Beethoven!
In the 5th Chamber Concert, the Belle Époque meets French modernism: the lavish works of Mel Bonis and Ernest Chausson, which draw heavily on the music of Richard Wagner, are counterpointed by the playful, objectivity-seeking, and ironically tinged music of members of the Group of Six, who deliberately sought new paths away from Impressionism and found unconventional yet highly original solutions.
