Echos of Genius
Works by Beethoven, Merryman, and Esmail
Sunday, June 9th, 2024, at 3:00 pm
St. John’s Park Slope
Sheng-Ching Hsu, violin; Benjamin Larsen, cello; Hyungjin Choi, piano
For our season finale, we feature two piano trios, one old, one new; Beethoven’s Ghost Trio, a timeless masterpiece whose slow movement references the ghost scene in Shakespeare’s Hamlet, and former composer-in-residence Reena Esmail’s Piano Trio, written in 2019, a graceful merging of western and Indian styles. In between the two, composer-in-residence Marjorie Merryman’s 2020 Visions, written in 2021 for violin and piano in the wake of the pandemic. These are three unique voices that you will find complement each other perfectly on a warm, June afternoon!
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Program and Notes
Reena Esmail (b. 1983)
Piano Trio
I. Ephemeral
II. Breathing
III. Capricious
IV. Powerful, broad, intense
Marjorie Merryman (b. 1951)
2020 Visions
I. Sirens
II. Surely kin to me
III. Shadows
*intermission*
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Trio in D Major, op. 70 no 1 “Ghost”
I. Allegro vivace e con brio
II. Largo assai ed espressivo
III. Presto
Program Notes: Coming Soon!
