The Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series ushers in 2019 Sunday, with a performance by the acclaimed Horszowski Trio. It will take place at 3 p.m., Jan 13 at the Montgomery Senior Center, 36 Bridge Street. Admission is free.
Sunday’s concert will feature works of Haydn (Trio in G major, Hob. XV:25 “Gypsy”), Schumann (Trio No. 2 in F major, Op. 80) and Shostakovich (Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67).
Hailed by The New Yorker as “destined for great things,” the Horszowski Trio (Hor-SHOV-ski) takes inspiration from musicianship, integrity, and humanity of its namesake, the great pianist Mieczysław Horszowski. Concert engagements have taken them on tour throughout the United States, Canada, Japan, and Hong Kong. They are scheduled to make their debut in Mexico at the Festival Internacional de Música de Cámara de San Miguel de Allende in 2018 and their Wigmore Hall debut in London in 2019.
Their debut recording, an album of works by Fauré, Saint-Saëns, and D’Indy – all composers Mieczysław Horszowski knew – was released by Bridge Records in the fall of 2014. The album was a featured Recording of the Month by MusicWeb International. Their next recording, in collaboration with violist Masumi Per Rostad, will comprise the complete piano quartets of Brahms.
The Horszowski Trio has particularly championed the music of Joan Tower, whose work, “For Daniel,” they have performed on stages across the U.S. and overseas, and which they have recorded as part of a series of chamber music recordings to be released to celebrate the 75th birthday of Ms. Tower. Electric Earth Concerts, a festival in New Hampshire, commissioned a new work for the Trio from Eric Moe, “Welcome To Phase Space.” The work was premiered in June 2014. Chamber Music America commissioned a work for the Trio from Andreia Pinto-Correia, premiered in November 2017 for the San Jose Chamber Music Society.
The Horszowski Trio is based in New York City, and is Ensemble-in-Residence at the Longy School of Music in Boston.
This concert series, founded by Howard and Judy Garrett, is made possible by the generous support of the Village of Montgomery. Thanks to other supporters: Town of Montgomery, Rotary Club of Walden Funds, Montgomery Chamber of Commerce, Devitt Management, Vic’s Pizza, Montgomery Florist, Copperfield’s, Recycled Style, Iron Café, Glen Arden, Montgomery Village Pharmacy and Mona Toscano.