Piano Trio No. 2 (Schubert)

E-flat major Klaviertrio op. 100, 2. Satz (Autograph)

The Trio No. 2 in E-flat major for piano, violin, and violoncello, D. 929, was one of the last compositions completed by Franz Schubert, dated November 1827. It was published by Probst as opus 100 in late 1828, shortly before the composer's death and first performed at a private party in January 1828 to celebrate the engagement of Schubert's school-friend Josef von Spaun. The Trio was among the few of his late compositions Schubert heard performed before his death.^[1] It was given its first private performance by Carl Maria von Bocklet on the piano, Ignaz Schuppanzigh playing the violin, and Josef Linke playing cello.

Like Schubert's other piano trio, this is a comparatively larger work than most piano trios of the time, taking almost 50 minutes to perform. The second theme of the first movement is based loosely on the opening theme of the Minuet and Trio of Schubert's G major sonata (D. 894).

The main theme of the second movement was used as one of the central musical themes in Stanley Kubrick's 1975 film Barry Lyndon. It has also been used in a number of other films, including The Hunger, Crimson Tide, The Piano Teacher, L'Homme de sa vie, Land of the Blind, Dear White People, Recollections of the Yellow House, the HBO miniseries John Adams, The Mechanic, and as the opening piece for the ABC documentary The Killing Season.

Structure

The piano trio contains four movements:

Allegro

The first movement is in sonata form. There is disagreement over the break-up of thematic material with one source claiming six separate units of thematic material while another source divides them into three themes each with two periods. There is to an extent extra thematic material during the recapitulation. At least one of the thematic units is based closely on a theme in an earlier piano sonata. The development section focuses mainly on the final theme of the exposition.

Andante con moto

The second movement takes an asymmetrical-double-ternary form.

Principal theme in the second movement

Scherzando. Allegro moderato

The scherzo is an animated piece in standard double ternary form.

Allegro moderato

The finale is in an uncommon form where Schubert layers the sonata form with the outline of rondo form. Schubert also includes in two interludes the opening theme of the second movement in an altered version.^[2]

References

↑ Einstein, Alfred (1951). Schubert: A Musical Portrait. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 277.
↑ Christiansen, Kai (1997). "Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 100, D. 929". Earsense.org. Retrieved 12 August 2016.

External links

Piano Trio No. 2: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
Performance of Piano Trio No. 2 by the Claremont Trio from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in M4A format
Video performance of the 2nd movement by the Vienna Piano Trio

Chamber music by Franz Schubert

Duos and Trios	Violin Sonata, D 574 Arpeggione Sonata, D 821 3 String Trios Rondo for violin and piano, D 895 Piano Trio No. 1, D 898 Piano Trio No. 2, D 929 Notturno for piano trio, D 897 Sonatensatz for piano trio, D 28 The Shepherd on the Rock, D 965

String Quartets	No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6 No. 7 No. 8 No. 9 No. 10 No. 11 No. 12 (Quartettsatz) No. 13 (Rosamunde) No. 14 (Death and the Maiden) No. 15 Quartettsatz, D 103

Quintets and more	String Quintet Trout Quintet Octet Adagio and rondo concertante for piano and strings Rondo for violin and strings

List of compositions by Franz Schubert by genre List of compositions by Franz Schubert

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