Gabriel Fauré, over 70 years old and suffering from a hearing disorder, composed his first and only trio in 1922 at the encouragement of his publisher Jacques Durand.
Composition History
Beethoven's Trio in B-flat major, Op. 11, was inspired by a popular opera melody by Joseph Weigl, suggested by clarinetist Joseph Bähr.
Compositional Technique
Charles Martin Loeffler's Two Rhapsodies are musical settings of somber poems by Decadence poet Maurice Rollinat, depicting scenes like a pond with 'aged and blind fish' and 'consumptive frogs'.
Performer Biography
Ukrainian-born cellist Georgiy Lomakov began lessons at age six and won his first international competition in Uzbekistan two years later.
Composer Biography
Charles Martin Loeffler, a Berlin-born composer and friend of Fauré, claimed Mühlhausen in Elsass as his birthplace after his father's arrest and death due to political repression.
Compositional Technique
Fauré's later compositional style, as seen in his trio, is characterized by a reduction to simple gestures, sometimes leading upper voices in unison for extended passages.
Performer Biography
Flutist Atsuko Koga, born in Fukuoka, Japan, completed her flute studies with distinction at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris.
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