Brahms Piano Trio

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="a79015a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>906-910 W. Ainslie Condominiums </B></FONT><B>  </B><B>   |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="906910 W. Ainslie Condominiums "><B>home</B></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFBF0" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I><B>Piano Trio in C Minor, Op. 101</B></I></div> <div> <B>by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart</B></div> <div> <I>Tristan Lehnert, violin</I></div> <div> <I>Angela Maleh, cello</I></div> <div> <I>Jean Shamo, piano </I></div> <div> <B>If your computer's sound system is working you should be hearing a commercially recorded excerpt.</B></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="353" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=4 HEIGHT= 25 ><NOBR><div> <I><IMG SRC="90b5e7c0.jpg" border=0 width="94" height="124" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER ROWSPAN=4 COLSPAN=2 WIDTH="238"><div> I.    Allegro energico</div> <bR> <div> II.   Presto non assai</div> <bR> <div> III.  Andante grazioso</div> <bR> <div> IV.  Allegro molto</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> </tR> <tR> </tR> <tR> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=3 HEIGHT= 329 WIDTH="339"><div> Johannes Brahms was a perfectionist. As a mid to late 1800's composer, he felt responsible for building on the work of the masters, from Bach through Beethoven. Indeed, Brahms' inspiration is always deep, his movements strong, the overall effect richly satisfying. <U>Trio in C Minor</U>, written towards the end of his career, accomplishes all that but in ways that anticipate the dawning 20th century. Only 20 minutes long, it eliminates traditionally repeated sections, morphs minor figurations into major themes, and occasionally mixes meters (time signatures). Still, on first hearing the Trio <U>is</U> a 19th century Romantic piece. The first movement, initially stern, softens periodically with a beautiful theme introduced by cello. Violin and cello apply mutes for the <I>Presto</I> and vary the texture with pizzicatos. A melting <I>Andante grazioso </I>balances piano with duet passages for the strings, and the piece closes with an urgent finale.    <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Gill Sans MT" >                                                                                             </FONT></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B> <a href="JavaScript:window.close()">Close</a>  </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I> <p> <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=4,0,0,0" width=0 height=0 align="absmiddle"> <param name=movie value="mp3ss211s.swf"> <param name=quality value=best> <param name=wmode value=transparent> <param name=bgcolor value=#FFFFFF> <param name=loop value=false> <embed src="mp3ss211s.swf" quality=best wmode=transparent bgcolor=#FFFFFF loop=false width=0 height=0 type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" align="absmiddle"> </embed> </object> </p>  </I></FONT></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>