Trio Cléonice

Trio Cleonice—the current ensemble in the Professional Piano Trio Training Program—will perform at part of the Fenway Alliance's Opening Our Doors Day. Composed of violinist Ari Isaacman-Beck, pianist Emely Phelps, and cellist Gwen Krosnick, the Trio was founded in 2008 at the Kneisel Hall chamber music festival and is coached at NEC by pianist Vivian Hornik Weilerstein. The group takes its name from the restaurant Cleonice in Ellsworth, ME. Not surprisingly, the players derive perhaps equal pleasure from music, fine dining and cooking. They perform with great joie de vivre. The title of their blog says it all—“Grilled Octopus and the Archduke.”

Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 49
I. Molto Allegro agitato
II. Andante con moto tranquillo
III. Scherzo: Leggiero e vivace
IV. Finale: Allegro assai appassionato