate emotions of the French repertoire and the dialogue of the sonata.

In the second half of the concert, we leave the atmosphere of Paris behind to explore the streets of Vienna with Franz Schubert’s Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in B flat major. Here, the timbre of the string instruments is showcased alongside that of the piano; each instrument responds to the other in a rich and contrasting soundscape throughout the four movements.