Neave Trio Presented by Concerts at the Point
Performing Music by Germaine Tailleferre,
Cecile Chaminade, and Maurice Ravel
Sunday, May 15, 2022, at 3pm
United Congregational Church
1 Commons | Little Compton, RI
Tickets and information:
www.concertsatthepoint.org/product/neave-trio/
Plus Fourth Chandos Records Album: Musical Remembrances
To Be Released April 29, 2022
Little Compton, RI – On Sunday, May 15, 2022 at 3pm, the Boston-based Neave Trio (Anna Williams, violin; Mikhail Veselov, cello; Eri Nakamura, piano), will be presented by Concerts at the Point at United Congregational Church (1 Commons). This Sunday afternoon performance by the Trio will feature Germaine Tailleferre’s Piano Trio, Cecile Chaminade’s Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 11 in G Minor, and Maurice Ravel’s Piano Trio in A minor.
Germaine Tailleferre’s Piano Trio was first composed in the early part of the 20th century (1916-17) and went initially unpublished. The work incurred an increase in popularity following Tailleferre’s revisitation of the piece in 1978, when she added two new movements to the work.
Cecile Chaminade’s Piano Trio No. 1 in G Minor unifies the strings with the piano in a supportive, balanced setting. The work, particularly its final movement — Allegro molto — displays an animated vibrance, which is evoked through a hastened tempo and nimble, alternating, melodic undulations for both the strings and piano.
Ravel’s only piano trio was composed in 1914, as France was being drawn into the horrors of the first world war. Ravel draws extensively on the rhythms and forms of his native Basque musical traditions, while the title of the second movement, “Pantoum,” refers to a form of traditional Malaysian poetry which typically deals with two separate themes in alternation, a feature to which Ravel responds with a series of contrasting themes and textures.
Ravel’s Piano Trio in A Minor can be found on the Neave Trio’s upcoming album, Musical Remembrances, featured alongside works by Rachmaninoff and Brahms. It will be released on April 29, 2022 via Chandos Records.
The new album –– Neave Trio’s fourth on Chandos Records –– presents music connected by the theme of remembrance.
About the Neave Trio:
Since forming in 2010, Neave Trio – violinist Anna Williams, cellist Mikhail Veselov, and pianist Eri Nakamura – has earned enormous praise for its engaging, cutting-edge performances. Neave has performed at many esteemed concert series and at festivals worldwide, including Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival, Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 92nd Street Y, Rockport Chamber Music Festival, Norfolk and Norwich Chamber Music Series (United Kingdom), and the Samoylov and Rimsky Korsakow Museums’ Chamber Music Series in St. Petersburg (Russia).
The Trio has held residency positions at Brown University, University of Virginia, San Diego State University as the first ever Fisch/Axelrod Trio-in-Residence, and the Banff Centre (Canada), among many other institutions.
Neave Trio was also in residence at the MIT School of Architecture and Design in collaboration with dancer/choreographer Richard Colton. In the fall of 2017, the Trio joined the faculty of the Longy School of Music of Bard College as Alumni Artists, Faculty Ensemble‑in‑Residence.
Neave Trio strives to champion new works by living composers and reach wider audiences through innovative concert presentations, regularly collaborating with artists of all mediums.
These collaborations include a new project, Rising, with choreographer Gabrielle Lamb, Pigeonwing Dance, and composer Robert Sirota; performances with the Blythe Barton Dance Company; projection artist Ryan Brady; the interactive concert series “STEIN2.0,” with composer Amanuel Zarzowski; Klee Musings by acclaimed American composer Augusta Read Thomas, which was premiered by Neave; the premiere of Eric Nathan’s Missing Words V, sponsored by Coretet; and a music video by filmmaker Amanda Alvarez Díaz of Astor Piazzolla’s “Otoño Porteño.”
While the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered concert halls around the world, the Neave Trio found meaningful ways to perform safely.
In April 2020, Anna Williams and Mikhail Veselov of the Neave Trio were filmed giving an emotional and heartfelt performance of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah in support of their neighbor – a nurse and new mother – and all essential workers during the coronavirus crisis.
The video was shared by PBS’ American Portrait series and has over 1 million views. Neave also performed virtual concerts for The Violin Channel’s “Living Room Live” series; the “Notes of Hope: Music for the Frontline” series, which provided a daily performance of thanks by leading Boston classical musicians for COVID-19 frontline healthcare workers at Boston medical centers; and for Longy School of Music of Bard College’s Virtual Benefit. Additional livestream concerts included performances presented by the Asheville Chamber Music Series, the Auditorium Chamber Music Series at the University of Idaho, the Center for Arts in Natick, Ridgecrest Chamber Music Society, and the President’s Chamber Music Series at Western New Mexico University.
In the summer and fall of 2020, Neave performed outdoor, socially-distanced concerts at PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century, the Walnut Hill School’s “Summer of Art, Six Feet Apart” festival, and the Newport Music Festival.
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About Concerts at the Point:
Concerts at the Point is a small, volunteer-run, non-profit organization on the SouthCoast, presenting classical chamber music concerts (including classical and jazz).
Concerts are held in the fall and spring in the wonderful concert space at the Westport Point Methodist Church, which can seat about 180-200—a perfect setting for both chamber musicians and audiences.