Tickets will be available at the door starting at 6:30 pm

Featuring:
Amy Schwartz-Moretti, violin
Gregory Sauer, cello
Michelle Schumann, piano

Approximate Run Time: 1 hour 54 minutes

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PROGRAM

Piano Trio in G Major “Gypsy” | Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Andante
Poco adagio
Rondo all’Ongarese: Presto

Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major, Opus 47 | L.V. Beethoven (1770-1827)
Adagio sostenuto
Presto
Andante con variazioni
Finale: Presto

Piano Trio in C Major, Opus 87 | Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Allegro
Andante con moto
Scherzo: Presto
Finale: Allegro giocoso

These three pieces are among the most well-known and treasured chamber works ever composed. Haydn’s Piano Trio in G Major, nicknamed the “Gypsy,” dates from 1795, which is considered the tail end of his so-called “popular style.” The work gets its moniker from the elements of Hungarian folk music that are found in the trio’s finale.

Beethoven’s Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major, Opus 47, known best as the Kreutzer Sonata, is infamous for its devilishly difficult violin part. The work is equally remarkable for the wide range of emotions it presents: following a slow and brooding introduction the first movement becomes agitated, even ferocious at times; by comparison the second movement is contemplative and serene while the third is joyful and boisterous.

The program concludes with Brahms’ stunning Piano Trio in C Major, Opus 87. Composed between 1880 and 1882, the trio is a mature work that contains some of the most moving music Brahms’ ever wrote. Throughout the piece, elements of the classical piano trio (developed in large part by Haydn) are combined with the sweeping romanticism that Brahms is best known for.