UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I AT MANOA OUTREACH COLLEGE
Community Services Division
Claremont Trio
Info: Apr 11 • Fri • 7:30pm • Orvis Auditorium • $30 advance and $35 at-the-door General, $18 advance and $20 at-the-door for Students and Honolulu Symphony musicians • Tickets available online at www.etickethawaii.com, call 483-7123 to charge by phone (Aloha Stadium box office, M-F 9am-5pm), or visit any UH Ticket outlet (Rainbowtique stores, Stan Sheriff Center, UHManoa Campus Center ticket office, Windward Community College OCET office), service charges apply. Advance sales end 4 hours and 30 minutes before the performance. At the door sales begin 1 hour and 15 minutes prior to the performance. For more information call 956-8246 or visit www.outreach.hawaii.edu/community.
In the 2006-07 season, the Claremont Trio, hailed as "deft, exhilarating, and imaginative" by Strings Magazine, embarked on a concert tour throughout every region of the U.S. First recipients of the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson International Trio Award, the Claremonts (Emily Bruskin, violin; Julia Bruskin, cello; Donna Kwong, piano) generate enthusiastic acclaim wherever they perform. The Naples Daily News calls them "the freshest breath of air in the world of chamber music today".
Twin sisters Emily Bruskin and Julia Bruskin formed the Claremont Trio with Donna Kwong in 1999 at The Juilliard School. After winning the 2001 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, the Claremont Trio launched their touring career with an acclaimed New York debut at the 92nd Street Y. The Claremonts are based in New York City near their namesake: Claremont Avenue.
Deeply committed to expanding the piano trio repertoire, the group has commissioned and premiered compositions by Daniel Kellogg, Mason Bates, and Hillary Zipper. The Trio is also extensively involved in music education and has been recognized for its engaging and interactive programs for students of all ages.
The Claremont Trio`s debut CD of Mendelssohn trios was released on the Arabesque label in 2004 to enthusiastic critical acclaim. Gramophone magazine praised the disc for giving "large-scale performances with a sweeping, romantic sense of space and strong dramatic contrasts," while Strings celebrated the Trio`s ability to "find a cool equilibrium between industry and frivolity where an elegant, totally Mendelssohnian sexiness resides."
Program:
Piano Trio in G Major, Op. 1, No. 2: Beethoven
Adagio - Allegro vivace
Largo con espressione
Scherzo: Allegro
Finale: Presto
Piano Trio No. 2 in G Major (1932): Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Schietto e deciso
Romanza con variazione
Rondo - Vivo e ben ritmato
Intermission
Piano Trio in C Major, Op. 87: Brahms
Allegro
Andante con moto
Scherzo: Presto
Finale: Allegro giocoso
A Honolulu Chamber Music Series concert co-sponsored by the University of Hawaii at Manoa Music Department and Outreach College. Funded in part by the Orvis Foundation. Part of a Hawaii Association of Music Societies tour.