Piano Trio in C major (Sibelius)

Piano trio by Jean Sibelius (1886)

Piano Trio in C major

Lovisa
by Jean Sibelius

The composer in 1889

Catalogue| JS 208
Composed| 1888 (1888)
Publisher| Fazer [fi] (1991)[1]
Duration| 16 mins.[2]
Movements| 3

The Piano Trio in C major, Lovisa, JS 208, is a three-movement chamber piece for violin, cello, and piano[3] written in the summer of 1888 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. The trio derives its nickname from Lovisa (in Finnish: Loviisa), the municipality in which the composer's aunt (and, before her death, his paternal grandmother) lived; Sibelius summered there in 1888.[4]

## Structure

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The C major trio is in three movements, as follows:

1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Lento – Allegro con brio

The Lovisa Trio was published posthumously in 1991 by Fazer Music [fi].[1]

## Discography

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The Finnish musicians Jaakko Ilves [fi] (violin), Risto Poutanen [fi] (cello), and Ilmo Ranta [fi] (piano)—the Tapiola Trio—made the world premiere studio recording of the Lovisa Trio in 1988 for Finlandia.[1] The table below lists this and other commercially available recordings:

No. | Violin  | Cello  | Piano  | Runtime[a] | Rec.[b] | Recording venue  | Label  | Ref.

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1  | Jaakko Ilves [fi] | Risto Poutanen [fi] | Ilmo Ranta [fi] | 16:00  | 1988  | Roihuvuoren kirkko [fi] | Finlandia |

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2  | Yoshiko Arai [fi] | Seppo Kimanen [fi] | Juhani Lagerspetz | 15:40  | 1995  | Järvenpää Hall [fi] | Ondine |

[d]

3  | Janne Tateno | Erkki Rautio [fi] | Izumi Tateno | 16:44  | 1995  | Ainola | Canyon Classics  |

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4  | Jaakko Kuusisto | Marko Yltinen | Folke Gräsbeck [fi] | 15:47  | 2002  | Danderyds gymnasium [sv] | BIS |

[f]

5  | Petteri Iivonen | Samuli Peltonen | Juho Pohjonen [fi] | 13:21  | 2016  | Segerstrom Center for the Arts | Yarlung  |

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## Notes, references, and sources

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Notes

1. ^ All runtimes are official, as printed on CD or LP liner notes.
2. ^ Refers to the year in which the performers recorded the work; this may not be the same as the year in which the recording was first released to the general public.
3. ^ Tapiola Trio–Finlandia (FACD 375) 1989
4. ^ Arai, Kimanen, Lagerspetz–Ondine (ODE 850–2) 1995
5. ^ Tateno, Ratio, Tateno–Canyon Classics (PCCL–00328) 1996
6. ^ Kuusisto, Yltinen, Gräsbeck–BIS (CD–1292) 2004
7. ^ Sibelius Piano Trio–Yarlung (YAR54763) 2016

References

1. ^ a b c Dahlström 2003, p. 637.
2. ^ Dahlström 2003, pp. 636–637.
3. ^ Dahlström 2003, p. 636.
4. ^ Barnett 2007, pp. 43–44.

Sources

* Barnett, Andrew (2007). Sibelius. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-11159-0.
* Dahlström, Fabian [in Swedish] (2003). Jean Sibelius: Thematisch-bibliographisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke [Jean Sibelius: A Thematic Bibliographic Index of His Works] (in German). Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel. ISBN 3-7651-0333-0.

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* List of compositions
* Discography of symphony cycles

Symphonies|

* Kullervo (1892)
* Symphony No. 1 (1899, rev. 1900)
* Symphony No. 2 (1902)
* Symphony No. 3 (1907)
* Symphony No. 4 (1911)
* Symphony No. 5 (1915, rev. 1916, 1919)
* Symphony No. 6 (1923)
* Symphony No. 7 (1924)
* Symphony No. 8 (mid 1920s–c. 1938, abandoned)

Concertante|

* Violin Concerto (1904, rev. 1905)
* Two Serenades (1912–1913)
* Two Serious Melodies (1914–1915)
* Six Humoresques (1917–1918, No. 1 rev. 1940)
* Suite for Violin and String Orchestra (1929)

Tone poems|

* En saga (1892, rev. 1902)
* Spring Song (1894, rev. 1895)
* The Wood Nymph (1895)
* Lemminkäinen Suite
* 1895, rev. 1897, 1900, 1939; includes The Swan of Tuonela
* Finlandia (1899)
* Pohjola's Daughter (1906)
* Nightride and Sunrise (1909)
* The Dryad (1910)
* The Bard (1913)
* Luonnotar (1913)
* The Oceanides (1914, rev. 1914)
* Tapiola (1926)

Opera & theatre|

* The Building of the Boat (1893–1894, abandoned)
* The Maiden in the Tower (1896)
* King Christian II (1898)
* Kuolema
* 1903; includes Valse triste
* Pelléas et Mélisande (1905)
* Belshazzar's Feast (1906)
* Swanwhite (1908)
* The Lizard (1909)
* The Language of the Birds (1911)
* Scaramouche (1913)
* Everyman (1916)
* The Tempest (1925)

Cantatas|

* Cantata for the University Graduation Ceremonies of 1894
* Cantata for the Coronation of Nicholas II (1896)
* Cantata for the University Graduation Ceremonies of 1897
* The Origin of Fire (1902, rev. 1910)
* The Captive Queen (1906)
* My Own Land (1918)
* Song of the Earth (1919)
* Hymn of the Earth (1920)
* Väinämöinen's Song (1926)

Other voice(s) & orchestra|

* The Rapids-Rider's Brides (1897)
* The Breaking of the Ice on the Oulu River (1899)
* Snöfrid (1900)
* Marjatta (1905, abandoned)
* Impromptu (1902, rev. 1910)
* The Raven (1910, abandoned)

