Poulenc Trio has island debut July 29
BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER
B ryan Young describes his trio's music as elegant, sweet and charming, as well as powerful. Audiences will decide for themselves when the Baltimore-based Poulenc Trio performs on July 29 in another of the Musical Arts Society's summer concerts. Young, who plays bassoon, will be joined by Irina Lande on the piano and her husband, Vladimir Lande, playing oboe, in their 8 p.m. performance at the First Congregational Church.

PHOTO BY MONICA LOPEZ-GONZALEZ Poulenc Trio left to right: Bryan Young, Irina Lande and Vladimir Lande.

The trio, now in its fifth year performing together, was named after the late, Paris-born, Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc, perhaps best known for his 1926 "Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano" and the opera "Dialogues des Carmelites."

Irina Lande, who graduated from Russia's St. Petersburg Conservatory, has won the Baltimore Chamber Music Award and Montpelier Recital Competition, and has performed to rave reviews throughout Europe and the Caribbean. She is a piano faculty member at the Peabody Institute. Vladimir Lande also graduated from the St. Petersburg Conservatory and is principal oboist with the Baltimore Opera and formerly of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. He has performed across Europe and in New Zealand, Austria and the United States. He is assistant conductor, conductor or guest conductor with several orchestras and is on the faculty of two universities. Young, who won the Gillet International Bassoon Competition, has given solo performances with the National Symphony and Baltimore Symphony orchestras, has performed around the world and is principal bassoonist for the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra. He studied at Yale and at the Peabody Institute, where he is a faculty member.

Young said he and Irina Lande have been colleagues for some time. When the Landes decided they would like to form a group, the three played together and found the association so successful they became a trio.

"It was amazing how we could come together and our approach is amazingly similar," Young said of the melding of entirely different schools of music. "It talks about the universality of music and how people from different walks of life can come together and do something beautiful."

In their Nantucket concert, they will perform their namesake's Poulenc Trio piece.

"His beautiful melodies capture Paris in summer. It captures the themes people comment most about with our music. It is elegant, sweet and charming with a combination of instruments you don't hear every day and how they combine with the piano," he said. "The diversity of music we perform can be very powerful."

Among other pieces including the "Trio Pathetique" by Russian composer Michael Glinka and a "Trio" by French composer Jean Francaix, Young said they will also perform a Baroque piece by Handel and tangos by Astor Piazzolla.

"These are fun pieces that will get people up and dancing," said Young. "He is an Argentinean composer and he is the King of Tango."

The trio is having its busiest season with concerts in Russia and Italy and all across America. They are also continuing a Music at the Museum series they launched in 2004 linking musical and historical themes with current museum exhibitions.

Tickets are $15 for adults and $7 for students, available at the door, at Antiques Depot on Easy Street, the Lochtefeld Gallery on Fair Street or by calling 228-1287. I