Free-flowing music for flute, piano and cello, inspired by water, breath, spirit and song.

Debussy’s Syrinx takes its name from ancient Greek lore. Pursued by Pan, god of the wild, the nymph Syrinx is transformed into river reeds – from which we fashion ‘pan’ pipes. Water mythology also permeates Amy Beach’s ‘Water-Sprites’ Pastorale, which ripples with opalescent textures.

Pan was associated with shepherds, lonely figures in the wilds of nature. A Classical work with a Romantic streak, the ‘Shepherd’s Lament’ in Carl Maria von Weber’s piano trio calls to us as from the hills, full of yearning and virtuosic flourishes.

Water flows through the Variations and Rondo on ‘Schone Minka’ by composer and pianist Johann Nepomuk Hummel, a contemporary of Weber. Adapted from a Ukrainian folk song, it tells the story of a Cossack who bids his beloved farewell as he rides away to war along the river Danube.

Artists
CSO Chamber Ensemble

Repertoire
CARL MARIA VON WEBER Trio in G minor, Op. 63
CLAUDE DEBUSSY Syrinx, L. 129
AMY BEACH Pastorale, Op. 90 and The Water Sprites – Caprice for Flute, Cello and Piano
JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL Variations and Rondo on Schone Minka