Piano Trio No. 2 (Mendelssohn) - Movements

Movements

The trio has four movements:

  1. Allegro energico e con fuoco
  2. Andante espressivo
  3. Scherzo: Molto allegro quasi presto
  4. Finale: Allegro appassionato

A typical performance lasts just under 30 minutes.

A notable feature of the finale of this work is its use of the melody of a chorale taken from the sixteenth-century Genevan psalter Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit, also known as Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, as the culminating melody. The tune is known in English as Old Hundredth from its association with the 100th Psalm and is commonly sung to the lyrics "Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow."

The opening theme of the finale was adopted by Brahms for the Scherzo of his Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 5, and Brahms also used the opening of the first movement of this trio as the basis for the piano line in the finale of his Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60.

Chamber music by Felix Mendelssohn
String quartets
  • String Quartet No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 12
  • String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13
  • String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 44, No. 1
  • String Quartet No. 4 in E minor, Op. 44, No. 2
  • String Quartet No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 44, No. 3
  • String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80
  • Four Pieces for String Quartet, Op. 81
  • 12 Fugues for String Quartet (1821)
  • String Quartet in E flat major (1823)
String quintets
and octets
  • String Quintet No. 1 in A major, Op. 18
  • String Quintet No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 87
  • Octet in E flat major, Op. 20
String sonatas
  • Cello Sonata No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 45
  • Cello Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 58
  • Viola Sonata in C minor (1823-4)
  • Violin Sonata in F minor, Op. 4
  • Violin Sonata in F major (1820)
  • Violin Sonata in F major (1838)
Piano trios,
quartets and sextets
  • Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49
  • Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66
  • Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 1
  • Piano Quartet No. 2 in F minor, Op. 2
  • Piano Quartet No. 3 in B minor, Op. 3
  • Piano Quartet in D minor (1821)
  • Piano Sextet in D major, Op. 110
Works for clarinet
  • Clarinet Sonata in E flat major (1824)
  • Concert Piece No. 1 in F minor, Op. 113
  • Concert Piece No. 2 in D minor, Op. 114
List of compositions by Felix Mendelssohn

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