Concerts

Beethoven: Piano Trio in D Major, Op. 70, No. 1, the "Ghost"

Schubert: Piano Quintet in A Major, D667, the "Trout"

Saturday, February 4, 2023
7:30 pm

Ian Swensen, violin; Keats Dieffenbach, viola; Wade Davis, cello; Sam Suggs, doublebass; Kenneth Slowik, fortepiano

 

Location

Smithsonian National Museum of American History

 

Veteran Smithsonian Chamber Players violinist Ian Swensen and fortepianist Kenneth Slowik join three talented younger artists in two of the best-loved masterpieces of the Viennese classical period, composed just one decade apart, Beethoven's magisterial Ghost Trio, Op. 70, No. 1, and Schubert's bubbly Trout Quintet, D667.

A Close Reading of Schubert's Song Die Forelle (The Trout)
video link

Kenneth Slowik dives deep into the song that underlies the fourth (variation) movement of the Trout:

 https://vimeo.com/535980598/489b89474b