Concert 1 (10 April) present the first publishhed works of two composers whose careers were linked by a comon figure - Antonio Salieri. Both Reissiger and Beethoven spent time under the tutelage of Salieri, a formidable figure in the Viennese music scene of the time. We look at their earliest forays into the piano trio genre.

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio Op.1, No.3 in C minor

Carl Gottlieb Reissiger: Piano Trio No.1 in D minor, Op.25

Concert 2 (24 July)  turns up the passion with the evocative and emotive early work of Sergei Rachmaninoff juxtaposed with the ebullient Romanticism of Reissiger's 2nd trio. The concert also includes a new work by TAM pianist Kenji Fujimura, the commission generously supported by the City of Melbourne.

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Trio elegiaque No.1 in G minor

Kenji Fujimura: Piano Trio No.2 (world premiere)

Carl Gottlieb Reissiger: Piano Trio No.2 in B-flat Major, Op.33

Concert 3 (16 October) delves deeply into the Romantic sound world of three women. TAM revisits Australian Miriam Hyde's Fantasy Trio which featured on their international award-winning debut CD. They also present the melodious Trio of Les Six member Germaine Tailleferre, and the mighty trio of Clara Schumann.

Miriam Hyde: Fantasy Trio

Germaine Tailleferre: Piano Trio

Clara Schuman: Piano Trio in G minor, Op.17