Piano Trio: RACHMANINOFF — Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G minor

SERGEI RACHMANINOFF Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G minor
Andrea Obiso, violin
Oliver Herbert, cello
Wei Luo, piano

Performed on Tuesday, March 5, 2019
Field Concert Hall, Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943) was only twelve years old when he was admitted into Moscow Conservatory. When he graduated, he had already established himself as a significant composer, pianist, and conductor. He launched this multifaceted musical career as a concert pianist, dazzling crowds with the large span of his hands.

Rachmaninoff wrote his Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G minor in 1892—his final year at the conservatory—over the course of just a few days. He and some colleagues premiered the work soon after, but it was not published until 1947, well after the composer’s death. The trio is in a single movement, but is filled with the haunting lyricism and melancholic beauty that would remain the hallmarks of Rachmaninoff’s music throughout his life.
—Hannah Horine

#CurtisIsHere

[w___s]

Classical music is alive and well and so it will always be so long as kids keep playing with this kind of dedication and passion. Thank you for sharing this wonderful music making.

[megarakoch]

Amazing performance! All three of them were so synchronized!!! The pianist filled in incredibly!

[northyorkcentre]

Wow. Just wow. I've always loved this piece since I first heard it in 2021. This performance is simply amazing. Music from Heaven.

[benjamindray]

Bravo à cette jeunesse! Nous sommes transportés.

[MiganMixianYangyi]

Thank you for filming this, amazing music and a wonderful performance!!

[LeahDeobald]

Moving performance and exceptional cohesiveness as a group. Bravo!

[kenji_violin]

Incredible! I got sucked into the world!!

[zephthezquirrellord]

I'm on the grind to learn the piano part of this trio in only two weeks

[VassilikiKravari]

A-t-il été influencé par le trio de Tchaikovsky? Ça me le rappelle à plusieurs endroits.

[fryderyckchopin]

Is there any place where I can get the score for this? I need to prepare it with a piano, viola and violin for January

[neilcrossland]

You are such a wonderful Trio. Would it be Ok for me to send you a link to my 4th Piano Trio for you to listen to? I also have scores of my arrangement of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons if this is of interest.

[neilcrossland]

Dear Trio, I would like to send you my new piano trio. Could I send you a link for you to listen to please? Neil Crossland

[inspectorraycharles]

This is a terrific arrangement. I was determined to learn this and I started about 5 years ago when I got a small grand piano. A year later I came across a good deal on a very nice 9 foot concert grand. I decided this would be my treat as I slowly retire. I found the orchestra arrangement and learned all but a couple of the more difficult arpeggios towards the end. I recently discovered Lotus Flower playing this very arrangement on YouTube and I immediately began working on this because it has the piano playing all the melody lines usually played by woodwinds and strings which is so lovely. It's almost enough to lift me out of my depression.

I wanted to advise you, , as a serious affecionado of Rachmaninoff over many years this is a fine performance. I did however find the tuning of your piano awful. Please have a good technican carefully do a tune for you and repost another performance. This music deserves a good instrument with proper tuning.

Please forgive me if I may have offended!

[embvl]

Nice played, but too fast. The Russian soul is missing.

[dmp]

Exquisite. I wasn't worried about the pianist at all - at Curtis, even their worst pianist (for lack of a better word) is still world-class! So, no issues there. The cellist, literally, outstanding. The violinist was a power house as well, but he really needs to stop moving around so much. I have seen the Curtis Symphony Orchestra in person and you might get dizzy if you watch the string section, particularly the 1st and 2nd violins. Some of the string players are moving so much you would think they were about to fall out of their chairs. It's borderline ridiculous. It's an orgy of movement. They really need to clamp down on that. So, the violinist is good enough to draw wonderful tones without all the gymnastics on stage. Ha!