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SUMMARY:MERZ TRIO
DESCRIPTION:GET TICKETSMerz Trio has been lauded as “entrancing” (BBC Music Magazine) and “artists in the deepest sense of the word” (CutCommon). Winners of the Naumburg\, Concert Artists Guild\, Fischoff\, and Chesapeake Competitions\, the group has established itself at the forefront of the US chamber music scene. Merz Trio is passionately committed to reshaping the narrative of classical music through vibrantly dynamic programming and wide-ranging interdisciplinary collaboration for violin\, cello\, and piano. \nTheir program explores the musical and cultural collisions of the Second Viennese School with the new —through the lens of Alma Mahler’s fabled journeys through the United States. \nMerz Trio \nThis concert is generously co-sponsored by\nHudson Todd\, LLC \nProgram\nNight Songs \nJoin Merz Trio as we search for song in night’s darknesses. Beginning with the 12th\ncentury chants spun by Hildegard von Bingen in her solitary monastic cell\, we explore\nmelody sung into and for the night\, weaving together a musical conversation that joins\nthe voices of Purcell\, Schumann\, Alma Mahler\, Brahms and Zemlinsky in works large and\nsmall\, and brings us right into the twentieth century with Thelonious Monk’s poignantly\nlonely ode to a dark hour\, ‘Round Midnight. \nHildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)\nHymn O ignee spiritus arr. Merz Trio\nIV. Finale. Allegro giocoso \nRobert Schumann (1811-1856)\nSix Studies in Canonic Form\, Op. 56\nIII. Andantino \nThelonious Monk (1917-1982)\nRound Midnight arr. Miles Walter \nHenry Purcell (1659-1695)  \nHush No More arr. Merz Trio \nAlma Mahler (1879-1964)  \nLaue Sommernacht arr. Merz Trio \nAlexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942) \nEmpfängnis arr. Merz Trio \nRobert Schumann (1811-1856)  \nPiano Trio No. 2 in F Major\, Op. 80 (1847)\nI. Sehr lebhaft\nII. Mit inigem Ausdruck\nIII. In mässiger Bewegung\nIV. Nicht zu rasch \nIntermission \nJohannes Brahms (1833-1897)\nPiano Trio No. 1 in B Major\, Op. 8 (rev. 1889)\nI. Allegro con brio – Tranquillo – In tempo ma sempre sostenuto\nII. Scherzo. Allegro molto – Meno allegro – Tempo primo\nIII. Adagio\nIV. Finale. Allegro \nProgram subject to change. \nProgram Notes\nProgram notes will be provided closer to the concert date. \nAbout the Artist\nMerz Trio  \nHailed as “entrancing” (BBC Music Magazine) and “artists in the deepest sense of the word” (CutCommon)\, Merz Trio have established themselves at the forefront of the US chamber music scene\, with upcoming debuts at Carnegie Hall\, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw\, Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum\, CM Houston\, CM Detroit\, MN’s Schubert Club\, DC’s Strathmore Mansion\, and Music Mountain\, among others. Winners of the Naumburg\, Concert Artists Guild\, Fischoff\, and Chesapeake Competitions\, they have been lauded for their “stunning virtuosity… fresh and surprising interpretations” (Reading Eagle)\, and “perfection of intonation and ensemble” (Hudson Review). \nMerz Trio are passionately committed to reshaping the narrative of classical music through vibrantly dynamic programming and wide-ranging interdisciplinary collaboration. Their narrative programming style juxtaposes classical standards\, new music\, and their own arrangements of familiar and forgotten works\, fluidly interwoven and guided with speaking from the Trio’s members. Their interdisciplinary collaborations include ongoing projects with directors Emma Jaster and Jon Levin\, dancer Caroline Copeland\, and Sandglass Puppet Theater. \nThe Trio are equally known for their more immersive integrations of music and text in performance\, ranging from their recital-theater piece built around Shakespeare’s Macbeth (Those Secret Eyes)\, to their debut album interweaving Ravel’s Trio with short pieces\, poems\, and diaries of the era (Ink\, August\, 2021)\, presented in the concert version Ink Spills. In their prolific arranging work\, the Trio are committed to uplifting overlooked voices from history\, ranging from Hildegard von Bingen to Lili and Nadia Boulanger\, from Joséphine Baker to Irish folk melodies. \nMerz Trio have been encouraged in their explorations by numerous institutional homes around the world: New England Conservatory\, Yellow Barn\, Snape Maltings\, Avaloch Farm Institute\, the Naumburg Foundation\, the Lake Champlain\, Olympic\, and Chesapeake Music Festivals\, and the Fischoff Competition\, as well as many other venues and hosts around the US\, Australia and the UK. They are currently represented by Concert Artists Guild.
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