BERLIN DAYZ – Program

"It is important that we breathe together, that we phrase together, that we sound like an ensemble and not three soloists playing together." (Annette von Hehn, Violin)

Thomas Hoppe, Piano
Annette von Hehn, Violin
Stefan Heinemeyer, Cello

Performances:

Tue 02 Nov, 7.30pm	Perth, Concert Hall
Thu 04 Nov, 8.00pm	Adelaide, Town Hall
Tue 16 Nov, 7.00pm	Melbourne, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre
Sat 20 Nov, 7.30pm	Newcastle, Harold Lobb Concert Hall, Newcastle Conservatorium of Music
Mon 22 Nov, 7.00pm	Sydney, City Recital Hall, Angel Place

Sergej Rachmaninov Piano Trio no 1 in G minor,‘Trio élégiaque’ (1892)

Robert Schumann Piano Trio no 2 in F major, op 80

Paul Stanhope Piano Trio Dolcissimo Uscignolo (2007)*

Felix Mendelssohn Piano Trio no 2 in C minor, op 66

Sat 06 Nov, 8.00pm	Melbourne, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre
Wed 10 Nov, 7.00pm	Brisbane, Conservatorium Theatre, South Bank, QPAC Concert Hall
Thu 11 Nov, 7.00pm	Canberra, Llewellyn Hall, ANU School of Music
Sat 13 Nov, 1.30pm	Sydney, City Recital Hall, Angel Place

Paul Stanhope Piano Trio Dolcissimo Uscignolo (2007)*

Johannes Brahms Piano Trio no 3 in C minor, op 101

Franz Schubert Piano Trio no 1 in B flat major, D898

Watching the Berlin based Atos Trio in conversation is like watching them play music. There is a physical ease between them, an unfussy closeness, coupled with an endearing capacity to spark off each other’s humour. And there is respect. Small wonder that this ensemble, formed in 2003, has garnered swathes of rave reviews and competition awards. In 2007 it won a record four prizes at the 5th Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, in addition to the Kalichstein-Laredo- Robinson International Trio Award, the United States’ foremost distinction for piano trios.

Although all born in Germany, the Trio’s members bring very diverse backgrounds to the group. "We have all kinds of different influences from different countries and different teachers, and from each of them we take something... that gives us a lot of colours and ideas," says von Hehn. The Trio’s performances evince unbounded joy in playing together and internal relationships rich with musical potential. "We always sit down and think about it – is it really good? … Can we put even more emotions and more work and more love into the music?" says Heinemeyer. "You put all this into the music and this sparkle springs to the public."

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