"Remembrance"

When Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky chose as the subtitle for his Piano Trio in A Minor the phrase, “in memory of a great artist,” he was doing more than offering a dedication to a recently deceased friend: he was engaging in the time-honored tradition of musical memorialization. The resulting work is a fitting tribute. By turns elegiac and rapturous, it features some of Tchaikovsky’s most inspired chamber music writing. Bedřich Smetana’s Piano Trio in G Minor remembers not the death of a friend, but of a child. Faced with unimaginable grief, Smetana poured his feelings into this work, a tragic and moving cornerstone of the repertoire. Pianist Adam Neiman, violinist Ara Gregorian, and cellist Zvi Plesser bring these trios to life on our stages, in the process remembering both their composers and the loved ones to whom they are dedicated.

The programs features
Bedřich Smetana — Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 15
brief pause
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50