POSTPONED: Piano Trios of Beethoven, Berg, Mahler, and Staud - Friday Sep 11th, 7:00pm

Program Four Songs of Alma Mahler and Alban Berg, arranged by Lee Dionne for Piano Trio 1. Die stille Stadt 2. Traumgekrönt 3. Laue Sommernacht 4. Sommertage Johannes Maria Staud: Für Bálint András Varga: 10 Miniatures for Piano Trio (2010) Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio in E-Flat Major, Op. 70 No. 2 PERFORMERS Piano: Lee Dionne Violin: Anna da Silva Chen Cello: Jonathan Bekes Listening Guide If you could have dinner with a famous painter, composer, architect, psychologist, or biologist from Vienna in the early 1900s, chances are they knew and were probably in love with Alma Mahler. A prolific socialite and composer of over fifty songs, Alma was too often discouraged from composing by her husband (the same Gustav of composing / conductig fame). Alma's seventeen surviving songs showcase an exquisite lyricism similar to her husband's, along with a deft dramatic sense of the miniature form. Paired here with two early songs of Alban Berg, the four songs serve as a prelude to Johannes Mar