The Peabody Trio — 20th Anniversary Season
2008-2009 Repertory


NOTES:
1. On a case-by-case basis, presenters may draw on the repertory below to customize programs.
2. All programs, including those here, must be approved through BesenArts before being considered confirmed.
3. Programs as of June 25, 2007, subject to change.
* Prepared with the approval of the original publisher, and based on historical evidence that the work was originally conceived as a piano trio, this is reconstruction of Janáček’s String Quartet No. 1 “Kreutzer Sonata.”
** Commissioned for the Peabody Trio by Chamber Music America
*** Composed for the Peabody Trio

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Program A
1. Beethoven: Trio in E-flat major, Op. 1, No. 1 (1794-5)
2. Janáček: “Kreutzer Sonata” (1908), reconstructed by Stephen Coxe *
intermission
3. Beethoven: Trio in C minor, Op. 1, No. 3 (1794-5)
4. Ravel: Trio (1915)

Program B
1. Zhou Long: Spirit of Chimes (1999) **
—OR Bernd Franke: Hope as a Breath (1992)
—OR Mauricio Kagel: Trio No. 2 (2001)
2. Janáček: “Kreutzer Sonata” (1908), reconstructed by Stephen Coxe *
intermission
3.    Zhou Long: Spirit of Chimes (1999) **
—OR Bernd Franke: Hope as a Breath (1992)
—OR Mauricio Kagel: Trio No. 2 (1991)
4. Ravel: Trio (1915)

Program C
1. Beethoven: Trio in D major, Op. 70, No. 1 “Ghost” (1808)
2. Thierry De Mey: Musique de tables (1987)
intermission
3. Dvořák: Trio in F minor, Op. 65 (1883)

Program D
1. Beethoven: Trio in B-flat major, Op. 97 “Archduke” (1811)
intermission
2. Schubert: Trio in B-flat major, D. 898 (1827) —OR— Trio in E-flat major, K. 929 (1827)

Program E
1. Zhou Long: Spirit of Chimes (1999) **
—OR Bernd Franke: Hope as a Breath (1992)
—OR Mauricio Kagel: Trio No. 2 (1991)
2. Ravel: Trio (1915)
intermission
3. Dvořák: Trio in F minor, Op. 65 (1883)


Schubertiade Project
The following two programs (F-1 and F-2) may be programmed separately or as a pair.

Program F-1 — All Schubert
1. Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, D. 821 (1824, performed by cello & piano)
2. Schubert: Fantasy for Violin & Piano in C major, D. 934 (1827)
intermission
3. Schubert: Trio in B-flat major, D. 898 (1827) —OR— Trio in E-flat major, K. 929 (1827)

Program F-2 — Trios & Songs of Schubert & Ives
with William Sharp, baritone
Two of the greatest and most prolific writers of the art song are intertwined in a program of song with and without words.
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)


Collaborative Projects

Program F-2 — Trios & Songs of Schubert & Ives
with William Sharp, baritone
Two of the greatest and most prolific writers of the art song are intertwined in a program of song with and without words.
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)
    
Program G
with Roger Tapping, viola
1. Mauricio Kagel: Trio No. 2 (1991)
2. Schumann: Quartet for Piano & Strings in E-flat major, Op. 47 (1842)
intermission
3. Dvořák: Trio in F minor, Op. 65 (1883)
—OR Ravel: Trio (1915)

Program H
with Walter van Dyk or John Shirley-Quirk, narrator
1. Zhou Long: Sprit of Chimes (1999) **
2. Harold Meltzer: Sindbad (2004) *** [with Mr. van Dyk or Mr. Shirley-Quirk]
intermission
3. Dvořák: Trio in F minor, Op. 65 (1883)

Program I — Gift of the Beloved: Beethoven, Göethe & the Persian Sufi Master, Hafiz
with Elizabeth Mansfield, actress
Göethe's last great poem, the Divan of West and East, was inspired by the Divan of 14th century Sufi master, Hafiz, was among Beethoven’s most beloved verse.  In Wine of the Beloved, the music of Beethoven’s Opus 70 Trios is intertwined with the words of Göethe, 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.