Luois Rodde’s cello and Gwendal Giguelay’s piano reflect on how a context other than one’s homeland may influence artistic production and alter its contents. Travelling is not merely something we do for fun. Away from home, friends, and habits, we have all the time we need to feel alone in front of an unfamiliar landscape, and we may also feel that spleen, that undefinable melancholy that afflicts the soul and may fuel artistic inspiration. The cello, melancholic instrument par excellence, is perfect to translate these feelings, but can also take a long detour into divertissements to shake some torpor off. Rodde and Giguelay highlight the diversity of the emotions of a sojourn in faraway land with a programme of Boisdeffre, Vierne, Liszt, Tolbecque, Ravel, and Offenbach.
