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about 25 years, we have been working with those instruments to take a fresh look at a lot of European and, more recently, American music,” said Mr Slowik.
The Dulcken piano is part of the Smithsonian collection of more than 250 keyboard instruments. The fiveoctave piano - modern pianos are seven and a half octaves - is typical of the grand pianos that Mozart composed on, explained Mr. Slowik.
The program planned for Washington, said Mr. Slowik, is one of the pieces by Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven that were written in the last 15 years of the 1700s. The Dulcken piano is a copy of the piano that was used during that period. “This piano has a bit of a different sound,” said Mr. Slowik. “It actually looks more like a harpsichord than a modem grand piano.”
The trio pianist is Lambert Orkis. The violin is played by Ms. McDonald and Mr. Slowik plays the cello. Ms. McDonald’s violin was made in 1665 and Mr. Slowik’s cello was made in 1748. Both of these intruments bring a unique quality to the work, said Mr. Slowik.
He explained that to find people in modem orchestras playing instruments that are this old is not that unusual, however, the trio ’s instruments have been changed in two different ways at two different times. Most recently, around the time of the first world war, people switched over from playing cat gut strings to metal strings.
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