Auerbach & Beethoven

Camerata Pacifica’s “Why Beethoven?” project continues, and the 30^th season opens, with a program featuring Beethoven’s Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 97, “Archduke”. Dedicated to one of his closest patrons, Archduke Rudolph of Austria, as the Eroica did the symphony this mighty work redefined the piano trio. (It’s 1814 premiere was Beethoven’s last public appearance at the keyboard.) As a prelude to the Archduke, Lera Auerbach’s wide-ranging 24 Preludes for Violin & Piano will open the concert and the season.

Paul Huang violin
Ani Aznavoorian cello
Gilles Vonsattel piano

Auerbach 24 Preludes for Violin & Piano
Beethoven Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 97, “Archduke”