Current Collaborations

We enjoy collaborating with other artists. Previous collaborations include:

  • violists Luke Fleming, Dimitri Murrath, and Jennifer Stumm

  • clarinetist Charles Neidich

  • baritone Mischa Bouvier

  • author Susannah Cahalan (“Brain on Fire,” reading and performance)

Paintings in Sound with Kevork Mourad

Lysander Trio joins forces with Syrian-American visual artist Kevork Mourad, member of the Silk Road Ensemble, for a live concert collaboration featuring two iconic impressionist works: Debussy’s La Mer (arr. Beamish) and Ravel’s Piano Trio.

Kevork Mourad: https://kevorkmourad.com/

PROGRAM

Granados - “Intermezzo” from Goyescas (arranged by Gaspar Cassadó)

Jakub Ciupinski - The Black Mirror

Debussy - La Mer (arranged by Sally Beamish for piano trio)

**intermission**

Ravel - Piano Trio in A minor

(Re)Discovering Tango with JP Jofre

Lysander Piano Trio, praised for an “uncommon degree of heart-on-the-sleeve emotional frankness” (The Washington Post), is known for its vividly engaging performances and fresh interpretations of masterworks. Joining them is acclaimed bandoneon player and composer JP Jofre, whose works have been performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, among others. Together, they tell the story of the Tango over the years, as different cultures fused together to create its special character. Lysander sets the scene in the first half of the program with influences from Spanish music, African dances, and Italian Opera, while the second half showcases the Tango in its purest form with music for bandoneon and piano trio. Program to include Piano Trio after The Barber of Seville (Rossini/De Vilbac), Circulo, Op. 91 (Turina), Piano Trio No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 26, II. Presto (Lalo), Two Nguni Dances (Ndodana-Breen), and Tango selections for trio and bandoneon.

JP Jofre: https://www.jpjofre.com

Love Sweet: Chamber Music and Song with Sarah Shafer

Praised by the Philadelphia Inquirer for her, “crystalline sound, perfectly true intonation, glowing warmth, and total presence” and named “remarkable, artistically mature … a singer to watch” by Opera News, American soprano Sarah Shafer actively appears on the leading operatic and concert stages of the world.

Lysander is excited to partner with Ms. Shafer on a special program of chamber music and song featuring three remarkable women composers and two quintessentially Romantic works by Robert Schumann.

Maria von Paradis: Erinnerung von Schicksal for soprano, violin, cello, and piano

Amy Beach: Three Songs for voice and piano trio

Jennifer Higdon: Love Sweet for soprano and piano trio (written for and premiered by the Lysander Trio, commissioned by Songfest)

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Robert Schumann: “Intermezzo” from Liederkreis, Op. 39

Robert Schumann: Piano Trio No. 2 in F major

Sarah Shafer: https://sarahshafersoprano.com/