Gould Piano Trio

Saturday October 31st 2026, 7:30pm

Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Trio no. 44 in E major, Hob.XV:28
Robert Schumann: Piano Trio no. 2 in F major, op. 80
James MacMillan: Piano Trio no 2
Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Trio no. 1 in D minor, op. 49

The Gould Piano Trio has been compared in the Washington Post to the great Beaux Arts Trio for their “musical fire” and “dedication to the genre” and has remained at the forefront of the international chamber music scene for well over a quarter of a century.

Launched by winning first prize at the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, they were European Concert Halls Organisation “Rising Stars”, making a highly successful debut at New York’s Weill Recital Hall, described by Strad Magazine as “Pure Gould”. Their many appearances at London’s iconic Wigmore Hall have included the complete piano trios of Dvořák, Mendelssohn, Schubert and Beethoven.

The Trio’s passionate belief in the importance of developing new repertoire has resulted in commissioning works from many contemporary composers, including Sir James MacMillan, Mark Simpson, John Casken, Andrew Chen and Joseph Phibbs. Together with clarinettist Robert Plane, the trio are artistic directors of the Corbridge Chamber Music Festival in Northumberland which celebrated its 21st anniversary with a much-acclaimed new commission from Huw Watkins for clarinet and piano trio entitled Four Fables.

Tours of North America, the Far East, Europe and New Zealand have been interspersed by adventurous recording projects, including releases on Naxos, Chandos, Somm, Resonus, NMC and Champs Hill. Recent additions to their extensive discography include John Casken’s piano trio, a disc of works by Charles Ives, Rebecca Clarke and Amy Beach, and their Schubert Piano Trio cycle.

The album of chamber music by Pamela Harrison from the Gould Piano and Robert Plane, who also curated the project, was released by Resonus Classics in early 2023, and was featured as one of Gramophone Magazine’s “best new classical albums this week”. The Goulds are currently engaged in their next major recording project, the seven Heinrich Marschner Piano Trios and two Piano Quartets, the first two volumes of which have been released by Naxos.