Grundlage des 2004 für das australische Macquarie-Klaviertrio entstandenen Werks ist ein russisches Märchen: Eine junge Frau entdeckt beim Wasserholen im Brunnen einen verzauberten Mann. Die Musik schildert, wie die beiden sich ineinander verlieben, dann ihren immer leidenschaftlicheren Tanz. Doch der Wassermann kann an Land nicht überleben und verrinnt im Sand - einen letzten Tropfen kann die Frau auffangen und zurück in den Brunnen bringen, wo sie sich, selbst vom Wasser aufgenommen, schließlich in eine Lilie verwandelt wird.Die effektvolle, poetisch-lebhafte Komposition in drei Sätzen ist russisch koloriert und vor allem in der Geigenstimme vielfältig gestaltet mit Glissandi, Doppelgriffen, Pizzicati, Trillern und Flageoletts. / Violon, Violoncelle Et Piano

Full score for Violin Cello and Piano of Felix Mendelssohn's Piano Trio No.1 In D minor Op.49 and Piano Trio No.2 in C minor Op.66. Upon hearing the first trio Robert Schumann declared Mendelssohn is the Mozart of the nineteenth century! Written in the composer's famously flowing Romantic style these two works are staples of the repertoire and anchors of many chamber music series. Both appear here for the first time in a single and affordable study edition. Mendelssohn drew upon a variety of influences in his musical style - chiefly Bach Mozart and Beethoven. Like the other German composers of his generation Mendelssohn created works that mirror the era'stension between Classicism and Romanticism. These trios are universally regarded as among his finest works with marked contrasts ranging from slow movements to lively scherzos in the manner of his Songs Without Words.

Score and Parts.Commissioned by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Centre. First performance 19 May 1998 Merkin Concert Hall New York City.Quoting Weir: 'In my previous work I have often enjoyed inventing titles whichattempt to encapsulate the particular world of each composition but this fifteen minutes piece for violin cello and piano is simply entitled Piano Trio . What is the reason for this unusually abstract description? I thinkperhaps that in this piece the many external impressions which habitually make up my musical world have become too numerous and too personal to be pinned down in the space of few words that a composition title allows.The firstmovement began in my mind with impressions of Venice as relayed in Schubert's song Gondelfahrer; the crisp midnight air the dark choppy water the bells tolling the gondolier alone in emotional turmoil. Schubert's world is aplace where I can find constant inspiration and strength.The second movement recalls a time when I was called from a phone box in Africa. At one moment I was alone in my room the next (or so it seemed in my imagination)surrounded by light heat and sudden energy and activity. The movement is not however an evocation of African music; it takes the form of a scherzo and trio which collide with each other at the movement's conclusion.Thethird movement formed in my mind whilst I was reading some Gaelic poetry from the Hebridean island of Lewis on Scotland 's far flung Atlantic fringe. I was thinking of the bleached white beaches in that part of the world whereevery object lying on the sand - a washed-up bottle or a bird's skeleton - is a major event in a deserted landscape. The same might be said of this short set of musical variations where melodic fragments are laid out with plentyof space around them clear and plain for everyone to hear.

Upon hearing the first trio, Robert Schumann declared Mendelssohn is the Mozart of the nineteenth century! Written in the composer's famously flowing Romantic style, these two works are staples of the repertoire and anchors of many chamber music series. Both appear here for the first time in a single and affordable study edition. Unabridged republication of the works originally published by Edition Peters, n.d Content : Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 Molto allegro ed agitato Andante con moto tranquillo Scherzo. Leggiero e vivace Finale. Allegro assai appassionato Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66 Allegro energico e con fuoco Andante espressivo Scherzo. Molto allegro quasi presto Finale. Allegro appassionato