Niek Baar, Ella van Poucke & Ben Kim by Schubert, Alkaen (2020/2020), Musis Sacrum, Arnhem, Netherlands

Niek Baar and Ella van Poucke are among the Netherlands' greatest ironing talents. Both young musicians already have the necessary prizes in their pocket. This morning they play together with one of their regular chamber music partners, the American pianist Ben Kim. This morning the trio will play two late works by Schubert. The Fantasy for violin and piano is a demanding piece for both violinist and pianist. Pianist Nikolai Luganski even called it 'the most difficult music ever written for piano'. The extensive second piano trio is one of the last works that Schubert himself heard premiere. If you have not heard this work before, the main theme of the second movement may sound familiar to you: it appears in various films and documentaries.