Tag: Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor Op. 67

  • PROGRAM NOTES: Z.E.N. TRIO

    PROGRAM NOTES: Z.E.N. TRIO

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    Franz Schubert Notturno in E-flat major  Op. 148 Schubert’s Adagio for Piano Trio D 897 was composed in 1827 but only published decades later, under the publisher’s title Notturno. And indeed, the opening section does conjure up images of nighttime serenity, with its heavenly texture of harp-like arpeggios in the piano supporting a hypnotic melody…

  • PROGRAM NOTES: TETZLAFF-TETZLAFF-VOGT TRIO

    PROGRAM NOTES: TETZLAFF-TETZLAFF-VOGT TRIO

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    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat Major K 502 The piano trio developed out of the ‘accompanied’ keyboard sonata, a makeshift compositional genre that attempted to compensate for the weak ‘tinkly’ tone of the early fortepiano (forerunner of the modern pianoforte) by the addition of a violin to reinforce the singing line…