Three Czech composers on the bill, with the ensemble’s namesake’s trio (1855, revised 1857), Dvořák’s pupil and son-in-law Josef Suk’s 1902 work inspired by Julius Zeyer's epic poem Vyšehrad and Martinů’s 1951 Third Piano Trio.

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Smetana Trio

Wigmore Hall

The friendship between Bohuslav Martinů and Josef Páleníček is not as well-known as Martinů's friendship with Jan Novák or Vítězslava Kaprálová. It is all the more noteworthy because Páleníček, one of our greatest pianists of the 20th century and a preeminent performer of Beethoven, Janáček and Martinů, met Martinů already in Paris in the 1930s. Then their paths in life did not cross until the very end of Martinů's life, spent in Swiss exile, where Páleníček visited him.

Markéta Janoušková

Events

Upcoming events

Oct 19, 2026

Martinů. Páleníček. Beethoven · Prague Philharmonia

Past events

Oct 27, 2024

Smetana Trio · Wigmore Hall

Future and recently performed repertoire

Violin in Piano Trio No. 2 by Martinů

Prague Philharmonia

Violin in Piano Trio in D Major by Beethoven

Prague Philharmonia

Violin in Suite piccola by Páleníček

Prague Philharmonia

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