RIP

 News comes today of the death of the pianist Menahem Pressler, just months short of his 100th birthday. Pressler was born in Germany but fled with his parents in 1939, initially to Italy, then to Palestine. His grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins were all to die in concentration camps. 
Having successfully launched himself as a pianist in postwar America, Pressler joined the Beaux Arts Trio in 1955 and remained with it right through to its dissolution in 2008. Here is a taste of Pressler with the great trio, in their last year together, performing the opening movement of Dvorak's wonderful 'Dumky' Trio...