Beethoven
Murray, Stumm, Gnocchi

Tai Murray, violin

Jennifer Stumm, viola

Giovanni Gnocchi, cello

L. van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Trio per archi n. 3 in sol maggiore op. 9 n. 1

30’ | Ticket 8 €

Composed in 1798, Trio Op. 9 No. 1 represents the peak of Beethoven’s early output. The composer conceives this formation as a sophisticated compositional laboratory: with only three instruments, he manages to create an almost orchestral sonic density, definitively overcoming the boundaries of eighteenth-century “entertainment” music. It is no longer “parlor music,” but complex sonic architecture that anticipates the dramatic tension of the great symphonies.

The work opens with a slow and solemn introduction that leads into a powerful Allegro. The core of the piece is the Adagio, a movement of rare melodic beauty, broad and dreamlike, highlighting the singing quality of the violin and the depth of the cello, followed by a brilliant Scherzo and a thrilling virtuoso Presto finale.

The interpretation by three exceptional soloists such as Tay Murray, Jennifer Stumm, and Giovanni Gnocchi—artists long associated with the Festival, whose synergy transforms the trio into a single organism—restores to the audience in the Rotonda di San Lorenzo the complexity of this three-way dialogue, suspended in balance—like the “Trama” to which this concert belongs—between the elegance of Classicism and the eruptive genius of Bonn, ready to revolutionize the history of music.

Text by Valeria Del Giorno