Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano
- Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano
The "Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano" by György Ligeti was completed in 1982. It is marked as an Homage to Brahms who wrote one of the only other examples of this genre.
The Trio is in four movements:
#"Andante con tenerezza"
#"Vivacissimo molto ritmico"
#"Alla marcia"
#"Lamento. Adagio"
A full performance of the piece lasts about 21 minutes.
The Trio was a turning point in Ligeti’s career. It is considered to be the watershed moment that opened up his "third way," a style that Ligeti claimed to be neither modern nor postmodern. [Mike Searby “Ligeti’s ‘Third Way’: Non-Atonal Elements in the Horn Trio”] Though the piece is marked as an homage to Brahms, Ligeti said, “the only thing reminiscent of Brahms is perhaps a certain smilingly conservative comportment – with a distinctly ironic distance.” The composition explores the use of major and minor harmonies without the syntax of common practice tonality. In addition it explores the out of tune upper partials available on the horn, asymetric bulgarian rhythms in the second movement [Satory, S. ‘An Interview with György Ligeti in Hamburg’ Canadian University Music Review, 10, 1990, p.109] , and the Ligeti Lamento motif in the fourth movement. [Stephen Andrew Taylor, “The lamento motif: Metamorphosis in Ligeti’s late style” Cornell University 1994] The first three movements are each in a ternary form - a notable look back towards traditional forms. The final movement is an example of a passacaglia using as its ground bass a similar theme as that of the opening movement. It has been pointed out that the opening theme of the first movement is reminiscent of the opening theme of Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 26 Opus 81a "Les Adieux."
External links
Listening
* [http://www.lunanova.org/podcasts/Ligeti1.mp3 Recording] Horn Trio: Andantino con tenerezza - Helen Kim, violin; Robert Patterson, horn; Adam Bowles, piano [http://www.lunanova.org/ Luna Nova New Music Ensemble]
* [http://www.lunanova.org/podcasts/Ligeti2.mp3 Recording] Horn Trio: Vivacissimo molto ritmico - Helen Kim, violin; Robert Patterson, horn; Adam Bowles, piano [http://www.lunanova.org/ Luna Nova New Music Ensemble]
* [http://www.lunanova.org/podcasts/Ligeti3.mp3 Recording] Horn Trio: Alla Marcia - Helen Kim, violin; Robert Patterson, horn; Adam Bowles, piano [http://www.lunanova.org/ Luna Nova New Music Ensemble]
* [http://www.lunanova.org/podcasts/Ligeti4.mp3 Recording] Horn Trio: Lamento Adagio - Helen Kim, violin; Robert Patterson, horn; Adam Bowles, piano [http://www.lunanova.org/ Luna Nova New Music Ensemble]
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