Beethoven Cycle
The Peabody Trio is pleased to offer the complete cycle of Beethoven trios in three concerts.  The performances may be concentrated in a 24-hour period (evening-matinee-evening) a weekend, or a week, or spread through the season.  In addition to the piano trios from Opp. 1, 70, and 97, the “Kakadu” Variations, and the composer’s version for piano trio of his Op. 11.  Also featured are the sublime Op. 69 cello-piano sonata and the Op. 96 violin-piano sonata, works composed simultaneously with the Opp. 70 and 97 trios.

Program A
1. Variations in G major, Op. 121a “Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu” (1803, rev. 1816)
2. Trio in E-flat major, Op. 1, No. 1 (1795)
    —Intermission—
3. Trio in B-flat major, Op. 11 (1797)
4. Trio in E-flat major, Op. 70, No. 2 (1808)

Program B
1. Trio in C minor, Op. 1, No. 3 (1795)
2. Sonata for Cello & Piano No. 3 in A major, Op. 69 (1809)
    —Intermission—
3. Trio in D major, Op. 70, No. 1 “Ghost” (1808)

Program C
1. Trio in G major, Op. 1, No. 2 (1795)
2. Sonata for Violin & Piano No. 10 in G major (1812)
    —Intermission—
3. Trio in B-flat major, Op. 97 “Archduke” (1811)

Program 1
1. Beethoven: Variations in G major, Op. 121a “Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu” (1803, rev. 1816)
    — OR — Beethoven: Trio in E-flat major, Op. 1, No. 1 (1795)
2. Ives: Trio
    — OR — Shostakovich: Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67 (1944)
    —Intermission—
3. Melissa Hui: Fred and John were having tea (when I arrived) (2004)
4. Mendelssohn: Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 (1839)

Program 2
Option of collaboration with actor/narrator Walter van Dyk (Kernis)
1. Melissa Hui: Fred and John were having tea (when I arrived) (2004)
2. Mendelssohn: Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 (1839)
    —Intermission—
3. Beethoven: Trio in B-flat major, Op. 97 “Archduke” (1811)
    — OR — Schubert: Trio in B-flat major, D. 898 (1827)
    — OR — Dvořák: Trio in F minor, Op. 65 (1883)
    — OR — Aaron Jay Kernis: The Four Seasons of Futurist Cuisine (1991)

Program 3
1. Beethoven: Trio in G major, Op. 1, No. 2 (1795)
2. Shostakovich: Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67 (1944)
    —Intermission—
3. Dvořák: Trio in F minor, Op. 65 (1883)

Program 4
In collaboration with clarinetist TBA (Messiaen)
1. Mendelssohn: Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 (1839)
    —Intermission—
2. Messiaen: Quatuor pour le fin du temps (1940-41)

Program 5 — Trios & Songs of Schubert & Ives
In collaboration with baritone William Sharp
1. Ives: Trio
2. Schubert: Selections from Schwanengesang
    —Intermission—
3. Ives: Selection of Art Songs
4. Schubert: Trio in B-flat major, D. 898 (1827)

Collaborations with violist Roger Tapping
Mr. Tapping, former violist of the Takács Quartet, will be available to perform several works with the Peabody Trio, which may be combined in programs made up of other repertory drawn from this document.
A. Brahms: Quartet for Piano & Strings No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60 (1875)
B. Mozart: Quartet for Piano & Strings No. 1 in G minor, K. 478 (1785)
C. Mozart: Quartet for Piano & Strings No. 2 in E-flat major, K. 493 (1786)
D. Schumann: Quartet for Piano & Strings in E-flat major, Op. 47 (1842)

Gift of the Beloved: Beethoven, Goethe, and the Persian Sufi Master, Hafiz
In collaboration with actress Elizabeth Mansfield.
Goethe’s last great poem, the Divan of West and East, inspired by the Divan of 14th century Sufi master, Hafiz, was among Beethoven’s most beloved verse.  In Gift of the Beloved, the music of Beethoven’s Opus 70 Trios is intertwined with the words of Goethe, in glorious celebration of love, faith, and the joy of life.
Concept: Elizabeth Mansfield.
Text and music selection, adaptation, and performance: Elizabeth Mansfield and The Peabody Trio.
Translations: John Whaley.