North Country Chamber Players Winterlude Concert "The Archduke"

Beethoven’s Piano Trio in Bb, Op. 97, “The Archduke”, features a four-movement symphonic design, a lyrical and spacious style, and a profound and emotionally resonant third movement, which many consider the heart of the entire work.​ Rounding out the program is a charming trio by Franz Joscph Haydn, who’s own brilliance and accomplishments made Beethoven’s innovations possible, and a wonderfully kaleidoscopic trio, for flute, horn and piano, by Eric Ewazen, a beneficiary of both earlier composers, which is full of dramatic flourishes, gentle, expressive melodies and energetic, dance-like rhythmic interplay.