Neave Trio on Oct. 7, 2023, 3:00pm

THE NEAVE TRIO will perform the following program:

Mel Bonis: Soir et Matin for Piano Trio, Op. 76
Claude Debussy: La Mer (arr. by Sally Beamish)

     I. “From Dawn to Noon on the Sea”
     II. “Play of the Waves”
     III. “Dialogue of the Wind and the Sea” 
~~intermission~~
Reena Esmail: Piano Trio

     I. Ephemeral
     II. Breathing
     III. Capricious
     IV. Powerful, broad, intense
Piazzolla: Four Seasons of Buenos Aires

     I. Summer
     II. Fall 
     III. Winter
     IV. Spring

Concert location: Presbyterian Church of Mount Kisco, 605 Millwood Road, Mount Kisco, NY

Time: 3:00pm (doors open at 2:30pm)

THE NEAVE PIANO TRIO are:

Anna Williams (violin), Mikhail Veselov (cello), Eri Nakamura (piano)

The Neave Trio playing Piazzolla’s “Otoño Porteno”

The Neave Trio playing Bernstein’s Trio op.2: Tempo di marcia

BIOGRAPHY AND BACKGROUND OF THE NEAVE PIANO TRIO from their website:

Since forming in 2010, GRAMMY®–nominated Neave Trio – violinist Anna Williams, cellist Mikhail Veselov, and pianist Eri Nakamura – has earned enormous praise for its engaging, cutting-edge performances. New York’s classical music radio station WQXR explains, “‘Neave’ is actually a Gaelic name meaning ‘bright’ and ‘radiant’, both of which certainly apply to this trio’s music making.” Gramophonehas praised the trio’s “taut and vivid interpretations,” while The Strad calls out their “eloquent phrasing and deft control of textures” and BBCMusic Magazinedescribes their performances as balancing “passion with sensitivity and grace.”  

Neave has performed at many esteemed concert series and at festivals worldwide, including Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival, Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 92nd Street Y, Rockport Chamber Music Festival, Norfolk and Norwich Chamber Music Series (United Kingdom), and the Samoylov and Rimsky Korsakow Museums’ Chamber Music Series in St. Petersburg (Russia). The trio has held residency positions at Brown University, University of Virginia, Longy School of Music of Bard College, San Diego State University as the first-ever Fisch/Axelrod Trio-in-Residence, and the Banff Centre (Canada), among many other institutions. Neave Trio was also in residence at the MIT School of Architecture and Design in collaboration with dancer/choreographer Richard Colton. During the 2023-24 season, the Neave Trio will be the inaugural Ensemble-in-Residence at Virginia Commonwealth University. 

Neave Trio strives to champion new works by living composers and reach wider audiences through innovative concert presentations, regularly collaborating with artists of all mediums. These collaborations include the premiere of Robert Paterson’s Triple Concerto with the Mostly Modern Orchestra under the direction of JoAnn Falletta; D-Cell: anExhibition & Durational Performance, conceived and directed by multi-disciplinary visual artist David Michalek; as well as performances with the Blythe Barton Dance Company; with dance collective BodySonnet; with projection designer Ryan Brady; in the interactive concert series “STEIN2.0,” with composer Amanuel Zarzowski; in the premiere of Klee Musings by acclaimed American composer Augusta Read Thomas; in the premiere of Eric Nathan’s Missing Words V, sponsored by Coretet; in Leah Reid’s Cloud Burst for piano trio and electronics; in Dale Trumbore’s Another Chance; and in a music video by filmmaker Amanda Alvarez Díaz of Astor Piazzolla’s “Otoño Porteño.” During the 2024-25 season, the Neave Trio will collaborate with Pigeonwing Dance, composer Robert Sirota, and choreographer Gabrielle Lamb to perform Rising, an evening-length work which meditates not only on rising temperatures and sea levels, but also on humanity’s rising awareness of our connection to and dependence on the Earth’s oceans. 

The Neave Trio’s 2022 album Musical Remembrances was nominated for a GRAMMY in the Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble category. Musical Remembrances features Rachmaninoff’s Trio élégiaque No. 1, Brahms’ Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 8, and Ravel’s Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 67, and is the Neave Trio’s fourth album with Chandos Records. The group’s 2019 album Her Voice, also on Chandos, was named one of the best recordings of the year by both The New York Times and BBC Radio 3, and highlights the music of distinguished women composers Louise Farrenc, Amy Beach, and Rebecca Clark. Previous releases include French Moments(2018), which includes the only known piano trios by Debussy, Fauré, and Roussel; and Neave’s Chandos debut, American Moments (2016), featuring works by Korngold, Foote, and Bernstein. In 2018, Neave Trio also released its critically acclaimed album, Celebrating Piazzolla(Azica Records, 2018), featuring mezzo-soprano Carla Jablonski.  

Recent and upcoming highlights include performances presented by Harvard University, Kaatsbaan, Rockport Celtic Festival, Chamber Music Tulsa, the Chicago Chamber Music Society, Friends of Chamber Music Portland, Boston Athenaeum, the Williams Center at Lafayette College, and many more. 

For more information, visit www.neavetrio.com.

ACCLAIM FOR THE NEAVE PIANO TRIO:

“‘Neave’ is actually a Gaelic name meaning ‘bright’ and ‘radiant,’ both of which certainly apply to this trio’s music making.” – WQXR 

“a delectable joyful surprise … It is inconceivable to me that they will not soon be among the busiest chamber ensembles going.” – The Boston Musical Intelligencer

“The performances balance passion with sensitivity and grace,” – BBC Music Magazine

“eloquent phrasing and deft control of textures” – The Strad