Dumky & Co.

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Musiksalon // Classical music: grandiose piano trios by Dvořák and Brahms

Dvořák's "Slavonic Dances" are one of the greatest classical hits there is. He could therefore also have called his "Dumky Trio" "Ukrainian Dances", as it is not a "serious, four-movement piece" (Brahms), but consists of six dance movements that refer to the Ukrainian dance "Dumka". A typical feature of this dance is the double alternation between slow, melancholy and fast, exuberant sections. However, Dvořák (1841-1904) once again manages to create the highest musical content from the dance form. Otherwise, his artistic friendship with Johannes Brahms would probably not have been so viable. Brahms (1833-1897) was extremely scrupulous with his works, which is why he completely reworked his own Piano Trio op. 8, actually a youthful work, as a mature composer thirty-five years later. This unusual trio thus combines the verve of the young man with the maturity and melancholy of the older composer - perhaps this is what prompted the piano trio led by NTO solo cellist Fritjof von Gagern to create this program of close friends and yet very different artists. This content has been machine translated.