Concert 4
4:00pm
19 January 2025
Trio Écossaise
Jennifer Brown (clarinet) Harriet Davidson (cello) Claire Haslin (piano)
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.
Tonight’s programme
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