Trio Incendio

Trio Incendio presents an evening of chamber music featuring three piano trios that unite Beethoven's monumentality, Arvo Pärt's meditative voice, and Arno Babajanian's passionate romanticism.

Program:
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 97 "Archduke"
Arvo Pärt: Mozart-Adagio for Piano Trio
Arno Babajanian: Piano Trio in F-sharp Minor

Performing - Trio Incendio:
Karolína Františová - piano
Filip Zaykov - violin
Vilém Petras - cello

Beethoven's "Archduke" trio was composed in 1811 and dedicated to Archduke Rudolf of Habsburg-Lorraine, Beethoven's student and later Archbishop of Olomouc. Their relationship developed into a deep friendship, and Rudolf became one of the composer's most important patrons. The work stands out for its noble expression and virtuosic treatment of all three instruments.

Arvo Pärt's Mozart-Adagio from 1992 draws from the second movement of Mozart's Piano Sonata in F Major, K. 280, which sounds here in its complete form. Pärt added delicate musical commentary that gives the originally lyrical Adagio a melancholic, even tragic undertone. The program closes with Arno Babajanian's Piano Trio from 1952 - a work rooted in Armenian folk music traditions and influenced by Aram Khachaturian, originally written for David Oistrakh, Sviatoslav Knushevitsky, and Lev Oborin.