Apropos Lili Boulanger
Thursday, October 09, 2025 | 8 p.m.
Musikverein Wien | Metallener Saal
Program
Camille Saint-Saëns
Piano Trio No. 1 in F major, Op. 18
Lili Boulanger
Prélude in D-flat major for Piano (1912)
Trois morceaux for Piano (1914)
D’un vieux jardin – D’un jardin clair – Cortège
Morceau (Thème et variations) for Piano (1915)
Lili Boulanger
D’un soir triste for Piano Trio (1917/18)
D’un matin du printemps for Violin and Piano (1917/18)
Reina Yoshioka
Papilisia for violin, clarinet, percussion and piano (2025)
What else might Lili Boulanger have created had she not died so young? Her sister Nadia, also a composer, always emphasized that Lili was the more talented of the two. We will never know, but we can place some of her works in the context of their time and build a bridge to the present. The evening begins with an early piano trio by Saint-Saëns, a welcome guest of the Boulanger family in Paris. This is followed by works for solo piano and chamber music by Lili Boulanger, which reveal her very own style. The evening concludes with a new composition by mdw student Reina Yoshioka, which references Lili Boulanger in her work.
A cooperation with the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna.
Artists
Cuore Piano Trio
Zuzanna Budzyńska, violin
Juliet Wolff, cello
Szymon Ogryzek, piano
Dominik Ilisz, piano
Ensemble Kreis
Reina Yoshioka, violin
Ayaka Matsudomi, clarinet
Taikan Yamasaki, percussion
Shiori Yoshino, piano
Cuore Piano Trio©Sofia Palurovic
Dominik Ilisz ©BMBWF Sabine Klimpt
Reina Yoshioka ©Kazuki Ikegami
Ensemble Kreis ©Atsuyuki Sakakibara