The Horn Trio by Johannes Brahms is a gorgeous piece for French horn, violin, and piano. Brahms said that, in a pinch, a cello could play the horn part, so let’s go to a concert in New York City to hear Brahms's Horn Trio…with cello instead.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Georges Bizet: Premier Nocturne in D Major
Glenn Gould, piano
Album: Glenn Gould Edition - Grieg, Bizet, Sibelius
Sony 52654
Georges Bizet: Carillon, from 'L'Arlesienne, Suite No. 1
Stavanger Symphony | Lars-Thomas Holm, conductor
Stavanger Concert Hall, Fartein Valen Hall (Main Hall), Stavanger, Norway
Georges Bizet: Pastorale, from 'L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2
Stavanger Symphony | Lars-Thomas Holm, conductor
Stavanger Concert Hall, Fartein Valen Hall (Main Hall), Stavanger, Norway
Jean Cras: Quintet for Flute, Harp, and Strings
Carol Wincenc, flute | Mia Venezia, harp | Stefan Milenkovich, violin | Susan Dubois, viola | Ching-Hung Chen, cello
Round Top Festival Institute, Festival Concert Hall, Round Top, TX
Franz Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 16 in A minor, D. 845: Movement 2
Christian Zacharias, piano
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
Hour 2
Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13 Movement 3: Intermezzo
Lisa-Beth Lambert, violin | Hiroko Yajima, violin | Annemarie Moorcroft, viola | Sophie Shao, cello
Album: Marlboro Music Festival 50th Anniversary Album
Bridge 9108
Hilary Purrington: Threshold
ROCO | Jeri Lynne Johnson, conductor
ROCO, St. John the Divine Church, Houston, TX
Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 7: Movement 1
Philadelphia Orchestra | Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga, NY
Johannes Brahms: Horn Trio in E flat Major (cello in place of horn)
Sophie Shao, cello | Solomiya Ivakhiv, violin | Tanya Bannister, piano
Music at the Institute Concert Series, Ukrainian Institute of America, New York, NY
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