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The Queen's Chamber Trio

What Social Event
When 2008-11-30
from 02:00 pm to 04:00 pm
Where Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall
Contact Name joan ryan
Contact Email info@harpsichord.org
Contact Phone 212-280-1086
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by Elaine Comparone last modified 2008-07-27 03:48 PM

The Queen's Chamber Trio plays Haydn, Mozart & Beethoven

"Using a harpsichord for the later works is counter-intuitive, yet the effect can be---as the Queen's Chamber Trio shows us---quite wonderful." This statement introduces James M. Keller's review in Chamber Music America of the Trio's latest recording for Lyrichord Discs. He goes on to say that the Trio has "indeed delved attentively into the works at hand. Their interpretations are clearly plotted, their technique precise. They play in tune, and I find their fluid sense of rhythmic ebb and flow appealing." Don't miss this historic performance of classical "piano trio" repertoire offered by harpsichordist Elaine Comparone, violinist Robert Zubrycki and 'cellist Peter Seidenberg in the Trio's annual Thanksgiving Week-End concert at Weill Hall. The Queen's Chamber Trio takes as its raison d'etre the perusal of chamber music literature with keyboard during the time when the fortepiano began to usurp the popularity of the harpsichord as the primary accompanying and solo keyboard instrument of the day. In the late 18th century, musicians who elected to play contemporary music on harpsichord instead of fortepiano might be deemed reactionary, but in this day and age the Trio's approach is decidely revolutionary.

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