Piano Trio No. 2 (Schubert)

E-flat major Klaviertrio op. 100, 2. Satz (Autograph)

The Trio No. 2 in E-flat major for piano, violin, and violoncello, D. 929, was one of the last compositions completed by Franz Schubert, dated November 1827. It was published by Probst as opus 100 in late 1828, shortly before the composer's death and first performed at a private party in January 1828 to celebrate the engagement of Schubert's school-friend Josef von Spaun. The Trio was among the only of Schubert's late compositions he heard performed before his death. It was given its first private performance by Karl Maria von Bocklet on the piano, Ignaz Schuppanzigh playing the violin, and Josef Linke playing cello.

The main theme of the second movement was used as one of the central musical themes in Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon. It has also been used in a number of other films, including The Hunger, Crimson Tide, The Piano Teacher, Land of the Blind, the HBO miniseries John Adams and The Mechanic. It is supposedly based on a Swedish folk song "se solen sjunker" ("See, the sun is sinking") by Berg.

Structure

The piano trio contains four movements:

1. Allegro
2. Andante con moto
3. Scherzando. Allegro moderato
4. Allegro moderato

Principal theme in the second movement

External links

• Piano Trio No. 2: Free scores at the International Music Score Library Project.
• the second movement by an ad hoc piano trio (Lyllot-Kramer-Cole) at a conference in Rüsselsheim, Germany, in 2009 on YouTube (audio only)