Annalee Patipatanakoon, violin; Roman Borys, cello; Jamie Parker, piano

6:00 PM - Pre-concert talk by Christopher Costanza, Cellist of the St. Lawrence String Quartet, Artist in Residence, Lecturer, Stanford University

7:00 PM - Concert

9:00 PM - Celebrate with a complimentary glass of wine and dessert!

About the Gryphon Trio

Canada’s endlessly inventive Gryphon Trio has impressed international audiences and the press for the past twenty-five years with its highly refined, dynamic performances, and has firmly established itself as one of the world’s preeminent piano trios. With a repertoire that ranges from the traditional to the contemporary and from European classicism to modern-day multimedia, the Gryphons are committed to redefining chamber music for the 21st century.

The Gryphon Trio, the ensemble-in-residence at Music Toronto for more than a decade, tours each season extensively throughout North America and Europe. Recent performances include those for the Chamber Music Society of Detroit, Northwestern University, the Eastman School of Music, Tippet Rise, and Williams College, and a performance of Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time with clarinetist Anthony McGill for the Mobile Chamber Music Society.

Now in its 30^th year, the Trio is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of chamber music and has commissioned and premiered over eighty new works from established and emerging composers around the world. They have collaborated on special projects with clarinetist James Campbell, actor Colin Fox, choreographer David Earle, the vocal ensemble Nordic Voices, and a host of jazz luminaries at Lula Lounge, Toronto’s leading venue for jazz and world music. Their most ambitious undertaking to date is a groundbreaking multimedia production of composer Christos Hatzis’s epic work Constantinople, scored for mezzo-soprano, Middle Eastern singer, violin, cello, piano, and electronic audiovisual media, which they have brought to audiences across North America and at the Royal Opera House in London.

The Trio’s celebrated recordings on the Analekta label are an encyclopedia of works by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Dvořák, Lalo, Shostakovich, and Piazzolla. Their groundbreaking 2004 release, Canadian Premieres, featuring new works by leading Canadian composers, was warmly received and acknowledged with a coveted Juno Award from the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.

Program

Joseph Haydn: Piano Trio in C Major, Op. 86, No. 1, Hob. XV:27
Paul Wiancko: Piano Trio (2023)
Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66

Tickets

Single tickets will go on sale August 15.

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