Clarie Huangci with Franziska Hölscher & Harriet Krijgh

Franziska Hölscher | Violin
Harriet Krijgh | Violoncello
Claire Huangci | Piano

 

Program 1
Haydn Piano trio G major Hob XV:25 Gypsy
V. Silvestrov Fugitive visions of Mozart for piano trio (selection)
F. Hensel Piano trio D minor op. 11
Beethoven Piano trio B-flat major op. 97 Archduke

Music always hits the right note. Contrary to all current rules, Haydn’s Gypsy Trio is played, in which he uses Hungarian dance melodies of the travelling folk – far removed from any politics and certainly without ulterior motives. The Ukrainian Silvestrov also prefers to trace the spirit of Mozart in his dream images. Hensel’s D minor Trio symbolises the composer’s growing artistic self-confidence and shows her at the height of her creative powers. Beethoven as well was praised as a master of his craft for his Archduke Trio.

Program 2
L. Boulanger D‘un matin de printemps for piano trio
Debussy Piano trio G major
A. Beach Piano trio op. 150
F. Mendelssohn Piano trio C minor op. 66

In light of current global politics, one wishes that music could enter the diplomatic service much more often. In this programme, France, Germany and America enter into a resonant alliance and are represented by true child prodigies. While Beach, who discovered composition as a child, wrote her piano trio, which floats between impressionistic harmony and catchy tonality, at the age of 71, Boulanger, Debussy and Mendelssohn-Bartholdy were much younger when they composed their trios: The piece D’un matin de printemps by the French composer Boulanger, who died aged just 24, documents the late Romantic intensity of the depiction of nature, but goes beyond contemporary Impressionism; Debussy’s trio, which he wrote when he was only 18, surprises with its melodic freshness and typical tonalities, and Mendelssohn’s work already heralds late Romanticism.