LCM Lunchtime Concert featuring The Minerva Trio - Vestry Hall …

Annie Yim, piano

Julian Azkoul, violin

Richard Birchall, cello

PROGRAMME 

Dmitri Shostakovich

Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 8 

Josef Suk

Elegy, Op. 23 

Caroline Shaw (arr. Annie Yim)

Gustave Le Gray

Gabriel Fauré

Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 120 

Allegro, ma non troppo, Andantino, Allegro vivo 

The Minerva Piano Trio have established themselves as one of the UK’s most exciting trios whose playing has been described as “wonderfully rich, thunderous, and lyrical” (Classic FM). Acclaimed for their performances of the richly varied traditional repertoire, the Trio are equally passionate about reviving important but rarely performed works, championing leading young composers by commissioning new works and arrangements, and collaborating with other art forms such as dance. They were chosen as Making Music UK Selected Artists 2018 and St John’s Smith Square Young Artists in residence 2016/17. The Trio was formed in 2013 and made their debut soon after at the Southbank Centre’s Purcell Room in 2014 as Park Lane Group Young Artists. The Trio have broadcast live frequently on BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM and have worked closely with contemporary composers including Roxanna Panufnik, Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Gavin Higgins, and David Knotts. The Trio’s debut album Dance! was released on SOMM Recordings in October 2022, and has been praised for its '“nuanced and imaginative creativity” (International Piano Magazine).