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Defending the Piano Trio (Why I Love The ‘Difficult’ Ensemble)

The Piano Trio is one of the most popular chamber ensembles in classical music. In this video I discuss how difficult it is to write for and why it is considered by many to be a bit of a relic. Along the way, I look at its history, with examples 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. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Tantacrul Twitter https://twitter.com/Tantacrul Discord (Server name: Tantachat) http://discord.gg/fRUCjz9 --- THE FIDELIO TRIO Albums http://www.fideliotrio.com/cds.html Twitter https://twitter.com/fideliotrio Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/1rlIcQWOO0ZE9Q3b2cYV7n OTHER LINKS: --- THE ATOS TRIO (featured in this video) www.thomashoppe.com www.atostrio.com --- OTHER Description of Mozart’s relationship to the emergence of the PianoForte https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/30/arts/music/30moza.html LITERATURE The Piano Trio: Its History, Technique, and Repertoire - Basil Smallman https://www.amazon.co.uk/Piano-Trio-Technique-Repertoire-Paperbacks/dp/0198163045 An experiment in variation: The finale of Mozart’s piano trio in G, K.496 - Ivanovitch, R. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/290766238_An_experiment_in_variation_The_finale_of_Mozart's_piano_trio_in_G_K496 The Effect of Scoring on the "Sonata-Form" in Mozart's Mature Instrumental Ensembles - N. Lee Orr https://www.jstor.org/stable/830514?seq=1 Donnacha Dennehy’s ‘Bulb’ Score https://issuu.com/scoresondemand/docs/bulb_56546 Morton Feldman’s Trio Score https://www.universaledition.com/trio-for-violin-cello-and-piano-feldman-morton-ue16401 --- THE IRISH COMPOSERS COLLECTIVE https://irishcomposerscollective.com/