Concert Program V: Trio Transformations

The piano trio is a distinct musical tradition that came into its own only after Bach’s time, yet the repertoire remains indebted to Bach’s art. His sonatas for violin and keyboard—typically performed with cello augmenting the continuo—set a model for keyboard-and-strings writing that Mozart and Brahms would affirm in subsequent generations.

PROGRAM
Johann Sebastian BACH (1685–1750): Trio Sonata no. 4 in c minor, BWV 1017 (1720)
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756–1791): Piano Trio in G Major,
K. 496 (1786)
Johannes BRAHMS (1833–1897): Piano Trio no. 3 in c minor, op. 101 (1886)
Paul SCHOENFIELD (b. 1947): Café Music (1987)

ARTISTS
Jeffrey Kahane, piano/harpsichord
Joseph Swensen, violin
Carter Brey, cello