Gryphon Trio
with Rob Kapilo

Sunday,
June 3, 2012
2:00 pm

Programme to include:
"What Makes it Great?"

Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Trio
No. 7 in B flat major,

Op. 97

"Archduke Trio"

What makes great music great? Through his concert presentations, commentaries on NPR’s “Performance Today” and CD series, Rob Kapilow takes listeners inside the music: he unravels, slows down, and recomposes key passages to hear why a piece is so extraordinary.

Theatermania.com calls Rob Kapilow’s engaging commentaries “a knockout combination of entertainment and education.” Great music rewards great listeners, and Rob Kapilow’s "What Makes It Great?"® is about great listening.

“Kapilow gets audiences in tune with classical music at a deeper and more immediate level than many of them thought possible.” — Los Angeles Times
“Mr. Kapilow has a remarkable gift for making academic analysis not only accessible but compelling as well. It was the kind of enlightening musical seminar in which you hang on to every word and note.” — New York Times.

Having impressed international audiences and the press with their highly refined, dynamic performances, the Gryphon Trio has firmly established itself as one of the world’s preeminent piano trios. With a repertoire that ranges from the traditional to the contemporary and from European classicism to modern-day multimedia, the Gryphons are committed to redefining chamber music for the 21st century.

The Trio’s eleven celebrated recordings on the Analekta label are an encyclopedia of works by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Dvorak, Lalo, Shostakovich, and Piazzolla, and their groundbreaking 2004 release Canadian Premieres, featuring new works by leading Canadian composers, was acknowledged with a coveted Juno Award from Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.