Listening to Beethoven’s own wonderful piano trio arrangement of his famous Septet, one gets a real sense of what it must have been like to desperately want to play something at home you had only heard played by many artists publicly.
This tradition of changing the forces to accommodate everyday folk was a prime method for earning a living for composers of note before concert stages became universally popular. The piano trio was a seminal ensemble for sharing in the home and became a vital source of inspiration for composers across the globe, including our own Ross Edwards and the great Russian Anton Arensky.
S&F welcomes back the vivacious virtuoso Susie Park and popular cellist Julian Smiles who join Kathy in a program that encompasses music from far-flung Australia, Russia and of course Vienna by way of Bonn.
ARTISTS
Kathryn Selby – Piano
Susie Park – Violin
Julian Smiles – Cello
PROGRAM
Ross Edwards – Piano Trio for Piano, Violin and Violoncello (1998)
Anton Arensky – Piano Trio No. 2 in F minor, Op. 73 (1905)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in E-flat major, Op. 38 (1799-1800, arr. Beethoven of Septet Op. 20)
CONCERTS
Fri 28 Aug, 7:00 pm — Canberra, Fairfax Theatre, National Gallery of Australia (NGA)
Sat 29 Aug, 4:00 pm — Bowral, Bowral Memorial Hall
Sun 30 Aug, 2:15 pm — Turramurra, Turramurra Uniting Church
Wed 2 Sep, 2:00 pm — Melbourne, Primrose Potter Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre
Wed 2 Sep, 7:00 pm — Melbourne, Primrose Potter Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre
Sun 6 Sep, 2:30 pm — Adelaide, Concordia College Chapel, 45 Cheltenham Street
Mon 7 Sep, 7:00 pm — Sydney, City Recital Hall
