The Horszowski Trio plays great works of Haydn, Tchaikovsky and Joan Tower, an American master.
Electric Earth Concerts continues it summer season with a program of three cornerstone piano trios by the versatile and dynamic Horszowski Trio. The concert is on Wednesday, July 10th at 7:30 at Congregation Ahavas Achim in Keene, NH.
Jonathan Bagg, Artistic Director of Electric Earth Concerts, describes the Trio, Electric Earth’s resident ensemble: “The Horszowski, comprised of Jesse Mills, violin, Raman Ramakrishnan, cello and Rieko Aizawa, piano, are American in the best sense- stylistically versatile, technically at the top of the chart, and wide-ranging in their taste, yet with a distinct point of view. Their repertoire ranges from Dvorak and Tchaikovsky to Ned Rorem and Joan Tower. They are among the most powerful performers I have encountered in my career.”
The program includes three works, each defining the style of its period: Haydn’s “Gypsy” trio in G Major, his most well known piano trio with its final Hungarian Rondo, followed by the preeminent American composer Joan Tower’s trio “For Daniel”, an intense and expressive single movement work composed in 2004 and dedicated to her nephew, Daniel MacArthur. Tchaikovsky’s trio in A minor, Op. 50, “In memory of a great man” rounds out the concert. Dedicated to the composer’s close friend and mentor, Nikolai Rubenstein, the piece is a vast and rich two-movement work comprised of an introspective and brooding first movement followed by a set of variations that build to a state of joy and ecstasy. Tchaikovsky’s piano trio is one of his few works of chamber music and is written in a highly virtuosic and emotional style – many pianists claim that this is one of the most difficult Romantic piano parts ever written.
