“She loved the interaction of what a conversation is, and that's what chamber music is — it’s talking to people with your instruments.”

In this episode, conductor and cellist Eric Jacobsen talks about Franz Schubert’s Piano Trio No. 1. It was his mother’s favorite piece, and 25 years after her death it still reminds him of the love for music and other human beings she passed on to him — both of which come together in the ongoing conversation of chamber music.

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Eric Jacobsen is a conductor and cellist, and co-founder of New York’s dynamic young orchestra, The Knights.

Did you like the track Eric chose? Listen to the music in full:

Piano Trio No. 1, Second Movement by Franz Schubert