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Venue

Baldwin Auditorium
Duke East Campus

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Program

Experience the “probing, fiercely intelligent playing” (The Washington Post) of the Salix Piano  Trio. Named for the “graceful and poetic weeping willow,” the ensemble explores the chemistry between the violin, cello, and piano.  

Sample a range of musical wonders when the Salixes elicit 18th-century elegance in Mozart’s Piano Trio No. 5 and the smoky, Romantic turbulence of Brahms’s Piano Trio No. 1. Composer Frank Bridge adds a cafe sound to traditional dances, while Jennifer Higdon conjures lithe Impressionism in her trio movement “Pale Yellow.” The centerpiece of the evening comes from the 16-year-old Dmitri Shostakovich, whose plucky trio runs between lyrical beauty and impudence.

The piano trio began as a house band, once gathered around the family harpsichord. Four hundred years on, this close-knit combination, now anchored by the piano, continues to captivate both players and audiences.

Mozart: Piano Trio No. 5 in C Major, op. 15, no. 3, K. 548
Frank Bridge: Selections from Miniatures for Piano Trio
I. Gavotte
II. Vasle Russe 
III. Saltarello
Shostakovich: Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 8
Jennifer Higdon:“Pale Yellow” from Piano Trio (b. 1962)
Brahms: Piano Trio in B major, Op. 8
*Program is subject to change