Carte Blanche Concert II

Wu Han, Philip Setzer, and David Finckel: The Schubert Piano Trios

Sunday, July 27
10:30 a.m., Stent Family Hall, Menlo School
Tickets: $70 adult; $35 student

Of Schubert’s Piano Trio in B-flat, Robert Schumann wrote: “One glance at Schubert’s Trio—and the troubles of our human existence disappear and all the world is fresh and bright again.” The majestic scope of Schubert’s glorious second trio bespeaks another of Schumann’s assessments: that of Schubert’s “heavenly lengths.”

Deepening the festival’s look at the Classical trajectory from Joseph Haydn to Franz Schubert (Concert Program II ), pianist Wu Han, violinist Philip Setzer, and cellist David Finckel present Schubert’s magnificent pair of piano trios. Dating from the composer’s final years, these masterpieces capture the pivotal moment in history between the Classical and the Romantic eras.

Franz Schubert: Piano Trio in B-flat Major, D. 898 (1828)

Lunch-Break Intermission*

Franz Schubert: Piano Trio in E-flat Major, D. 929 (c. 1827–28)

This event will begin at 10:30 with a pre-concert discussion led by Michael Steinberg.

*This Carte Blanche Concert features a lunch-break intermission. A gourmet box lunch by Weir & Associates may be reserved for $16 per person.

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