Leonard Bernstein's Piano Trio for piano, violin, and cello was written in 1937 while he was attending Harvard University as a student of Walter Piston. He was influenced by the conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos."Review of Piano Trio Anthology, 2006" by Michael Cookson, musicweb-international.com. Quote: "Bernstein's youthful Piano Trio is uneven in quality but it announces significant potential for the improvements that were to quickly come in his career." Several melodic ideas were recycled for use in later pieces; for example, the opening of the second movement was used later by Bernstein in his first musical, On the Town.
Premiere The piano trio was premiered in 1937 at Harvard University by the Madison Trio: Mildred Spiegel, Dorothy Rosenberg, Sarah Kruskall."Piano Trio (1937)", leonardbernstein.com It was published by Boosey & Hawkes."Piano Trio (1937)", Boosey & Hawkes The work takes about 16 minutes to perform.
Movements The Trio is written in three movements:
Awards In 2000, the Altenberg Trio's recording of this piano trio won the Edison Award in Amsterdam.
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External links
, Horszowski Trio, 2022