San Jose Chamber Music Society: Trio con Brio Copenhagen
Sat, Oct 15
|St. Francis Episcopal Church
BEETHOVEN Piano Trio in E-flat Major, Op.70/No.2 (1808) PROKOFIEV Suite from 10 Pieces from Romeo and Juliet, Op.75 (1937), arr. by Trio con Brio Copenhagen SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Trio No.2 in E Minor, Op.67 (1944)
Time & Location
Oct 15, 2022, 7:00 PM
St. Francis Episcopal Church, 1205 Pine Ave, San Jose, CA 95125, USA
About The Event
MUSIC
Beethoven’s Trio is “relaxed, even-keeled, benificent,...” and freshly expressive. As Prokofiev sought, his ballet score tells Shakespeare’s love story in music “immediately appealing yet sounding like nothing written before.” Shostakovich’s 1944 Trio is a haunting elegy to the loss of a close friend and is his lament for the victims of the Holocaust, news of which deeply affected Shostakovich.
ARTISTS
Trio con Brio Copenhagen (combining two sisters, and a cellist- pianist marriage) are in great demand as worldwide touring artists. Formed in 1999, and soon winning piano trio competitions, the Trio is now acknowledged one of the finest in the world. Their Shostakovich & Arensky CD won the 2022 German Record Critic’s Award. “Unforgettable playing.” (BBC Music magazine). “We can now see the con Brio as the worthy successors of the legendary Beaux Arts Trio.” (Diapason)