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Lynn Harrell cello Lynn Harrell’s presence is felt throughout the musical world. A consummate soloist, chamber musician, recitalist, conductor and teacher, his work throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia has placed him in the highest echelon of today’s performing artists. Mr. Harrell is a frequent guest of many leading orchestras. In the summer of 1999 Mr. Harrell was featured in a three-week “Lynn Harrell Cello Festival” with the Hong Kong Philharmonic. He regularly collaborates with such noted conductors as James Levine, Sir Neville Marriner, Kurt Masur, Zubin Mehta, André Previn, Sir Simon Rattle, Leonard Slatkin, Yuri Temirkanov, Michael Tilson Thomas and David Zinman. Lynn Harrell was born in New York to musician parents. He began his musical studies in Dallas and proceeded to the Juilliard School and the Curtis Institute of Music. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the first Avery Fisher Award. Mr. Harrell plays a 1720 Montagnana. He makes his home in Santa Monica, CA. Ludwig van Beethoven b. Bonn, Austria / baptized December 17, 1770 d. Vienna, Austria / March 26, 1827 Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 3 Serenade in D Major, Op. 8 Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 9 Through the progression of Ludwig van Beethoven’s five string trios, all composed early in his career, one sees a glimpse of the burgeoning genius developing. Never one to do things terribly simply, Beethoven’s first trio is the Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 3, an ambitious work based in many ways on Mozart’s only string trio, the K. 563 Divertimento. It is written in the same key and with the same number of movements as Mozart’s late string trio, which he wrote in Vienna in 1788. Beethoven’s trio, written sometime between 1792 and 1794 (it is unclear exactly when) starts with a sonataform first movement, featuring a repeated exposition, its second subject entrusted to the violin. After a recapitulation, a beautiful Andante appears, with rapturous and welldeveloped melodies. The third movement Minuet - Trio is notable for the violin melody accompanied by a plucked bass from the cello. The fourth movement is an uplifting A-flat major Adagio leading to the second E-flat major Minuet, with a C minor Trio, containing an underlying drone effect, countered and juxtaposed by the violin melody in a high register. The work ends with a lively Rondo. The Opus 8 Serenade in D Major published in Vienna in 1797 is the most famous of Beethoven’s Trios. The lyrical, cheerful episodes and wonderful, uplifting melodies throughout mix and contrast with the beautiful but mournful tones of the D minor Adagio. Beginning with a spry March, the work ends with a fascinating theme and series of variations, that in fact brilliantly returns the piece to the March where it all started. The String Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 9, is perhaps the most striking of the trios performed here tonight. The sparkling first movement proclaims its subjects through the violin, echoed by the viola and then by the cello, presenting and developing each of the first two themes in the same manner. Recapitulation of the main subject brings the first movement to an end, transitioning to a C major second movement. This Adagio movement is expressive, as its title suggests, starting softly with separated chords, but soon leading to a dynamic contrast and a repetition of the theme by the viola, after it is first brought forth by the violin. The movement features more dialogue between the instruments and with a remarkably full texture for a string trio. The original key of C minor is restored in the Scherzo, framing a C major Trio. The work ends with a fast sonataform movement. The movement provides a beautifully original ending to a set of works that not only hints a little at what greatness is to come from Beethoven, but is in itself a remarkable compositional achievement. ■ Program notes ©2010 Sophia Vincent allegro 65
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