Bossi
Hèsperos Piano Trio

Hèsperos Piano Trio

Filippo Lama, violin

Stefano Guarino, cello

Riccardo Zadra, piano

Marco Enrico Bossi (1861–1925)

Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 107

30' | Admission included with museum ticket

There are composers who are less well known than others, not for lack of talent, but simply due to the caprice of time. Marco Enrico Bossi is one of these: an organist and composer of extraordinary versatility, now left on the margins of a repertoire that struggles to look beyond well-trodden paths. The Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 107, composed in 1896, is one of those works brought to light by the Hèsperos Piano Trio — in keeping with the festival’s Discovere thread — and it is firmly rooted in late Romanticism, while still incorporating harmonic touches that were considered daring at the time.

The Allegro moderato opens with a broad and decisive piano gesture: the main theme has a wavering, capricious character, building tension toward a climax that resolves into the appearance of a second, distinctly lyrical theme. The Dialogo-Larghetto blends German tradition with Italian bel canto, while the Scherzo-Vivace introduces a quirky and novel rhythmic profile. The Finale-Festoso closes the circle, punctuated by subtle dissonances that keep the listener in a state of pleasant alertness.