Bion Tsang is back on American Public Media's Performance Today. Heard today closing the broadcast is Bion's performance of Gabriel Faure’s Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 120, with pianist John Novacek and violinist Scott Yoo. The live recording was made at Festival Mozaic on February 26, 2023.
Composed late in Fauré’s life, the Op. 120 trio emerged during a period when the composer was nearly deaf and plagued by a condition that distorted musical pitch—making much of what he heard sound out of tune. The trio received its premiere in May 1923 at the Société Nationale de Musique in honor of Fauré’s 78th birthday, and was performed again the following month by the legendary ensemble of Alfred Cortot, Jacques Thibaud, and Pablo Casals.
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