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What to expect
The concert honours Queen Elisabeth’s bond with Pablo Casals and Gabriel Fauré.
- Pablo Casals’s Cançons Catalanes is on the programme.
- Gabriel Fauré’s First Piano Quintet is a highlight.
- Fauré dedicated the quintet to Eugène Ysaÿe.
Questions
When does At Her Majesty’s Court start and end?
At Her Majesty’s Court runs Saturday, 5 December 2026, 15:00 until 16:00.
Where is At Her Majesty’s Court?
At Her Majesty’s Court takes place at Flagey, Place Flagey Flageyplein, Ixelles.
How much are tickets for At Her Majesty’s Court?
Tickets for At Her Majesty’s Court cost €20 on the official ticket shop.
What is the concert about?
The concert honours Queen Elisabeth’s deep bond with Pablo Casals and Gabriel Fauré.
Casals was more than the modern cello’s “inventor”.
He was a symbol of peace and human dignity.
Elisabeth admired his technique and fight for justice.
His Cançons Catalanes speaks of his homeland, the sea and simplicity.
These themes connected the Queen and Casals.
Their meetings took place in Laken or at the Prades festival.
The programme also includes Fauré’s First Piano Quintet.
What is the story behind Fauré’s quintet?
Fauré began the sketches in 1887. It took nearly twenty years before the work was finished.
Eugène Ysaÿe urged Fauré to complete it.
Fauré dedicated the quintet to Ysaÿe.
The world premiere was in Brussels.
Quatuor Ysaÿe performed, with Fauré himself at the piano.
The quintet brings together threads of the Music Chapel Festival.
These include French elegance, the Belgian violin school and royal friendship.
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Getting there
Flagey, Place Flagey Flageyplein, 1050 Ixelles, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, BE
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