Concert Review - Eroica Trio

Concert Review

Eroica Trio 

Zellerbach Hall - Berkeley, CA
October 24, 2003

Reviewed By = Thomas Escalante

     Like a good wine that enhances with age, the Eroica Trio made their triumphant return to the Bay Area delighting us with their unique and irreplaceable touch of elegance with the performance style that distinguishes them from the rest. These beautiful talented women happened to cross our lives in this moment in time to delight this reviewers’ clumsy human ears with glorified classical music played from the heart, soul and with prodigious hands.

     The Trio came to the diverse city of Berkeley with a very selected group of friends…The Prague Chamber Orchestra who are on their first North American tour.

     Something very special about the Prague Chamber Orchestra is that they have no conductor, yet they play in such harmony that you would truly have trouble finding a conducted orchestra which played any better. In fact, I would say that they are so good that not even the legendary Arturo Toscanini could improve them because in reality, there is nothing to improve. Out of the 30 superb musicians that make up the orchestra, each one is renowned for its exquisite precision, intonation, and balance.

The program began with the Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus, Op.43

By Ludwig van Beethoven.

Performed brilliantly by The Prague Chamber Orchestra.

Then… Adela, Sara and Erica came to the stage to join The Prague Orchestra, to play the Concerto in C Major for violin, Cello, and Piano, Op.56 (“Triple” Concerto)

By Ludwig van Beethoven

Allegro.

Largo – attaca.

Rondo alla Polacca.

     After a breathtaking performance, The Eroica Trio returned to play an encore piece by the famous Argentinean Composer Astor Piazzola named – Oblivion. This music was played with the heart and soul that you could only feel by walking down the tango filled streets of Buenos Aires. I thank the Eroica Trio for bringing Class Classical Tango to the Bay Area…We are in debt with you good friends.

     After an intermission the Prague Chamber Orchestra came back to play the Beethoven Symphony No.4 in B-Flat Major, Op.60

Adagio – Allegro vivace

Adagio

Allegro vivace – Trio: Un poco meno allegro

Allegro, ma non troppo.

Highlights of the 2003 – 2004 season for the Trio will include tours throughout the States with the Prague Chamber Orchestra as well as next spring, with the Cincinnati Symphony. They will also release their sixth recording for Angel/EMI, the Beethoven “triple” Concerto with Prague Chamber Orchestra. And finally, the will perform the world premiere of a new work composed for the Trio by composer – violinist Mark O’Connor at Montalvo Center of the Performing Arts in Saratoga, California (March 2004).

Rating = 4 1/2 out of 5 Golden Bridges