Three superb musicians performed in the Meeting House Chamber Music Festival’s fifth concert of the season on Monday, July 22 at Church of the Holy Spirit in Orleans.
Donald Enos founded Cape Cod’s longest-running music festival in 1973 and this concert put his remarkable musicianship and creative direction on full display. Mozart’s Trio K. 254 is written for piano, violin, and cello, and Enos played the most demanding and virtuosic part at the work’s center. He designed the program to include three additional trios with all the intensity and intimacy characteristic of chamber music and interesting back-stories to boot. In Arvo Pärt's “Mozart” Adagio, written in the 1990s, this contemporary Estonian composer creates a respectful and moving
tribute to the Classical Period master of two centuries before. Maurice Ravel composed his Trio during World War I, just before he volunteered for military service. The piece has a traditional form with some fascinating twists, including a Basque dance and a second movement inspired by the Malaysian poetic form “Pantoum.” Franz Schubert’s radiant Trio Op. 99 was composed in the immensely prolific last year before his death in 1828 at the age of 31.
Violinist Joyce Hammann and cellist Matthias Naegele completed this concert’s extraordinary trio of musicians. Hammann is a
performer lauded by The New York Times for her"splendid soloing" and "sweet, rich tone.” Naegele performs to enthusiastic audiences around the world and his performances are carried regularly by NPR and public television. Learn more about these artists and the festival itself at http://www.meetinghousemusic.org.
Next up will be the festival’s season finale on July 29 at Church of the Holy Spirit, 204 Monument Road, Orleans, MA.
Short clips from Meeting House Chamber Music Festival concerts earlier this season
Magnificent Trios from a Magnificent Trio, July 22
Schubert Trio in B Flat, Op. 99
Mozart Trio in B Flat
Dazzling violinist Irina Muresanu performing with festival founder/artistic director/pianist Donald Enos on July 1.
Bo Ericsson, Heather Goodchild Wade, and Donald Enos performing in West Barnstable, July 14. Violist Laura Manko Sahin also performed superbly in this concert.