Three Arrangements for Violin, Piano, and Organ by Eugène Ysaÿe, now recorded for the first time, will be shared with the world in 2022.
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“These arrangements give us more than just beautiful music – they compel us to contend with the musical space, to examine our spaces for art.”
— Max Tan
Unpublished Manuscripts at Juilliard
The Juilliard School’s Lila Acheson Wallace Library holds a collection of papers that once belonged to Jeanette Dincin Ysaÿe, the second wife of the Belgian violinist and composer Eugène Ysaÿe. This collection includes a trove of unpublished and never-before-recorded arrangements for violin, piano, and organ.
Jeanette Dincin and Eugène Ysaÿe in 1930
Ysaÿe’s arrangements are at the heart of this recording project
Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto No. 2 in E Major
This work was arranged by Ysaÿe for violin, piano, and organ.
Tomaso Antonio Vitali: Chaconne in G minor
Ysaÿe’s arrangement of this work for violin and organ reorganizes some variations in an adventurous and unfamiliar structure to this popular violin work.
Ernest Chausson: Poème, Op. 25
Poème symbolizes a deep friendship and artistic collaboration between the French composer Ernest Chausson and Belgian violinist Eugène Ysaÿe. Although Ysaÿe requested a violin concerto from Chausson, the idea was rejected in favor of a less strict musical structure. The arrangement, dated 1925 in Ysaÿe’s hand, was conceived a quarter-century after Chausson’s death for violin, piano, and organ.
