May
10
3:00 PM15:00

Philadelphia, PA: Performance with Jennifer Johnson Cano

Performance with Jennifer Johnson Cano for Arts on the Mind Festival, presented by PCMS, Penn Memory Center, Franklin Institute. Inspired by the final work of the PCMS season, A Song by Mahler by Marc Neikrug, the festival explores how the arts develop and maintain the mind as it ages, particularly when facing various forms of dementia.

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Feb
11
11:30 AM11:30

Dallas, TX: Dallas Chamber Music Society

Merz Trio

Hildegard von Bingen: Hymn O Ignee Spiritus (arr. Merz Trio)  
Robert Schumann: Six Studies in Canonic Form, Op. 56 – III. Andantino Thelonious Monk: Round Midnight (arr. Miles Walter) 
Henry Purcell: Hush No More (arr. Merz Trio) 
Alma Mahler: Laue Sommernacht (arr. Merz Trio) 
Alexander Zemlinsky: Empfängnis (arr. Merz Trio) 
Robert Schumann: Piano Trio No. 2 in F Major. Op. 80 
Johannes Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8 

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Feb
4
3:00 PM15:00

Northampton, MA: Valley Classical Concerts

Merz Trio

Sweeney Concert Hall

Laue Sommernacht    Alma Mahler (1879 - 1964) (arr. Merz Trio) 

Sommertage            Alban Berg (1885 - 1935) (arr. Merz Trio) Für Bálint András Varga: 10 Miniatures    Johannes Maria Staud (1974-)  

Miniatures 1 - 4 
The Cage      Charles Ives (1874 - 1954) (arr. Merz Trio) River songs                             Chris Rogerson (1988-) 

II. massing clouds 

Für Bálint András Varga    Staud 

Miniature 5 

Ideale Landschaft         Anton Webern (1883 - 1945) (arr. Merz Trio) 

5 Bagatelles Daniel Temkin (1986-) 

III. Romanze (Copland) 

Für Bálint András Varga Staud 

Miniatures 6 - 7 
’Round midnight    Thelonious Monk (1917 - 1982)  (arr. Miles Walter) 

Piano Trio in F minor, Op. 65    Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904) 

II. Allegro grazioso - meno mosso  

Für Bálint András Varga   Staud 

Miniatures 9 – 10 

Empfängnis            Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942) (arr. Merz Trio) 

Für Bálint András Varga    Staud 

Miniature 8 

Die stille Stadt                     A. Mahler (arr. Merz Trio) 
Verklärte Nacht Arnold Schoenberg (1874 -1951) 

 

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Oct
16
3:00 PM15:00

Music for Food, Philadelphia, PA

Recital with Tessa Lark to benefit Music for Food

Sonatina in G Major for Violin and Piano, Opus 100, B. 183 (1893)---Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)

1.     Allegro risoluto

2.     Larghetto

3.     Molto vivace

4.     Allegro

 

The Three Romances for Violin and Piano, Opus 22 (1853)--- Clara Schumann (1819-1896)

  1. Andante molto

  2. Allegretto

  3. Leidenschaftlich schnell

Romanian Folk Dances Sz.56 (1915)--- Béla Bartók (1881-1945)

  1. Bot tánc / Jocul cu bâtă (Stick Dance)

  2. Brâul (Sash Dance)

  3. Topogó / Pe loc (In One Spot)

  4. Bucsumí tánc / Buciumeana (Dance from Bucsum)

  5. Román polka / Poarga Românească (Romanian Polka)

  6. Aprózó / Mărunțel (Fast Dance)

Wiener Laune (2023)--- Tessa Lark (b. 1989)

 

Liebesleid (Love’s Sorrow) from 3 Old Viennese Dances (1905)--- Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)

 

Viennese Rhapsodic Fantasietta (1948)--- Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)


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Oct
8
3:00 PM15:00

Recital with violinist Elissa Lee Koljonen at German Society of Pennsylvania

I. Brahms: Scherzo in C Minor for Violin & Piano (From the FAE-Sonata) (6)

II. Schubert: Duo for Violin and Piano in A major, Op. 162 (20)

—-intermission—-

III. Ned Rorem - Piano Sonata No. 2 (20)

I. Ouverture: Allegretto

II. Tarantella: Scherzando

III. Nocturne: Moderato

IV. Toccata: Allegro molto

IV. Lili Boulanger - Three Pieces for Violin and Piano 10)

1. Nocturne

2. Cortège

3. D'un matin de printemps

V. Ravel: Tzigane (10)

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Sep
24
3:00 PM15:00

Urbana, IL: Krannert Center

Krannert Center for the Performing ARts

Piano Trio, Op. 24 Mieczysław Weinberg (1919 - 1996) 

1. Prelude and Aria. Larghetto  

Episodi e canto perpetuo (1985) Pēteris Vasks (b. 1946) 

1. Crescendo  

Six Studies in Canonic Form, Op. 56 Robert Schumann (1811 - 1856) 

3. Andantino (arr. Theodor Kirchner) 

Augellin         Stefano Landi (1587 - 1639) 

Episodi e canto perpetuo Vasks 

2. Misterioso  

3. Unisoni  

4. Burlesca  

5. Monologhi  

Hush No More         Henry Purcell (1659-1695) 

Portrait Parle (2006) Ana Sokolovic (b. 1968)  

Episodi e canto perpetuo Vasks 

6. Burlesca II  

7. Canto perpetuo  

8. Apogeo e Coda  

Piano Trio No. 2 in F Major, Op. 80 (1847) Schumann  

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Sep
16
11:00 AM11:00

Fishtail, MT: Tippet Rise

Merz Trio: Humoresque

Impressions d'enfance, Op. 28 (1940) George Enescu (1881 - 1955) 

1. Le ménétrier 

Piano Trio in D Major, Op. 1 Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897 - 1957) 

1. Allegro non troppo, con espressione 

Sarcasms, Op. 17 Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953) 

1. Tempestuoso 

Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 120 (1923) Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) 

2. Andantino 

Round Midnight (1944) Thelonius Monk (1917 - 1982) 

Piano Trio No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 8 Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975) 

Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) 

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