[email protected] presents the Montrose Trio on Nov. 12

by Contributed Content on November 7, 2017

Virtuoso pianist Jon Kimura Parker and former Tokyo String Quartet members, violinist Martin Beaver and cellist Clive Greensmith, perform a program of Shostakovich, Beethoven, and Brahms that offers an opportunity to hear the youthful craftsmanship of these composers’ first piano trios. The program, beginning at 6:00 pm, includes:

Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Piano Trio no. 1 in c minor, op. 8 (1923)

Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Trio in E-flat Major, op. 1, no. 1 (1794)

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Piano Trio no. 1 in B Major, op. 8 (1854, rev. 1889)

Tickets are available online.

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