Progetto Martha Argerich

italiano

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Joseph Haydn

Trio “all’ongarese” (“Hungarian-style”)

 

Franz Joseph Haydn composed about forty trios for piano, violin, and cello, most of which are still unfamiliar to the concert-going public. The most famous of these works is surely the Trio No. 25 in G Major, Hob. XV, No. 25, which was probably written during the years 1794-95 – in other words, at the time of the composer’s second London sojourn. This trio is called “all’ongarese” (Hungarian-style) because of its beautiful, exciting Rondò all’ongarese finale. It is one of the loveliest pieces to have come from the pen of the composer from Rohrau, who often enjoyed making use of traditional themes derived from Hungarian and Croatian folk music. Made up of three movements, the Trio No. 25 opens with an Andante in variation form, in which the violin frees itself for the first time from the essentially subordinate role that it had previously played in Haydn’s trios: in the third variation, it takes the lead in the musical discourse. The second movement, on the other hand, is a Poco adagio of intense, intimate expressiveness.

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1. Andante
2. Poco adagio. Cantabile
3. Rondò all'ongarese. Presto

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