Piano Trio in C major (Sibelius)

The Piano Trio in C major, , JS 208, is a three-movement chamber piece for violin, cello, and piano written in the summer of 1888 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. The trio derives its nickname from Lovisa (in Finnish: ), the municipality in which the composer's aunt (and, before her death, his paternal grandmother) lived; Sibelius summered there in 1888.

Structure The C major trio is in three movements, as follows:

The Trio was published posthumously in 1991 by .

Discography The Finnish musicians (violin), (cello), and (piano)—the Tapiola Trio—made the world premiere studio recording of the Trio in 1988 for Finlandia. The table below lists this and other commercially available recordings:

ViolinCelloPianoRuntimeRecording venueLabel116:001988Finlandia215:401995Ondine316:441995AinolaCanyon Classics415:472002BIS513:212016Segerstrom Center for the ArtsYarlung

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