Other orchestral|

* Overture in E major (1891)
* Ballet Scene (1891)
* Karelia Suite (1893)
* Rakastava (1894, arr. 1912)
* Scènes historiques I (1899, arr. 1911)
* Overture in A minor (1902)
* Romance in C major (1904)
* Cassazione (1904, rev. 1905)
* Pan and Echo (1906)
* In memoriam (1909, rev. 1910)
* Scènes historiques II (1912)
* Suite mignonne (1921)
* Suite champêtre (1922)
* Suite caractéristique (1922)

String quartets|

* String Quartet in E-flat major (1885)
* String Quartet in A minor (1889)
* String Quartet in B-flat major (1890)
* String Quartet in D minor, Voces intimae (1909)
* Andante festivo (1922, orch. 1938)

Piano trios|

* Piano Trio in A minor, Hafträsk (1886)
* Piano Trio in D major, Korpo (1887)
* Piano Trio in C major, Lovisa (1888)

Other chamber|

* Water Droplets (c. 1875–1881)
* Pieces for brass septet (1889–1899)
* Piano Quintet (1890)
* Malinconia (1900)
* Violin Sonatina (1915)

Piano|

* Six Impromptus (1893)
* Piano Sonata (1893)
* Ten Pieces, Op. 24 (1895–1903)
* Kyllikki (1904)
* Three Sonatinas (1912)
* The Bells of Kallio Church (1912, arr. 1912)
* Two Rondinos (1912)
* Five Pieces, The Trees, Op. 75 (1914)
* Five Pieces, The Flowers, Op. 85 (1916–1917)
* Five Esquisses (1929)

Songs|

* Seven Runeberg Songs, Op. 13 (1891–1892)
* "Serenad", JS 168 (1894–1895)
* Six Songs, Op. 36 (1899–1900)
* Five Songs, Op. 37 (1900–1902)
* Seven Songs, Op. 17 (1891–1904)
* Five Songs, Op. 38 (1903–1904; includes "Höstkväll")
* Six Songs, Op. 50 (1906)
* Two Songs, Op. 35 (1908)
* "Kom nu hit, död", Op. 60/1 (1909, orch. 1957)
* "Arioso", Op. 3 (1911)
* Five Christmas Songs, Op. 1 (1897–1913; includes "Giv mig ej glans, ej guld, ej prakt")
* Six Runeberg Songs, Op. 90  (1917)

Choral works|

* Hymn, Op. 21 (1896, rev. 1898)
* Songs for Mixed Chorus from the 1897 Promotional Cantata (arr. 1898)
* Finlandia Hymn (1899, arr. 1938–1940)
* Six Partsongs, Op. 18 (1893–1901)
* Song of the Athenians (1899)
* Jäger March (1917)

Family|

* Ainola (home)
* Aino Sibelius (wife)
* Ruth Snellman [fi] (daughter)
* Heidi Blomstedt (daughter)
* Christian Sibelius (brother)
* Aulis Blomstedt (son-in-law)
* Jussi Jalas (son-in-law)
* Jussi Snellman [fi] (son-in-law)
* Alexander Järnefelt (father-in-law)
* Elisabeth Järnefelt (mother-in-law)
* Armas Järnefelt (brother-in-law)
* Arvid Järnefelt (brother-in-law)
* Eero Järnefelt (brother-in-law)
* Kasper Järnefelt [fi] (brother-in-law)

Teachers|

* Helsinki Music Institute: Martin Wegelius (theory, composition)
* Mitrofan Vasiliev (violin)
* Hermann Csillag [de] (violin)
* Post-graduate studies: Albert Becker
* Robert Fuchs
* Karl Goldmark

Pupils|

* Toivo Kuula
* Leevi Madetoja
* Bengt de Törne [fi]

Colleagues & friends|

* Juhani Aho
* Aino Ackté
* Granville Bantock
* Ferruccio Busoni
* Axel Carpelan [fi] (patron)
* Olin Downes
* Ida Ekman
* Richard Faltin [fi]
* Ida Flodin [fi]
* Karl Flodin [fi]
* Akseli Gallen-Kallela
* Heikki Klemetti [fi]
* Santeri Levas (secretary)
* Erkki Melartin
* Oskar Merikanto
* Rosa Newmarch
* Abraham Ojanperä
* Selim Palmgren
* Adolf Paul
* Wilhelm Stenhammar
* Karl Wasenius [fi]

Select interpreters|

* Sir Thomas Beecham
* Paavo Berglund
* Sir Colin Davis
* Neeme Järvi
* Paavo Järvi
* Robert Kajanus
* Herbert von Karajan
* Serge Koussevitzky
* Hannu Lintu
* Sakari Oramo
* Eugene Ormandy
* Sir Simon Rattle
* Jukka-Pekka Saraste
* Georg Schnéevoigt
* Leif Segerstam
* Leopold Stokowski
* Osmo Vänskä

Select biographers|

* Fabian Dahlström [fi]
* Karl Ekman [fi]
* Erik Furuhjelm [fi]
* Glenda Dawn Goss
* Cecil Gray
* Robert Layton
* Nils-Eric Ringbom [fi]
* Erik W. Tawaststjerna

Namesakes|

* International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition
* Jean Sibelius Quartet
* Sibelius (2003 film)
* Sibelius (scorewriter)
* Sibelius Academy
* Sibelius Academy Quartet
* Sibelius Glacier
* Sibelius Hall
* Sibelius Medal
* Sibelius Monument
* Sibelius Museum
* Sibelius Piano Trio
* Sibelius Society of Finland
* 1405 Sibelius (asteroid)
* Wihuri Sibelius Prize

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