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Masterclass: Ysaÿe’s Rêve d’enfant op.14 for violin and piano

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Violinist Nancy Zhou demonstrates the breadth of Ysaÿe’s expressive devices in an intimate piece dedicated to his son

Eugène Ysaÿe wrote Rêve d’enfant as a tribute to his youngest son Antoine during one of his main concert tours. While it’s often considered a small, charming piece or encore, this work also shows how intricate his writing is – his use of harmonies is so modern that it evokes a kind of magical, jazzy feeling…

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