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Sarah Walker presents Schubert Plus, with music performed by the Amatis Trio, recorded at St Mary's Church, Hay-on-Wye, during the 2023 Hay Festival. The concert begins with music by the Czech composer Josef Suk, his Elegie Op 23 which dates from around 1902. It is subtitled 鈥淯nder the impression of Zeyer鈥檚 Vy拧ehrad鈥�, as this elegy which is full of lyricism and yearning, was written to celebrate the life of the novelist and poet Julius Zeyer, who had died the previous year in 1901.

The concert concludes with Schubert鈥檚 mighty Second Piano Trio, a work which appeared in print just after the death of the composer. It鈥檚 in four movements, and a work which Schubert seems to have questioned himself, making a number of cuts to the final movement. The trio was premiered in a concert he organised in early 1828, alongside other works Schubert had recently completed, including his Auf dem Strom for voice, horn and piano and the first movement of a new string quartet. The concert in Vienna was well attended. Schubert performed on the piano for many of his works, although not for his trio, which included Karl Bocklet at the piano. Schubert died in November that same year and his Piano Trio D929 was soon heard again in a memorial concert for the composer.

Amatis Trio
Lea Hausmann, violin
Samuel Shepherd, cello
Mengjie Han, piano

Suk: Elegie, Op 23
Schubert: Piano Trio No 2 in E flat, D929

Produced by Luke Whitlock