Trio Anima Mundi returns to Geelong in 2025 with their 3-concert series - Trio Fantasies. Continuing their acclaimed Piano Trio Archaeology of rediscovering forgotten works, the three concerts are united by rare presentations of fantasies by Bridge, Krenek, Verne-Bredt as well as the beautiful Fantasy Pieces by Robert Schumann.

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PROGRAMME

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Concert1 - A Composer's Life

Gabriel FAURE - Piano Trio in D minor, Op.120

Frank BRIDGE - Phantasie Trio in C minor

Maurice RAVEL - Piano Trio, M.67

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Concert 1 - A Composer's Life - features three works written at different stages of each composer's career. WIth the Phantasie Trio, Frank Bridge established himself as one of the leading English composers of the younger generation. By the time of the Piano Trio in A minor, Maurice Ravel - whose sesquicentenary of birth we celebrate in 2025 - had an ever-increasing catalogue of compositions to his credit, including an opera and ballet music. The PIano Trio in D minor was written in the year before Gabriel Faure's death. His career had been formidable, including a stint as director of the Paris Conservatoire.

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Concert 2 - The Schumann Connection

Alice VERNE-BREDT - Phantasie

Robert SCHUMANN - Fantasiestucke in A minor, Op.88

Felix MENDELSSOHN - Piano Trio No.1, Op.49, in D minor

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Concert 2 - The Schumann Connection - presents works by Schumann and Mendelssohn, who shared a close personal and profesisonal friendship. They showed mutual admiration and support for each other's works throughout their careers. Added to this program is a rare outing for the Phantasie by English composer Alice Verne-Bredt. Her sisters Mathilde and Mary were piano students of Schumann's wife, Clara, and Alice herself (as was another sister Adela) was taught by the Schumanns' daughter Marie.

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Concert 3 - From Vienna With Love

Ernst KRENEK - Triophantasie, Op.63

Franz SCHUBERT - Piano Trio No.2 in E-flat Major, Op.100

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Concert 3 - From Vienna With Love - has at its core one of Franz Schubert's last compositions, the Piano Trio No.2. Like his other trio (No.1) this work is grand in composition and structure. First performed in early 1828, the work was published later that year, just before the composer's death. The Trio Fantasy by Ernst Krenek was written at a transitional point in Krenek's musical language. Written after the successful 'jazz opera' Jonny spielt auf, and before his move to the strictures of 12-tone serialism, the Triophantasie finds Krenek in a neo-Romantic, Schubertian guise. 

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VENUES and DATES

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MELBOURNE SERIES

Holy Trinity Anglican Church

193 Hotham St, East Melbourne

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Concert 1 - Sunday 2nd March at 2.30pm

Concert 2 - Sunday 22nd June at 2.30pm

Concert 3 - Sunday 12th October at 2.30pm

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GEELONG SERIES

Keith Humble Centre for the Performing Arts, - The Geelong College

85 Aphrasia St, Newtown

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Concert 1 - Sunday 23rd February at 2.30pm

Concert 2 - Sunday 29th June at 2.30pm

Concert 3 - Sunday 19th October ​ at 2.30pm

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TICKET PRICES*

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3-concert subscription: Adult $120, Concession $90, Student $30

Single tickets: Adult $45, Concession $35, Student $15

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*Booking fees may apply. Please note that online ticket sales will conclude at 9am on the day of the concert. All remaining tickets will be available at the venue from 30 minutes prior to the event.