Concert for Violin, Piano and String Quartet


The Concert for Violin, Piano and String Quartet, Op. 21 is a piano sextet by Ernest Chausson scored for piano, violin and string quartet. The work was composed between 1888 and 1891.

Structure

There are four movements:
  1. Décidé - Animé
  2. Sicilienne: Pas vite
  3. Grave
  4. Très animé.

Première performance

The work was first performed in Brussels on 26 February 1892, with Eugène Ysaÿe taking the solo violin part. The work was well received. Chausson wrote in his diary: