We enjoy working with guest musicians. Previous collaborations include piano quartets with Dimitri Murrath, Jennifer Stumm, and Luke Fleming, vocal chamber music with baritone Mischa Bouvier and soprano Sarah Shafer, who also recorded the world premiere of Jennifer Higdon’s Love Sweet with us, and more. If you are interested in a particular collaboration, please do not hesitate to contact us!

Beginning Spring 2023: JP Jofre + Lysander Piano Trio

(Re)Discovering Tango with acclaimed Argentinian bandoneon performer 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 (Ndonada-Breen), and Tango selections for trio and bandoneon.

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

PREVIOUS COLLABORATIONS

Lysander Trio + Charles Neidich, clarinet

The Lysander Piano Trio and clarinetist Charles Neidich come together for a program by European composers–Bartok (Hungary), Castelnuovo-Tedesco (Italy), Hindemith (Germany), and Ben-Haim (Germany)–who were displaced due to the rise of Nazism and Fascism in the 1930s and sought refuge outside of Europe, relocating to the United States and Israel.

https://www.charlesneidich.net/

TRANSPLANTED: PROGRAM

Paul Ben-Haim:  Variations on a Hebrew Melody (1939) for piano trio
Bela Bartók: Contrasts (1938) for clarinet, violin and piano

INTERMISSION

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco:  Romanzero Con Variazioni from Trio, op. 70 no. 2 for piano trio
Paul Hindemith:  Quartet For Clarinet and Piano Trio (1939) for clarinet and piano trio