During the long December nights, darkness inspires us to listen more carefully. This can be a perfect time for encounters with refined works of music – for example, the masterful chamber pieces performed by the Boarte Piano Trio. These renowned Polish musicians will perform canonical works by Mozart, Debussy, and Mendelssohn at the NFM. The artists recorded this programme on their debut album released earlier this year.

The Boarte Piano Trio is an ensemble enjoying numerous successes in Poland and internationally. The group’s reputation is evidenced not only by its members’ academic degrees and competition awards, but also by their successful performance of classical works. Reaching for the works by masters of chamber music is now the privilege of the most skilled virtuosos. In a world where authenticity and a live experience are increasingly difficult to achieve, meeting these superb artists is all the more worthwhile.

The programme will begin with a Divertimento by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a master of musical simplicity and clarity. This energetic work is still in an early Classical style, and the keyboard instrument plays a dominant role. Claude Debussy’s Piano Trio, too, can be said to anticipate its composer’s greatest achievements. In a composition firmly rooted in the patterns of French Romanticism, only a few fragments anticipate the groundbreaking ideas of his Preludes. In this context, Felix Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio No. 2 is a work by the most experienced musician. This is a quintessence of Romantic style with its moving cantilena, brilliant passages, and a variety of moods. Will any spooks emerge from the semi-darkness of the Chamber Music Hall? Let’s listen!