MUK.NEUE.HORIZONTE. - Brahms Trio

In the organizer's words:

MUK.NEW.HORIZONS.
Brahms Trio
Natalie Rubinstein, piano; Graf Mourja, violin; Kirill Rodin, violoncello

Program
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) - Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor op. 8
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) - Piano Trio in B minor op. 8
Dmitri Shostakovich - Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor op. 67

The tour, which will take the Brahms Trio from Moscow to Lübeck as well as Düsseldorf, Hamburg and various cities in Denmark, commemorates the 50th anniversary of the death of the great Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, who was forced to balance on the fine line between the Soviet system's expectations of unconditional loyalty to the regime on the one hand and maintaining his artistic identity and freedom on the other throughout almost his entire life.

Composed in 1923, Shostakovich's First Piano Trio is based on the form of a romantic poem and is intended as a tribute to a childhood love of the composer. Neither the genesis nor the tonal language of this work could be in greater contrast to its successor, the Second Piano Trio op. 67 in E minor.

Now, in 1944, artistic statements could only be made in code. Symbols and metaphors inaccessible to outsiders began to find their way into the score pages of Shostakovich's works. The tragedy of wartime hardship, the mourning and remembrance of the victims of Hitler's and Stalin's pogroms - they all speak a highly emotional, unmistakable language that reaches the listener directly.

The two works by Shostakovich are brought together by the first piano trio by the ensemble's namesake - which in a way is also his last: In 1889, Johannes Brahms revisited his youthful work, which was still written under the influence of his admiration for Robert Schumann, and subjected it to a profound revision. The result: in Brahms' own words, a "renewed" work, yet unmistakably based on the ideas and inspirations from which Brahms had formed his Opus 8 35 years earlier.

A concert project in cooperation with Musik- und Orchesterfreunde Lübeck e.V.

Tickets are available in advance for €28.00, reduced €10.00 for visitors under 30 including booking fees at tips&TICKETS and via the MUK ticket store.

Copyright: Maria Mourzah

Price information:

Tickets are available in advance for €28.00, reduced €10.00 for visitors under the age of 30 including booking fees.