Sunday, March 23, 2025
2:00 p.m.
Wheeler Theater, Fort Worden State Park

sponsored by Gay and Gary Eisenberger

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PROGRAM

“Night Songs”

Hildegard von Bingen:  Hymn O ignee spiritus
Robert Schumann:  Study in Canonic Form, No. 3, Op. 56
Thelonious Monk:  ’Round midnight
Henry Purcell:  Hush No More
Alma Mahler:  Laue Sommernacht
Alexander Zemlinsky:  Empfängnis
Robert Schumann:  Piano Trio No. 2 in F Major, Op. 80
Johannes Brahms:  Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8

“Riveting” … “stunning virtuosity and ensemble work” … “fresh and surprising interpretations” — Reading Eagle

The Merz Trio are winners of the Naumburg, Concert Artists Guild, Fischoff and Chesapeake Competitions, and recipients of a Salon di Virtuosi Career Grant. They have been lauded for their “perfection of intonation and ensemble” (Hudson Review). Merz Trio are passionately committed to reshaping the narrative of classical music through vibrantly dynamic programming and wide-ranging interdisciplinary collaboration. Their narrative programming style juxtaposes classical standards, new music, and their own arrangements of familiar and forgotten works, fluidly interwoven and guided with speaking from the Trio’s members. Their interdisciplinary collaborations include ongoing projects with directors Emma Jaster and Jon Levin, dancer Caroline Copeland, and Sandglass Puppet Theater.