Live at the Great: Satu Vänskä trio, The Boundless heart

Three of Australia’s most electrifying artists unite for the first time. Satu Vänskä, Elina Faskhi and Konstantin Shamray come together exclusively for Live at Yours in a thrilling program of Haydn, Ravel and Shostakovich. Three extraordinary artists. Three masterworks. One intimate evening. Haydn sparkles, dances and surprises. Ravel pulls us into a glimmering, waterlit dream. Shostakovich leaves us somewhere darker: exposed, shaken, and deeply moved. Haydn’s beloved “Gypsy” Trio is all elegance and mischief — courtly poise one moment, wild Hungarian fire the next. Ravel’s Piano Trio seems to shimmer from the inside: intricate, sensual, and charged with quiet electricity. Then comes Shostakovich’s Piano Trio No. 2 — one of the great wartime works of the 20th century, a piece of grief, memory, grotesque dance and unbearable tenderness. Brought vividly to life by three of Australia’s most dynamic and compelling artists, this is chamber music with the voltage turned all the way up. Set inside the stunning, mood-lit architecture of the Great Synagogue, with Gin Bar upon arrival, this is chamber music at its most intimate and electric. Program Joseph Haydn Piano Trio in G major, Hob. XV:25 “Gypsy” Maurice Ravel Piano Trio in A minor Dmitri Shostakovich Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67