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Trio Variable
Carmelo dell’Acqua, clarinet
Gaetano Adorno, viola
Mariapia Tricoli, piano

Programme:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Trio in E-flat major, K. 498, “Kagelstatt”
Max Bruch: Eight Pieces for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano, Op. 83
Carl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke: Trio for Piano, Clarinet, and Viola, Op. 264

The Variable Trio consists of Mariapia Tricoli, Gaetano Adorno and Carmelo Dell’Acqua, three musicians united by their interest in chamber music and their roles as teachers at the Conservatorio Vincenzo Bellini di Catania. They have appeared at important festivals and in musical productions in various cities in Italy and abroad, where they have premiered works by composers such as Marco Betta, Aldo Clementi, Francesco Pennisi, Alessandro Solbiati and Giovanni Sollima. The programme chosen for this concert highlights the tonal colours of this particular chamber ensemble and presents three composers whose expressive power illustrates the rich diversity of the genre. The concert will begin with the Trio in E-flat major, K. 498, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Better known as the Kegelstatt Trio, this work sees Mozart play with traditional forms. Unusually, the work begins with an intimate and contemplative Andante movement. This is followed by a moderately fast Menuetto and a final Rondeaux movement with a repeated theme interrupted by contrasting musical segments. Next on the programme is the cycle Eight Pieces for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano, Op. 83, by Max Bruch, which the composer modelled on Schumann’s Märchenerzählungen (“Fairy tale narrations”). Bruch wrote the work for his son, the clarinettist Max Felix Bruch. The fifth of the pieces, Rumänische Melodie, particularly stands out. Its structure, which aims to evoke folk melodies, is simple. The first part consists of a slow, melancholy melody that conjures up oriental images, while the second part brings a stylistic contrast in which the composer explores greater emotional intensity and dynamic range before returning to tranquillity with a reprise of the first part. The Trio for Piano, Clarinet, and Viola, Op. 264, by Carl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke brings us to the start of the twentieth century. The work reflects the influences of German Classicism and Romanticism, combining strict form with melodic and harmonic richness. The first movement follows traditional sonata form, the second is markedly lyrical, and the third expresses a playful character that is evident in the complex rhythmic interplay of the instruments, interrupting the contemplative character of the first two movements and bringing a moment of lightness and joy. The final movement continues the energy of the previous one, but with a grander, more stately tone.