Piano Trio in A minor (Sibelius)

Piano Trio in A minor
Hafträsk
by Jean Sibelius
The composer (c. 1885–1888)
CatalogueJS 207
Composed1886 (1886)
Duration21 mins.[1]
Movements4

The Piano Trio in A minor, Hafträsk, JS 207, is a four-movement chamber piece for violin, cello, and piano[2] written in the summer of 1886 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. The trio derives its nickname from the small village of Hafträsk on Norrskata [fi], an island located in the Turku archipelago, at which the Sibelius family vacationed in 1886. Immediately upon its completion, Sibelius substantially revised the first movement; this version, however, is fragmentary, although the cello part is complete.[3]

Structure

The A minor trio is in four movements, as follows:

  1. Allegro maestoso
  2. Andantino
  3. Scherzo. Vivace
  4. Rondo. [without tempo marking]

The Hafträsk Trio remains in manuscript.[4]

Discography

The Finnish musicians Jaakko Kuusisto (violin), Marko Yltinen (cello), and Folke Gräsbeck [fi] (piano) made the world premiere studio recording of the Hafträsk Trio in 2002 for BIS.[5] The table below lists this and other commercially available recordings:

No. Violin Cello Piano Runtime[a] Rec.[b] Recording venue Label Ref.
1 Jaakko Kuusisto Marko Yltinen Folke Gräsbeck [fi] 21:59 2002 Danderyds gymnasium [sv] BIS
[c]
2 Petteri Iivonen Samuli Peltonen Juho Pohjonen [fi] 19:34 2016 Segerstrom Center for the Arts Yarlung
[d]

Notes, references, and sources

Notes
  1. ^ All runtimes are official, as printed on CD or LP liner notes.
  2. ^ Refers to the year in which the performers recorded the work; this may not be the same as the year in which the recording was first released to the general public.
  3. ^ Kuusisto, Yltinen, Gräsbeck–BIS (CD–1282) 2004
  4. ^ Sibelius Piano Trio–Yarlung (YAR54763) 2016
References
  1. ^ Dahlström 2003, pp. 635–636.
  2. ^ Dahlström 2003, p. 635.
  3. ^ Barnett 2007, pp. 19–20.
  4. ^ Dahlström 2003, p. 636.
  5. ^ Dahlström 2003, pp. 505, 636.
Sources
  • Barnett, Andrew (2007). Sibelius. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-11159-0.
  • Dahlström, Fabian [in Swedish] (2003). Jean Sibelius: Thematisch-bibliographisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke [Jean Sibelius: A Thematic Bibliographic Index of His Works] (in German). Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel. ISBN 3-7651-0333-0.