Monday, October 27, 2008

Flute-Cello-Piano Trio Repertoire: Bigger than You Might Imagine

Meininger Trio, Bergisch-Gladbach/Cologne; photo © Markus Bollen
Flute-cello-piano (FCP) trios are relatively uncommon. Possibly the most frequently performed piece is Carl Maria von Weber’s Op. 63. But the FCP trio sonic palette is an interesting one, though, and the literature is more extensive than you might imagine.

For the person who emailed me asking about FCP trios, especially newer or less commonly-played ones, here is a list. I come up with more than 50. But probably I have missed some—I only spent an afternoon compiling this at home. I have not plowed through a conservatory’s library, only Google and the books listed in the links at the bottom of this post.

Beyond the ‘What to play for senior recital?’ question that led me to put up this list, there are surely other purposes and occasions where these pieces might receive more frequent performance and recording.




A


Dieter Acker
  • Trio II (1974)

William Alwyn
  • Trio for Flute, Cello, and Piano

Paul Arma
  • Divertimento II (1951)

Richard Arnell
  • Trio, Op. 64



B


Johann Christian Bach
  • Six Sonatas, Op. 2

Sven-Erik Bäck
  • Sentirè

Richard Rodney Bennett
  • Commedia (1972)



C


Muzio Clementi
  • Trio, Op. 22

George Crumb
  • Trio (‘Voice of the Whale’, [amplified and masked] Flute, Cello, and Piano)


D


Norman Dello Joio
  • Trio (1944)

Friedhelm Döhl
  • Sotto Voce (1973)

Johann Dussek
  • Grand Sonata, Op. 65



F


Elisendra Fabregas
  • Voces de mi Tierra

Louise Farrenc
  • Trio, Op. 45

Jean Françaix
  • Trio (1995)



G


Phillippe Gaubert
  • Serenade (‘Three Water Colors’, No. 3)

Adalbert Gyrowetz
  • Divertissement for piano, flute & cello in A Major, Op 50



H


Dietrich Hahne
  • Four Tunes

Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Three Trios
  • Klaviertrio No. 30

Mogens Winkel Holm
  • Transitions II (1973)

Katherine Hoover
  • Lyric Trio

Klaus Huber
  • Ascensus (1979)

Johann Nepomuk Hummel
  • Adagio, Variations & Rondo, Op. 78



J


Knud Jeppesen
  • Summer Trio (1957)



K


Elena Kats-Chernin
  • Colours of the Sea: Trio Flute, Cello & Piano

Joseph Kennedy, Jr.
  • Dialogue for Flute, Cello & Piano

Konradin Kreutzer
  • Trio Grande Sonate, Op. 28

Friedrich Kuhlau
  • Trio Concertante, Op. 119



L


John Lessard
  • Trio

Lowell Liebermann
  • Trios I & II

Otto Luening
  • Trio I

Erik Lund
  • Raccontini



M


Marcelle de Manziarly
  • Trio for Flute, Cello, and Piano

Bohuslav Martinů
  • Trio for Flute, Cello, and Piano

Karl J. Marx
  • Trio, Op. 61

Wilfred Mellers
  • Trio (1962)

Akira Myoshi
  • Sonate (1966)



N


Stefan Nicolescu
  • Triplum (1971)



P


Ignaz Pleyel
  • Sonate, Op. 16



R


Günther Raphael
  • Trio-Suite, Op. 44

Amédée Rasetti
  • Trios, Op. 13

Elizabeth Raum
  • Cinderella Suite

Scott Roller
  • Trio Set

Ned Rorem
  • Trio (1960)



S


Elliott Schwartz
  • Trio

Leland Smith
  • Trio (1947)

Harvey Sollberger
  • Divertimento (1970)

Manfred Stahnke
  • Ritus

Wolfgang Steffen
  • Trio, Op. 37



T


Hilary Tann
  • Gardens of Anna Maria Luisa de Medici

Leifur Thorarinsson
  • Trio for Flute, Cello, and Piano



W


Carl Maria von Weber
  • Trio, Op. 63

Stefan Wolpe
  • Trio (1963)

Charles Wuorinen
  • Trios I, II & III (1961)





The Jean Françaix trio is one that I had never before heard, until taking up the CMT reader-emailer’s question. Have a listen:

    [Jean Françaix, FCP Trio (1995), 8.1MB MP3 at ‘Piano-Mad’ website]

Not sure what to say about that one. It makes me feel dizzy to listen to it. How does it feel when performing it, I wonder? Does the room spin? The effect is striking...




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