The Neave Trio Will Be Presented in Recital as Alumni Artists By Longy School of Music of Bard College on Friday, November 22, 2019, at Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall 

The Neave Trio—an esteemed trio formed in 2010 that has since played in several notable concert series and festivals worldwide—will be presented in recital as Alumni Artists, Faculty Ensemble in Residence by the Longy School of Music of Bard College on Friday, November 22, 2019. 

The concert, which will take place in the Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall, is entitled Fire, Moon, Cloud, Rain, and features captivating work by living composers who have been inspired by the majesty and grandness of nature. The Neave Trio plans to highlight works from Jennifer Higdon, Leah Reid, and Robert Paterson. 

The trio’s performance of Leah Reid’s Cloud Burst will be a Boston premiere.

The work, composed for the trio in 2019, is said to be an “aphoristic composition that leads the listener into the storm, exploring sounds, gestures, textures, and timbres associated with water and rain,” said Reid. “A cloud burst is a sudden, very heavy rainfall, sometimes accompanied by hail and thunder, which, is capable of creating flood conditions.”

It is those very conditions and inspirations the work intends to highlight, explore, and mirror. 

The Neave Trio’s performance of Jennifer Higdon’s Piano Trio—which is composed of two movements, “Pale Yellow” and “Fiery Red”—are both works that Higdon herself finds both alluring and captivating. 

“The colors that I have chosen in both of the movement titles and in the music itself, reflect very different moods and energy levels, which I find fascinating,” she said. “As it begs the question, can colors actually convey a mood?”

The trio will also perform an additional work—Another Chance, written by Dale Trumbore for the Neave Trio in 2018.

“Another Chance is a musical exploration of the creative (and composing) process: putting down an idea; obsessing over it; revising it; second-guessing and re-writing it,” said Trumbore. 

The recital follows exciting news of the trio’s newest album release, Her Voice.

This performance, which begins at 8 PM on Friday, November 22, 2019—will be held at the Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall. There is a suggested donation of $20 to attend the concert, but free tickets are available.