The combination of trumpet, violin and piano is a relatively recent development and originates, above all, in the United States. The programme for this recital invites us to consider the reasons behind this. The repertoire for violin and piano is vast and includes iconic sonatas by Beethoven and Brahms. For its part, the technological transformation of the trumpet, which took place in the mid-19th century, gave rise to many works featuring the piano. This development culminated in 1906 with Georges Enesco’s Légende, a work that finds an echo in Eric Ewazen’s beautiful Oração e Louvor, which opens this programme.
However, the violin and the trumpet have rarely been paired in front of the piano. Are their timbres irreconcilable? It was Ewazen himself who demonstrated that this is not quite the case when he composed, in New York, the Trio for Trumpet, Violin and Piano (1992). Indeed, in the United States, the trumpet flourished in jazz, the blues, universities and Hollywood. So why not in this trio, too? It was in South Carolina that Chee-Hang See composed his Rhapsody (2019). It was in New Orleans that Erik Morales wrote his Dance of Passion (2010), clearly inspired by the music of Astor Piazzolla.
Da Oração à Dança
Friday 9 October, 9.00 pm, Ordem dos Contabilistas Certificados
Solistas da Metropolitana
Eric Ewazen Prayer and Praise
Chee-Hang See Rhapsody for Trumpet, Violin and Piano
Eric Ewazen Trio for Trumpet, Violin and Piano
Erik Morales Passion Dance
Sérgio Charrinho trumpet
Ágnes Sárosi violin
Savka Konjikusic piano
