Beethoven, Haydn, and Schumann: Fairy Tales and Ghosts

Sponsored by Joan & Stefan Anderson

Engage your imagination in the magic of music by three greats: Schumann, Haydn, and Beethoven. Schumann’s “Fairy Tales” is written for the same combination as Mozart’s “Kegelstatt Trio” (clarinet, viola, and piano) and is one of Schumann’s final compositions. He thought listeners would find it “highly romantic.” Beethoven’s “Ghost” gets its name from the haunted sound of the piano’s soft tremolando that underlies parts of the slow movement. Haydn’s Trio in C Major is not so scary, but its intensity and flair may leave you breathless. Written during his second visit to London, it is one of his last and best trios in a genre he pretty much invented. Three masterworks all.

Märchenerzählungen (Fairy Tales), Op. 132 by Robert Schumann

Trio in C Major, Hob. XV:27 by Franz Josef Haydn

Trio No. 5 in D Major, Op. 70, No. t (“Ghost”) by Ludwig van Beethoven

Musicians
Alicia Lee, Clarinet
Jeannie Yu, Piano
David Perry, Violin
Allyson Fleck, Viola
Mara McClain, Cello

David is sponsored by Michael Elkow and Mary Hauser & Jerry Randall. Allyson is sponsored by Beverly Ann & Peter Conroy. Mara is sponsored by Alice & Bob Chrismer and Barbara & Lee Jacobi. Jeannie is sponsored by Mary Hauser & Jerry Randall.