Debussy La plus que lent

Kurtág Tre Pezzi, for clarinet and cimbalom

Schumann Piano Trio no.3 in G minor, Op.110

Tchaikovsky String Sextet in D minor, Op.70 ‘Souvenir de Florence’

The sound of the cimbalom brings extra Eastern -European spice to our closing concert. Hungarian composer György Kurtág celebrated his 100th birthday earlier this year and his Tre Pezzi are typical of his evocative work. But even Frenchman Debussy fell for the instrument’s quirky charm! After the Goulds complete their survey of Schumann’s piano trios , Tchaikovsky sends us away bathed in Tuscan sunshine.