Hermitage Piano Trio Again

Last night we went down to Kleinhans Music Hall for another concert in our Buffalo Chamber Music Society season. This was the third concert of the season and it was interesting seeing the Hermitage Piano Trio again. Last April they were a last minute replacement for another group that had suffered some illness and could perform. They were wonderful then and again this time. One thing different, besides the pieces being performed, they added a guest viola player so it was really a quartet although they were billed as the Hermitage Piano Trio with Jordan Bak, vilola.

The concert was spectacular and we enjoyed it very much. Most of the five pieces they performed with 20th century romantic and two by American women composers.

The only problem I had with it was that the length of the first "half" of the concert went much longer than usual. I had PT this morning and had trouble sitting through the entire first set without a little squirming in my sight and having the need to stretch my leg. The break did not happen until around 9 pm. We got out of the concert a little before 10. 

The members of the Trio are all Russian instrumentalists based in the US and have been playing together since 2011. They have released a lot of albums that I should check out in Spotify.