Performances
Mar 26
Performance Run Time: 1 hour 40 minutes, including intermission.
This program brings together three landmark works, each a defining moment in its composer’s journey. Brahms’s electrifying Scherzo, his first published piece, bursts with youthful fire. Shostakovich’s Piano Trio No. 2, written during World War II and at the midpoint of his life, stands at the center of the piano trio repertoire — an intense and haunting testament to the human spirit. Closing the program, Schubert’s final trio, completed near the end of his short life, is a work of sweeping grandeur and profound beauty. These chamber music powerhouses illuminate a journey of passion, perseverance, and profound expression.
Program
Brahms Scherzo, from “F-A-E” Sonata for Violin and Piano (1853)
Shostakovich Trio No. 2 in E minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 67 (1944)
Schubert Trio No. 2 in E-flat major for Piano, Violin, and Cello, D. 929 (1827)
Artist Roster
Wu Han, piano
Benjamin Beilman, violin
David Finckel, cello
