For the last time, our Philharmonic Chamber Music Series traces this season’s theme of identities: the Philharmonia Piano Trio devotes itself to three Czech composers who combined the cultivation of their national idiom with openness to international influences. For his famous “Dumky Trio”, Antonín Dvořák was inspired by Ukrainian folk songs with their rapid changes of mood. Slavic temperament also characterises the two works by Josef Suk, Dvořák’s pupil and later son-in-law. Bohuslav Martinů’s Trio No. 3 with its captivating rhythms is also a homage to his Czech homeland.
Philharmonia Klaviertrio Berlin
Philipp Bohnen violin
Nikolaus Römisch cello
Kyoko Hosono piano
Josef Suk
Piano Trio in C minor, op. 2
Josef Suk
Elegy in D flat major for piano trio, op. 23a
Bohuslav Martinů
Piano Trio No. 3 in C major
Antonín Dvořák
Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, op. 90 “Dumky”