Pulsing Sound Series 2 - String Trios of the 18th and 20th Century

String trios across two centuries, featuring Mozart, Schoenberg & Gideon Klein, performed by Laura Liu, Ari Evan & Abigail Fayette.

Pulsing Sound Series 2

String Trios of the 18th and 20th Century

THE BLANC x Forest Hills Chamber Music Series

Saturday, November 14, 7:30-9 PM

Program

Gideon Klein: String Trio (1944)

II. Lento: Variations on the Moravian Folk Song, The Knezdub Tower

Arnold Schoenberg: String Trio, Op. 45 (1946)

Mozart: Divertimento for String Trio, in E-flat major, K. 563

I. Allegro

II. Adagio

IV. Andante: Theme and Variations

V. Menuetto (Allegretto)

VI. Allegro

Abigail Fayette, violin

Laura Liu, viola

Ari Evan, cello

Description:

Mozart’s String Trio in E-flat is one of the gems of the Classical chamber music canon. Written toward the end of his life, the Divertimento shows Mozart at the height of his compositional prowess. It is full of his trademark joy and wit, though also quite profound in its slower movements.

Skipping over the 1800s entirely, the twentieth-century works on this program represent two strikingly different reactions composers had to the bygone Romantic era. The Gideon Klein string trio feels "hyper-romantic," as he takes romantic voice leading and harmonies a step further, creating exceptionally passionate melodies and pained dissonances that pull at the listener with each note. Schoenberg, by contrast, rejects tonality, separating himself from traditional harmony and using large leaps, dissonances, and rhythmic textures to explore enticing, unusual sound worlds.

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