The trio (Erik Peterson, violin; CSU faculty artist Barbara Thiem, cello; Theodor Lichtmann, piano) was formed in 1988 and is named for Thiem’s great grandfather, Franz von Mendelssohn, a nephew of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and an important supporter of artists and musicians in the Berlin of the early 20th century. The program features works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Dmitri Shostakovich, and Paul Schoenfield