The Oberon Trio chose their name from Oberon, the King of the Elves in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, embodying metamorphosis, play, and creativity.
Composition History
Mendelssohn's Piano Trio No. 2 was written in the summer of 1845, during a period of undisturbed weeks in the countryside near Frankfurt, away from city life.
Composition History
This album combines two anniversaries: the Oberon Trio's 10th anniversary and the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death in 2016.
Composer Biography
Beethoven dedicated his Piano Trio Op. 70 No. 1 to Countess Marie Erdödy, who helped him secure a "musical pension" for artistic independence.
Composition History
Charlotte Bray, a British composer, was commissioned to write a new work for the album, which became "That Crazed Smile," inspired by Shakespeare's Oberon.
Composer Biography
Beethoven was working on his Symphonies Nos. 5 and 6, and an opera project based on Shakespeare's Macbeth, around the same time he composed his Piano Trio Op. 70 No. 1.
Recording & Production
For its 10th anniversary, the Oberon Trio collaborated with Mansoor Hosseini, an Iranian-Swedish composer, to arrange Mendelssohn's Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream for piano trio.
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