NotaBene: A French Perspective

Concert Program: François Devienne — Sonata for Clarinet and Piano No. 1 in C major Maurice Ravel — Pavane Maurice Ravel — Habanera Camille Saint-Saëns — Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 167 Gabriel Fauré — Sicilienne, Op. 78 Jules Massenet — Meditation from the opera Thaïs Darius Milhaud — Scaramouche, Op. 165b Performers: NotaBene Chamber Group: Yurii Nemyrovskyi — clarinet Artem Poludennyi — cello Roman Lopatynskyi — piano The popular image of France is inseparably linked with romance and love. One could even assume that, in the public imagination, they are virtually synonymous. What could be more romantic than a walk through Montmartre or gazing at the Seine from the Mirabeau Bridge? French love is sensual and romantic, yet also passionate and fiery — and at times simply youthful, sincere, and joyful. The music of this program offers a French perspective on Spanish and Sicilian dances, Eastern spiritual practices, and masquerade spectacles. These works are filled with tenderness and familial warmth, like a family dinner in a Lumière brothers film; with childlike innocence, like Albert Lamorisse’s The Red Balloon; and, ultimately, with enchanted contemplation, like the paintings of the Impressionists.

• When:
  Sunday 07.06.2026, start in 18:00
• Location:
  Kyiv House of Scientists
• In Program:
  Devienne, Saint-Saëns, Massenet, Fauré, Ravel, Milhaud
• Performers:
  Roman Lopatynskyi /piano/ Artem Poludennyi /cello/ Yurii Nemyrovskyi /clarinet/ NotaBene Chamber Group /chamber ensemble/
• Duration:
  1 hours 20 minutes