Faculty and Guest Recital
Lions Gate Trio
Tuesday
January 29, 2013, 4:30 pm
Warner Concert Hall
Concert No. 128
Darrett Adkins ’91, cello
Katie Lansdale, violin
Florence Millet, piano
Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano
I. Moderato
II. TSIAJ “This scherzo is a joke.” Presto
III. Moderato con moto
Trio in A Minor
I. Modéré
II. Pantoum. Assez vif
III. Passacaille. Très large
IV. Final. Animé
Piano Trio
I. Moderato ma appassionato
II. Andante molto semplice
III. Allegro vigoroso
Charles Ives
(1874–1954)
Maurice Ravel
(1875–1937)
Rebecca Clarke
(1886–1979)
Please silence all electronic devices and refrain from the use of video cameras
unless prior arrangements have been made with the performers.
The use of flash cameras is prohibited. Thank you.
The Artists
The Lions Gate Trio, an internationally acclaimed ensemble in both the U.S. and
Europe, has enjoyed a combination of performing, recording, and working with young
musicians in educational settings for 25 years. Winners of the Koussevitzky Award for
recording and lauded by the press for their CDs, the Trio has recorded for the Triton and
Centaur labels, featuring new American trios, duo and trio music of French composer
Nicolas Bacri, and the complete trios of Robert Schumann.
The Trio has performed in Germany, France, Belgium, Finland, and most of the
eastern U.S. They have presented live radio broadcasts on Norddeutscher Rundfunk in
Hamburg, France Musique at Radio France in Paris, and appeared on National Public
Radio stations in the United States. Their performance at the Organization of American
States was televised in nine states and sixteen Latin American countries.
The three musicians auspiciously pursue separate careers as soloists and teachers.
As a group, the Lions Gate Trio explores not only the piano trio repertory, but duo, solo,
and expanded ensemble repertory with guest artists. Passionate advocates of new music,
the Lions Gate Trio has worked closely with a number of leading composers, among
them Ralph Shapey, Andrew Imbrie, Alexander Goehr, Augusta Read Thomas, Robert
Helps, Eric Moe, Tamar Diesendruck, and Nicolas Bacri. Each member of the Lions Gate
Trio is a respected teacher, and collectively they hold faculty positions in Köln,
(Germany), Oberlin, New York, and Hartford. The Trio has served residencies at
Tanglewood, Yale University, and the University of Pittsburgh, and is currently the trio
in residence at both the Hartt School (University of Hartford) and the Fairfield Library, in
Connecticut. Having recently presented complete cycles of the piano chamber music of
Schumann, Fauré, and Brahms, they are currently doing so with the music of Beethoven.