Rossini Club: Imaginary Landscapes

Friday, August 4, 2023, 7:00 PM

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

Giancarlo Latta, violin
Valerie Sly, horn
Wesley Ducote, piano

Tickets $30.

“I am in a prison: one wall is the avant-garde, the other wall is the past, and I want to escape.” So said György Ligeti during a creative crisis that spanned almost a half decade of his later life. The result of such a crisis was his profound Horn Trio, a mature work that synthesized both the avant-garde and the traditional during a time of deep musical and political polarization. Inspired by both Beethoven and Brahms, who also feature in this unique concert, Ligeti’s alluring Trio remains one of the most influential and important chamber works post-1950.

Brahms: Horn Trio, Op. 40
Beethoven: Piano Sonata #26 in E-flat, Op. 81a “Les adieux”
Ligeti: Horn Trio