Trio Cleonice Performs Aug. 23

The 2015 Historic Portsmouth Chamber Music series kicks off on Aug. 23, with the award-winning Trio Cleonice.

The trio comprised of violin, cello and piano will perform at 3 p.m. at New Castle Congregational Church as part of Historic Portsmouth Chamber Music. This concert is the first of four concerts in the 2015 series, which is produced by the Portsmouth Athenaeum. A $20 at-the-door donation is suggested.

Trio Cleonice—violinist Ari Isaacman-Beck, cellist Gwen Krosnick and pianist Emely Phelps—will perform Franz Joseph Haydn’s bright and energetic Piano Trio in C Major, Elliot Carter’s final composition (in its “almost certain” New Hampshire premiere), his 2012 Epigrams for violin, cello and piano, a set of twelve miniatures performed in a total of 13 minutes!...and finally Robert Schumann at his most warm-hearted, in his ebullient, romantic and joyful Piano Trio No. 2 in F Major, Op.80.

“We are so pleased to be kicking off our 2015 Historic Chamber Music series with a perennial favorite and crowd pleaser—Trio Cleonice,” noted Bill Wieting, Chairman of the Portsmouth Athenaeum Performance Committee. “The works by Haydn, Carter and Schumann promise to showcase the talents of these three tremendously gifted young performers.”

Audience members planning to attend all four concerts are encouraged to purchase a Series Subscription for $75.00 per person. The Portsmouth Athenaeum also offers Series Patronage for $250 per person, which includes all four concerts plus invitations to post concert receptions, held this year at private homes. Those interested in subscriptions or patronage can mail a check made out to The Portsmouth Athenaeum, P.O. Box 848, Portsmouth, NH 03802 with “HPCM” noted on the memo line.

There is a suggested $20 at-the-door donation for each concert for those attendees who do not wish to subscribe. The New Castle Congregational Church is located at 65 Main Street in New Castle, NH.

To make an advanced reservation, please call 603-431-2538. For more information on the Historic Portsmouth Chamber Music or the Portsmouth Athenaeum, please visit portsmouthathenaeum.org.

Caption: Cellist Gwen Krosnick, pianist Emely Phelps and violinist Ari Isaacman-Beck of Trio Cleonice.