Piotr Lato Llleggiero Woodwind Trio

In the 20th century, with the transformations in aesthetics, new facets of the clarinet were discovered, but it always remained an instrument with unrivaled tonal, dynamic, articulation, and agogic properties. The clarinet can be sensitive and vulgar, discreet and intrusive, mysterious, and unceremoniously transparent. It can evoke the atmosphere of folk fun, mournful lament, or an oriental scene. It can do a lot. And its most admirable ability is its capacity to blend with different instruments, with their colors merging or contrasting. Together, they create completely new, synthetic colors, whose quality depends not only on what it is combined with but also on the register in which the combination takes place.

BRUSH STROKES from Athenia Trio features works for flute, oboe, and bassoon. The program harnesses the impressive versatility of the trio, with six pieces by six different composers, including two commissioned specially for the ensemble: Alyssa Morris’s Brush Strokes, and Robbie McCarthy's The Blind Men and the Elephant.

Polish trumpeter / composer Piotr Schmidt returns, undeterred by the pandemic that is changing the face of our globe, to share with us some joyful moments inspired by the music we love so much.