The Mutter-Previn-Harrell Trio

Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage (Seating Chart)
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at 8 PM

Program

Program Notes

“a warm, rich, fluid sound”—Chicago Sun-Times

Carnegie Hall celebrates esteemed composer, conductor, and pianist André Previn’s 80th birthday with an all-star trio of friends. Mozart’s late piano trio is a nod to Haydn’s perfection of the trio form with a hint of Beethovenian virtuosity in the piano sections. After hearing Mendelssohn’s lyrical first piano trio, Schumann declared Mendelssohn “the Mozart of the 19th century, the most illuminating of musicians.”

Program Details

The Mutter-Previn-Harrell Trio
··Anne-Sophie Mutter, Violin
··André Previn, Piano
··Lynn Harrell, Cello
with guest artist
Roman Patkoló, Double Bass

MOZART	Piano Trio in B-flat Major, K. 502
ANDRÉ PREVIN	Cadenza, from Double Concerto for Violin and Double Bass
MENDELSSOHN	Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 49
ANDRÉ PREVIN	Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello (World Premiere, co-commissioned by Anne-Sophie Mutter and Carnegie Hall)

Saluting André Previn at 80

André Previn has had an astonishingly diverse and eminently successful career. This season, Carnegie Hall celebrates the 80th birthday of this multi-faceted artist with a number of events that touch upon the remarkable breadth of his art.

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