Originating from South Africa, Germany and France, the members of the Franz Trio came together at the Konzerthaus in 2017 and have been performing with us regularly ever since. The program of their first concert together included a trio by their namesake Franz Schubert. The trio's repertoire ranges from string trios from the classical period to the 20th century, with a particular focus on rarely performed pieces by composers such as Mieczyslaw Weinberg, Gideon Klein, Hans Krása, Jean Cras and Jean Françaix. This season, they have invited three orchestra members - our principal piccolo flutist Daniel Werner, our principal oboist Szilvia Pápai and our principal harpist Ronith Mues and Melanie Richter from the first violins - to join them for a program whose stylistically very different works from Purcell to Britten.