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Benaud Trio

‘These boys love cricket but they come on and they’re absolutely transformed, the music just takes over…I defy anybody to come into this hall this morning and hear those boys playing that Shostakovich and not become excited and moved and addicted to chamber music for the rest of their lives.’ William Lyne (Artistic director of Wigmore Hall, 1966-2002) –ABC Classic FM 02/07/05

‘The Benaud Trio…stood out with their keen sense of musical understanding. They brought plenty of character to Beethoven’s Piano Trio Op.1 No.2, with finely nuanced phrasing and good balance. The same sense of ensemble carried through their performance of the Shostakovich piano trio, especially in the fourth movement where they built wave upon wave of sound, before ending with an exquisite broken pizzicato chord. A risky gesture, but perfectly executed.’ Martin Ball – The Australian 05/07/05.

The Benaud Trio rose to national prominence after winning the prestigious Piano Trio prize at the 2005 Australian Chamber Music Competition. The Benaud’s have been playing together in various duo and trio combinations over the last three years. The Trio members share many common interests including a love for chamber music, Chinese food and an eagerness to break out the cricket bat at any opportunity. Between them, the members of the Benaud Trio have accumulated an impressive number of chamber music awards and have studied with numerous prominent musicians and ensembles including: the Takacs Quartet, the Henschel Quartet, the Petersen Quartet, Mark Mogilevski, Marco van Pagee and William Hennessy. Performances by the Benaud Trio have been broadcast nationwide on ABC Classic FM and Radio National and in Melbourne on 3MBS FM. The group has also been the subject of mini-documentaries produced for ABC television’s ‘The Final Countdown’ and Channel Ten’s ‘Totally Wild’.

Amir Farid - Piano, Lachlan Bramble - Violin, Ewen Bramble

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Benaud Trio- at Melba Hall July 2006

Ludwig van Beethoven Tracks 1-3.Piano Trio in D major, Op.70 No.1 ‘Ghost’ Allegro vivace e con brio Largo assai ed espressivo Presto

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Tracks 4-8 Piano Trio in A minor Op.50 'In memory of a Great Artist' I. Pezzo elegiaco IIa. Tema con Variazioni Theme: Andante con moto Var 1: [L'istesso tempo] Var 2: Piu mosso [mazurka] Var 3: Allegro moderato - scherzoso Var 4: [L'istesso tempo] Var 5: [L'istesso tempo] Var 6: Tempo di Valse Var 7: Allegro moderato Var 8: Fuga: Allegro moderato Var 9: Andante flebile ma non tanto [fantasia] Var 10: Tempo di Mazurka Var 11: Moderato IIb. Variazione Finale e Coda Allegro risoluto e con fuoco -- Andante con moto – Lugubre

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