Ensemble Echappée | Sweet Dissonance

While the repertoire of Western music has been mainly transmitted through writing, its most essential qualities have always been revealed through transmission. Ensemble Échappée explores this living and shifting dimension of musical interpretation. Carried by virtuoso female musicians, the program Sweet Dissonance highlights all that dissonance can reveal. From the dazzling bursts of Anton Webern to the luminous melodies of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's famous String Quartet "Dissonance", up to the passionate romanticism of Fritz Kreisler, each work makes emotions heard in all their complexity. Perhaps by listening more attentively to dissonance in music, we will perceive differently the tensions that run through our relationships and our daily lives...