Brahms at his creative zenith
The three Piano Trios
featuring
MERZ PIANO TRIO
at
Jamesport Meeting House
Sunday, June 16th, 2024, 5:00pm
Music by
Johannes Brahms
The three Piano Trios
Musicians:
MERZ TRIO
Brigid Coleridge, violin; Yulia Yang, cello; Amy Yang, piano
Praised for their "fresh and surprising interpretations," the award-winning Merz Trio are known for their passionate playing and uniquely artistic programming style, interspersing classic trio works with interdisciplinary elements and their own arrangements. The Trio have made a sweep of recent US chamber awards, taking top prizes at the 2021 Naumburg, 2019 Concert Artists Guild, 2019 Fischoff, and 2018 Chesapeake Competitions, and are 2023 Salon De Virtuosi Career Grant recipients. Upcoming debut appearances include performances at Duke Performances, Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Chamber Music Dallas, and Coleman Chamber Music Association.
Praised for their "fresh and surprising interpretations," the award-winning Merz Trio are known for their passionate playing and uniquely artistic programming style, interspersing classic trio works with interdisciplinary elements and their own arrangements. The Trio have made a sweep of recent US chamber awards, taking top prizes at the 2021 Naumburg, 2019 Concert Artists Guild, 2019 Fischoff, and 2018 Chesapeake Competitions, and are 2023 Salon De Virtuosi Career Grant recipients. Upcoming debut appearances include performances at Duke Performances, Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Chamber Music Dallas, and Coleman Chamber Music Association.
Praised for their "fresh and surprising interpretations," the award-winning Merz Trio are known for their passionate playing and uniquely artistic programming style, interspersing classic trio works with interdisciplinary elements and their own arrangements. The Trio have made a sweep of recent US chamber awards, taking top prizes at the 2021 Naumburg, 2019 Concert Artists Guild, 2019 Fischoff, and 2018 Chesapeake Competitions, and are 2023 Salon De Virtuosi Career Grant recipients. Upcoming debut appearances include performances at Duke Performances, Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Chamber Music Dallas, and Coleman Chamber Music Association.
Description
Brahms published three trios for piano, violin and cello, and one trio for piano, clarinet (or violin or viola) and cello. These are all truly large-scale works, comprising four movements each, with a very varied mood and content, all being of the highest quality. Here are all of Brahms's Trios assembled on one concert. The three Piano Trios date from the extremes of the composer's life—Opus 8 from 1853/4 when he was about twenty years old (though here performed in its revised version of 1889), and Opus 101 from 1886, written when he was fifty-three.
Music Program
Johannes Brahms
Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Opus 8
5 Allegro con brio
6 Scherzo: Allegro molto
7 Adagio
8 Finale: Allegro
Johannes Brahms
Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major, Opus 87
1 Allegro
2 Andante con moto
3 Scherzo: Presto
4 Finale: Allegro giocoso
Johannes Brahms
Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor, Opus 101
1 Allegro energico
2 Presto non assai
3 Andante grazioso
4 Allegro molto
