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...Schubert piano trios, the E Flat is the more lyrical. In it Schubert composed one of his most exquisite melodies. This melody, slow and yearning in the second movement, Andante con moto, recurs in the fourth movement, Allegro moderato, transforms to major, and ends the trio grandly. Kogan, Chang, and Yo-Yo Ma's performance of the Trio transfixed the audience...
...KOGAN, CHANG, AND MA concert was bound to be deluged. With people arriving an hour early, many had to be turned away, but some sneaked in the back. 400 enthusiasts were carried through the flamboyance and dash of Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata, op. 47 (1803), and the ethereal nuances of Schubert's Piano Trio in E Flat...
...Kreutzer demands a virtuoso technical display and got one from Lynn Chang, violin, and Richard Kogan, piano. Chang bravely began the first movement, Adagio sostenuto--Presto, with a violin solo fugue. Kogan joined Chang, and with three decisive chords, the movement was set. The two played distinctively, yet cooperatively, Chang driving and assertive, and Kogan mature and alert. The second movement, Andante con Variazioni, is a musical puzzle of Theme and Variations. The movement is long, the tempo is slower, and the variations get a little tedious, so more concentration is needed on the performers' part to keep projecting...
Impresario Lindgren at Kirkland comes up with three of the best players in the college: Kogan, Chang, and Ma. Always worth hearing...
...Richard Kogan, piano; Lynn Chang, violin; Yo-Yo Ma, cello. Beethoven: Kreutzer Sonata; Schubert: Trio in E-Flat. Free. Saturday, April 27, 8:30 p.m.DUNSTER LIBRARY...