Concert 4

4:00pm

19 January 2025

Trio Écossaise

Jennifer Brown (clarinet), Harriet Davidson (cello) andClaire Haslin (piano) have performed together for over fifteen years. All three hail from Scotland. Last season​’s programme of works by female composers – Clara Schumann, Farrenc, Tailleferre and Walker – was very well received by other Scottish music societies. In addition to their chamber music commitments, they each pursue busy and diverse freelance careers, including delivering workshops and masterclasses.

Their Dunfermline programme will include Mozart’s Trio K498 in E flat major, Fauré’s Trio in D minor Op.120 and works by Nadia Boulanger and Germaine Tailleferre, but will start with a new, as yet untitled, commission from Scottish composer Helen Leach, which the Trio Ecossaise will be the first to perform. Our concert will probably be the world premiere!

Helen’s music is very beautiful and pastoral in style. You can hear works of hers similar to the Trio she is writing at the moment in the recently-released album at this link.

As The Feet Of A Deer   Helen Leach
I. Through the Heather
II. ​By the Waters
III. Mountain Ballade

Arabesque for clarinet and piano    Germaine Tailleferre

Trio in E flat major K498​    W A Mozart
I. Andante
II. Menuetto
III. Rondeaux: Allegretto

I N T E R V A L

Trois Pièces for clarinet, cello and piano   Nadia Boulanger (arr. Needleman)
I. Modéré
II. Sans vitesse et à l’aise
III. Vite et nerveusement rythmé

Élégie for cello and piano Op. 24   Gabriel Fauré

Trio in D minor Op.120​​   Gabriel Fauré
I. Allegro ma non troppo
II. Andantino
III. Allegro vivo