The final concert in the Fidelio Trio Winter Chamber Music Festival features three masterworks from the Czech lands. Martinů’s Piano Trio No. 3 in C major, H. 332, which the composer wrote in 1951 during his time in New York, will open this afternoon event. Then Fidelio Trio will perform an arrangement of Janáček’s 'Kreutzer Sonata', a dramatic piece inspired by Tolstoy’s 1889 novella. Finally, we will hear Dvořák’s five-movement Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor Op. 90, B. 166, 'Dumky'. This work gets its nickname from the subtitle, ‘Dumky’, which can be traced back to ballads and songs of lamentation. A lively yet poignant piece, Dvořák’s piano trio will bring the festival to a rousing close.

Programme

Martinů: Piano Trio No. 3 in C major, H. 332

Janáček: 'Kreutzer Sonata' arranged for piano trio by Till Alexander Körber

Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor Op. 90, B. 166, 'Dumky'

Our Saturday evening concert takes place at Belvedere House, where The Fidelio Trio will by joined once more by the violist Reiad Chibah. Across Time and Space takes us on a journey from France, with Ravel's Sonata for Violin and Cello, to the USA, with Amy Beach's Piano Trio, Op. 150. In the second half, Tunde Jegede's Songs of the Eternal offers a contemporary synthesis of classical, jazz and traditional African music before we are transported back in time to 1891 for Josef Suk's Piano Quartet in A Minor.

Programme

Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Cello

Amy Beach: Piano Trio Op. 150

Tunde Jegede: Songs of the Eternal

Josef Suk: Piano Quartet in A minor

This is a unique, exciting and in-person opportunity for emerging or early-career composers to try out new musical material, fragments and ideas with the renowned members of the Fidelio Trio.

These musical insights will be shared by the members of the Fidelio Trio in the Fragments workshop taking place as part of the Fidelio Trio’s annual Winter Chamber Music Festival in Drumcondra, Dublin.

Fragments - a musical laboratory where experiments can happen! is an opportunity to explore new sounds and techniques on the violin, cello and piano. Selected participants in Fragments will have the opportunity to hear Fidelio Trio (Darragh Morgan-violin, Tim Gill-cello, Mary Dullea-piano) play their new material, or try out new ideas and sounds in a collaborative format. Fragments is a unique creative laboratory presented by Fidelio Trio in partnership with the Contemporary Music Centre and GlasDrum, at the Fidelio Trio Winter Chamber Music Festival 2021.

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CLOSED EVENT

On Saturday the festival returns once more to the National Botanic Gardens for its popular lunchtime concert. Darragh Morgan (violin) and Tim Gill (cello) will be joined by Reiad Chibah (viola) for Beethoven’s String Trio in G major, Op. 9, No. 1. From nineteenth-century Vienna, we will be propelled into the present day for the premiere of Ed Bennett’s Strange Sea. At the forefront of Irish contemporary music, this exciting new piece for solo violin and electronics will be sure to enliven our lunchtime! Young artist Mollie Wrafter (violin) joins the trio for Beethoven’s String Quartet in C minor Op. 18, No. 4 to bring the concert to a close.

Entry to this event is free but booking is required. Entry to this event is free but booking is required. If you are unable to attend, we ask that you cancel your ticket.

PROGRAMME

Beethoven: String Trio in G major Op. 9, No. 1

Ed Bennett: Strange Sea (World Premiere)

Beethoven: String Quartet in C minor Op. 18, No. 4

We are thrilled to launch our 2022 festival with an exciting concert featuring two world premieres inspired by Irish poetry. Frank Martin’s Trio on Irish Folktunes will open with the evening before Fidelio Trio are joined by Daire Halpin (soprano) to perform Áine Mallon’s ‘Elderly Craftsman At His Bench’ and Deirdre McKay’s ‘The Owl’. Taking inspiration from the poetry of Thomas Kinsella and Seamus Heaney, Mallon and McKay have composed two wonderful new works specially commissioned for this year’s Winter Chamber Music Festival.

The evening closes with E. J. Moeran’s sumptuous Piano Trio, allowing us to hear a live performance of a work from Fidelio Trio’s acclaimed album Ernest Moeran: Chamber Works (2022). This recent release was featured as Gramophone’s Editor’s Choice and was nominated for Gramophone’s prestigious Classical Music Awards.

Programme

Frank Martin: Trio on Irish Folktunes

Áine Mallon: ‘Elderly Craftsman At His Bench’ (Thomas Kinsella) (World premiere)

Deirdre McKay: ‘The Owl’ (Seamus Heaney) (World Premiere)

E. J. Moeran: Piano Trio in D major