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The Reservoir Trio

Programme:
L. van Beethoven – Piano Trio no. 5 in D major “Ghost”, op.70 no.1
E. Kats-Chernin – The Spirit and the Maiden
C. Saint-Saens – Danse Macabre

The Reservoir Trio return with a programme which explores music inspired by both our earth and the world of the supernatural.

Beethoven's D major trio has acquired the nickname "Ghost" based on its "strangely scored and undeniably eerie-sounding slow movement". Its outer movements are, however, completely typical of Beethoven's 'middle period', and consist of music which is earthly and absolutely human.

Sydney-based composer Elena Kats-Chernin chose t the piano trio configuration for her piece which tells the legend of "The Spirit and the Maiden", and the Danse Macabre by Saint-Saens depicts the gruesome scene in which, at midnight, the skeletons of the dead rise from their graves and dance to Death's demonic tune.