Shandelee Music Festival: An Evening of Chamber Music featuring Neave Trio
$20 ($10-$35 in-person)
Maurice Ravel — Piano Trio in A minor
Johannes Brahms — Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8
Anna Williams, violin
Mikhail Veselov, cello
Eri Nakamura, piano
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G minor
Maurice Ravel – Piano Trio in A minor
Johannes Brahms – Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8
On Saturday, August 14, the Boston-based Neave Trio will perform a concert presented as part of the Shandelee Music Festival. The concert will be performed for a live audience at the Shandelee Music Festival's Sunset Concert Pavilion and livestreamed online.
Neave Trio’s program includes Rachmaninov's Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G minor, Ravel's Piano Trio in A minor, and Brahms' Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8. Neave will record this masterful program on Chandos Records during the 2021-2022 season.
Rachmaninov was inspired to write Trio élégiaque No. 1 after hearing Tchaikovsky’s Piano Trio in A Minor, which was composed in memory of Tchaikovsky’s deceased friend Nicolai Rubinstein. Though Rachmaninov composed his trio when he was just 19 years old, it is completely characteristic of his compositional brilliance which would continue to develop in his adult life. Brahms’ Piano Trio No. 1 was the first of the composer’s chamber works to be published. The work is notably grand in both scope and sound, often emulating an orchestral symphony within its organization and harmonic structure. Ravel composed his only piano trio after nearly six years of sketching and planning. But following the beginning of World War I in 1914, Ravel was motivated to quickly complete the work before enlisting in the French army. In a letter to Igor Stravinsky, he wrote, “The idea that I should be leaving at once made me get through five months’ work in five weeks! My Trio is finished.”
The livestream will take place at 8pm Eastern / 5pm Pacific.
Instructions to watch the stream will be sent to registrants via email.
Online tickets: $20
Attending in person: The concert will take place at:
Shandelee Music Festival Grounds
SMF Sunset Concert Pavilion
442 J. Young Road
Livingston Manor, NY 12758
In-person tickets: $35 ($30 SMF Member, $10 student ages 17 & under)