Coming off a sold-out holiday double-header concert at Redwood Library, the Puddingstone chamber music series returns to Rough Point mansion on Jan. 27 with a performance by the internationally celebrated Sitkovetsky Trio.
Known as one of today’s foremost piano trios, violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky, cellist Isang Enders and pianist Wu Qian have earned critical acclaim and invitations to prestigious venues worldwide, including the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Frankfurt Alte Oper, Wigmore Hall and Lincoln Center in New York.
“The Sitkovetsky Trio weave their magic into Beethoven’s works,” wrote Geoff Brown in The Times. “Violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky, cellist Isang Enders and pianist Wu Qian project the notes with the precision, flair and conversational intimacy that all well-wrought chamber music demands.”
The program, titled “Romanticism and Musical Poetry,” features three piano trios spanning the breadth of the Romantic era: Beethoven’s “Ghost” Trio (Op. 70 No. 1), renowned for its haunting Largo movement; Cécile Chaminade’s Piano Trio No. 2 (Op. 34), a lyrical gem from the pioneering late 19th-century woman composer; and Shostakovich’s Piano Trio No. 1 (Op. 8), a single-movement work composed when he was 19.
Actor Nora Eschenbacher will enrich the evening by reading period letters related to the music. Eschenbacher appears courtesy of the Actors’ Equity Association.
Doors open at 6 p.m., with the performance running from 6:30 to 8:15 p.m. Small bites and drinks are included.
Advance tickets are available at puddingstonemusic.org.