August 10, 2011 06:40:48 PM
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Tchaikovsky - Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in a minor

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I first heard this at a Lincoln Center concert played by Emanuel Ax, Yo Yo Ma and the violinist Kim. I had never heard the piece and was blown away by its beauty and sadness and the way the end moves into the beginning theme of the piece. I later learned that Tchaikovsky wrote it as a tribute to Anton Rubinstein, who had just died. I think it would be a wonderfully appropriate piece to play on 9/11

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David Gravitz