Viennese Metamorphosis

Any score can be entrusted to this trio. In their “sound regency”, as the ensemble’s name might be translated, the strings of cello, violin, and harpsichord unite to form a wise unity, while the notes transform into enchanting emotional realms. In 2024, the three musicians from Poland won the Bärenreiter Urtext Prize at the göttinger händel competition. A tribute to their interpretive depth and the unerring art of their tempi and phrasing.

Now Régence sonore takes a close look at its own instrumentation. In the light-filled Reformierte Kirche (Reformed Church), they explore the genre’s historical metamorphosis from the trio sonata to the modern piano trio. A transformation that, starting with the Baroque master Handel, tells of a dynamic development and cultural exchange that criss-crossed Europe in the 18th century and still reflects one thing above all today: the interest in change and aesthetic exchange – from Venice via Versailles to Hamburg and Vienna.