Only when the performance I gave with the Marmara Piano Trio on 7 April 2010 in Istanbul
was over did I realize that the last two pieces included in the programme that evening could
be the source – when performed one after the other – of a powerful yet curious emotionalphysical journey that is not evident when the pieces are performed individually, or even
when they are simply listened to: an experience of a decline followed by an ascent.
Shostakovich’s second piano trio in E minor Op. 67 (1944), lasting about 27 minutes and