In this first concert of their first tour for Musica Viva, Trio Isimsiz (Turkish for “trio without name) are auspiciously magnificent.

The program could not have been better chosen to showcase for Australian audiences the protean musicianship of this widely-acclaimed trio, formed in 2009 at London’s Guildhall School of Music.

L-R: Edvard Pogossian, Pablo Hernán Benedí and Erdem Misirlioğlu – Trio Isimsiz. Photo supplied

Brahms’ Piano Trio in C minor is a masterpiece of compression. But as in an Emily Dickinson poem, the density is profound, the impact of the whole greater than the sum of its parts. Throughout, the disciplined motivic development and rhythmic variation give rise to galaxies of feeling collapsing into a summation of Brahms’ umwelt.

Trio Isimsiz seize on the portentous opening chords with a gusto and alacrity that is carried across lyrical oases to a febrile development, the fragment-ridden nature of which prepares us for-now-unsuspecting listeners for Coll’s kaleidoscopic Piano Trio to come.

Similarly, a beautifully poised Presto non assai and a melting Andante grazioso pave the way for Trio Isimsiz’ magical handling of the Schubert....