Concert in aid of Maxability: Rosamunde Piano Trio
Saturday 9 November 7.30pm
19 Greenacre Walk N14 7DB
Our final concert this year, on 9th November at 7:30, will feature the internationally renowned "ROSAMUNDE PIANO TRIO": Martino Tirimo (Piano), Ben Sayevich (Violin) and Daniel Veis (Cello)
They will perform this programme of great Piano Trios:
- Mozart – Piano Trio in G K.564
- Edouard Lalo – Piano Trio No.3 in A major Op.26
- Tchaikovsky – Piano Trio in A minor Op.50
This late Mozart Trio is sheer delight from beginning to end but, for me, the majestic, stately theme that opens the slow movement provides one of the most profound moments in chamber music. I’ll say no more, but entreat you to share the experience.
This is the first time that Maxability audiences will hear this romantic Piano Trio by French composer Edouard Lalo (1823 - 1892), a work of passionate virtuoso ensemble-playing that achieves rare artistic unity across the span of its four movements. The first movement Allegro appassionato surges ceaselessly between tonic major and minor until eventually subsiding in repose. The second movement is a surprisingly blistering Presto scherzo with only temporary respite in a soft Trio pizzicato section. The third movement is the profound heart of the work. By turns gentle, tragic, brave and finally serene, it steadfastly navigates the fraught journey from darkness into light, preparing the ground for the radiant and majestic exuberance of the A-major finale.
Tchaikovsky submitted his A Minor Piano Trio to his benefactress, Nadejda von Mjeck after initially declining her request for a work with this combination of instruments. This Trio is, unusually, in only two movements, Pezzo elegiaco and Tema con variazioni. The first movement opens with a beautiful opening theme for cello solo that returns at the very end of the work in the shape of a slow march. It was written in Rome in the winter of 1881-1882, and is subtitled "In memory of a great artist”, a reference to Nikolai Rubinstein, Tchaikovsky's close friend and mentor, who had died in March 1881.The theme on which the variations movement is based is a classical melody that works itself into more and more ecstatic heights, and finally undergoes a surprising modulation back to the original minor key. The theme from the first movement’s opening returns with even greater gravity, concluding in a sombre march.
Rosamunde concerts are always extremely popular - please book your places as soon as you are able to!
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