Ligeti’s Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano: Hommage à Brahms
Hungarian composer György Ligeti (1923-2006) described his Trio for Horn, Violin, and Piano as an Hommage à Brahms. It was Brahms who, with his own 1865 Horn Trio, pioneered this unique combination of instruments. Brahms was a composer who built on tradition. Composed in 1982, a year before the 150th anniversary celebrations of Brahms’ birth, Ligeti’s Trio similarly embraces a synthesis of old and new. For the composer, it marked a stylistic turning …