Emotional conflict is at the heart of this moving program, although it’s tempered by the presence of Kodály’s lighthearted, late-Romantic Serenade. Bernstein’s Halil—which the composer said speaks to a sense of war-based or war-feared “struggle” and to “the consolations of art, love, and the hope for peace”—opens the program, while Dvořák’s tumultuous F-minor Piano Trio—a work that an influential critic at the time said demonstrated that the composer was “at the pinnacle of his career”—brings the evening to a dramatic close. 

BERNSTEIN Halil for Flute, Piano, and Percussion (1987)

KODÁLY Serenade, Op. 12 (1919-20)

DVOŘÁK Piano Trio in F Minor, Op. 65 (1883)  

 Approximate length: 1 hour and 45 minutes 

Insights: Program Notes with Marc Neikrug – July 22, 6 PM, DVOŘÁK & BERNSTEIN

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Cho-Liang Lin

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Peter Wiley

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