Pulsing Sound Series 2 - String Trios of the 18th and 20th Century
Sat, Nov 14
|THE BLANC
String trios across two centuries, featuring Mozart, Schoenberg & Gideon Klein, performed by Laura Liu, Ari Evan & Abigail Fayette, curated by Sofia Ouyang (UWC Changshu China '20).
Time & Location
Nov 14, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM EST
THE BLANC, 15 E 40th St, New York, NY 10016, USA
About The Event
Presented in collaboration with Forest Hills Chamber Music, this program explores the string-trio repertoire across the 18th and 20th centuries.
Description:
Mozart’s String Trio in E-flat is one of the gems of the Classical chamber music canon. Written toward the end of his life, the Divertimento shows Mozart at the height of his compositional prowess. It is full of his trademark joy and wit, though also quite profound in its slower movements.
Skipping over the 1800s entirely, the twentieth-century works on this program represent two strikingly different reactions composers had to the bygone Romantic era. The Gideon Klein string trio feels "hyper-romantic," as he takes romantic voice leading and harmonies a step further, creating exceptionally passionate melodies and pained dissonances that pull at the listener with each note. Schoenberg, by contrast, rejects tonality, separating himself from traditional harmony and using large leaps, dissonances, and rhythmic textures to explore enticing, unusual…