Formed in 1997, the Apollos are proven veterans of the concert stage (including Foy in 2019), guaranteed to reward audiences with performances consistently praised as “exceptionally fine,” “masterful,” and “heartfelt.” Their guest here this season, violist Misha Amory, is equally expert, with a résumé reaching back to the Naumburg Viola Award in 1991. Yet these four masters of classical music pop up in some innovative places and surprising collaborations: a barge under the Brooklyn Bridge, premiering works with dancer/rapper Lil Buck, recording a CD of “Piano Puzzlers” with six other pianists. Among the four, they have performed on every continent except Antarctica, although the scientists at the South Pole may be listening to their recent recording of The Complete Dvořák Piano Trios on Spotify. The Apollo Piano Trio has premiered two pieces written for them by Bruce Adolph—one based on Native American poetry and another on artwork of six twentieth-century American painters—and two by David Schiff—“New York Nocturnes” and “Borscht Belt Follies,” the latter mixing jazz, klezmer, and classical styles. With veterans like these, one can reliably expect the unexpected.

Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 1
Faure: Piano Trio
Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 2