17'  (2023) 

vln 1, vln 2, vla, cello, piano

Four-movement  concert piece for piano quintet.

"Pavel Trojan's Piano Quintet, op. 94 was performed at the evening's world premiere. It is a four-movement piece, the predominance is made up of fast tempos, which are distributed at the edges of the cycle and in the second movement. This gives the work a basic, energetic appearance. Another important factor facilitating orientation in Trojan's composition is its clear structure and hierarchical material organization. area and is profiled by major and minor chords in the form of a chordal center. However, the tonal world is enriched by the characteristic intervals of the old and newer modes to such extremes that the centric hierarchy is destabilized."

From a review by Jiří Bezděk (Opera Plus, 20/04/2023)

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Author's note:

"The Piano Quintet Op. 94 was created in the fall of 2022 at the initiative of the Stamic Quartet, who requested the work for its world premiere at the Euro Art Prague Festival 2023. In the opening movement of this composition (I. Moderato), the piano first introduces us to the plot with a muted lyrical theme. After the dramatic entry of the string instruments, this theme then undergoes various variations and is alternated with other contrasting areas. In the following Scherzo (II. Allegro), the strings themselves first present a sharply cut theme of a dance character, in the middle part of the movement (a muted dreamy waltz) a dialogue between the strings and the piano takes place. The movement is closed by a reprise of the first movement in full cast of the entire ensemble. In the slow movement (III. Maestoso), the piano and string instruments are carriers of different thematic material, only in its conclusion The string instruments, in a transformed form, take over the idea that the piano opened the movement with. The brisk motoric final part (IV. Allegro assai) uses the piano mainly to accompany the abrupt motifs heard in the string instruments, and the canon technique ("microcanons") is also used here to enhance the musical gradient. After the poetic to pastoral, slower middle section, everything then progresses to a rapid and uncompromising conclusion."

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