Presents
Christian Sinding
Piano Trio No.3 in C Major, Op.87
Sinding’s Piano Trio No.3 in C Major dates from 1908. The opening movement, Con brio, begins in stormy, restless fashion with a chromatic, descending motif. Only with the introduction of the second theme is tension relaxed. The middle movement, marked Romanza, is a calmer andante, while the finale, Allegro, is full of sunny optimism.
Christian Sinding (1856-1941), along with Edvard Grieg came to symbolize Norwegian classical music between 1885 and 1940. Born is the small town of Kongsberg near Oslo, Sinding, after studying music in Oslo, attended the Leipzig Conservatory where he studied violin with Henry Schradieck and composition with Salomon Jadassohn and Carl Reinecke. Whereas Grieg's style of writing has been described as Schumann's technique combined with Norwegian folk melody, Sinding's is often and incorrectly characterized as combination of Wagner's technique with Norwegian folk melody. Although the influence of Norwegian folk melody can be fond in his music, Sinding did not use it, as did Grieg, so extensively. Rather, it was German romanticism, and in particular the music of Liszt and Wagner, which greatly influenced Sinding. But unlike Liszt and Wagner, Sinding relied on wit and developed a more cosmopolitan style. Writing in virtually all genres, his chamber music must be considered an important part of his output.
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