- This scherzo began life as a movement from Lalo’s Piano Trio no.3 in a minor, op.26 (1880).1
- Lalo extracted the scherzo and orchestrated it to form this single movement piece in 1884.2
- Fun (?) fact: Part of the reason Lalo had trouble achieving commercial success is that he preferred writing instrumental music, notably chamber music like this piano trio, when what was really popular in 19th C. France was opera.3
Sources
- Hugh Macdonald, “Lalo, Edouard(-Victoire-Antoine),” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed November 6, 2019, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000015865.
- Edward Blakeman, liner notes to Lalo: Concerto Russe et al, Olivier Charlier, BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Chandos 9758, CD, 1999.
- Hugh Macdonald, “Lalo, Edouard(-Victoire-Antoine),” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed November 6, 2019, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000015865.
Cut IDs
41726