Proms at … Cadogan Hall 6: Amatis Trio 26.08.19

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

13:00 Monday 26 August 2019
Cadogan Hall

Robert Schumann: Adagio and Allegro in A flat major, Op 70
Clara Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 22
Clara Schumann: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17

Amatis Piano Trio


BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Amatis Piano Trio make their Proms debut with chamber works by husband-and-wife composers Robert and Clara Schumann. The centrepiece is Clara Schumann’s Piano Trio – a mature work, and one of her finest.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

It's good that Clara's getting so much exposure this year, rather than the tokenism of giving her a few minutes on International Women's Day.

[bluestateprommer]

Fine recital by the Amatis Piano Trio of music of the Schumanns, well worth catching up with if anyone missed it. Perhaps the inter-music chat was a bit obvious in the set-up by Petroc for the cellist's quote of Robert in praise of Clara's playing. But it was a nice quote, and eminently worth sharing the info.

It's good that Clara's getting so much exposure this year, rather than the tokenism of giving her a few minutes on International Women's Day.

From looking at a list of her compositions, much of them look in the realm of solo piano music, with works like her Piano Concerto from Prom 42 and the Piano Trio from this PCM as definite outliers.

[LMcD]

I really enjoyed this recital - beautiful playing by the Amatis Trio - and I found Petroc's 'inter-music chat' most enlightening. Highly recommended!

[gradus]

I too heard about half of this recital and I thought it first class, simply delightful playing from musicians who understood the composers' intentions.
I'd read Clara's dismissal of legendary piano virtuosos of the time as 'finger-heroes' and hearing Robert's comments about Liszt 's and Clara's playing re-affirmed my conviction that flashy virtuosity is not the way to play Schumann. No names no pack-drill.