The Piano Trio: Why I Love It (& Why It's Difficult)

The Piano Trio is one of the most popular chamber ensembles in classical music. In this video I discuss how composers write for it and why it's difficult. Along the way, I look at one of my own compositions along with examples (with sheet music) from Telemann, JS & JC Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Ravel, Rachmaninoff, Schubert, Clara Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Andriessen, Morton Feldman, Gordon McPherson, Donnacha Dennehy, Jonathan Harvey, etc. I also describe my own writing process too, drawing on a great performance of my work by the Fidelio Trio.

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THE FIDELIO TRIO
Albums
http://www.fideliotrio.com/cds.html

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OTHER LINKS:
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THE ATOS TRIO (featured in this video)
www.thomashoppe.com
www.atostrio.com

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OTHER
Description of Mozart’s relationship to the emergence of the PianoForte
https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/30/ar...

LITERATURE
The Piano Trio: Its History, Technique, and Repertoire - Basil Smallman
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Piano-Trio-T...

An experiment in variation: The finale of Mozart’s piano trio in G, K.496 - Ivanovitch, R.
https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...

The Effect of Scoring on the "Sonata-Form" in Mozart's Mature Instrumental Ensembles - N. Lee Orr
https://www.jstor.org/stable/830514?s...

Donnacha Dennehy’s ‘Bulb’ Score
https://issuu.com/scoresondemand/docs...

Morton Feldman’s Trio Score
https://www.universaledition.com/trio...

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THE IRISH COMPOSERS COLLECTIVE
https://irishcomposerscollective.com/