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Gerard Schwarz : Trio


Publisher JSGS Publishing
Category
Works for 2-6 Players
Sub-Category Mixed Ensemble
Year Composed
2010
Duration 20 Minutes
Orchestration
hn, vn, pf
Availability Sale from Rental Library  Explain this...

Programme Note


First performance:
July 26 2010
Jeffrey Fair, horn
Stefan Jackiw, violin
Adam Neiman, piano
Seattle Chamber Music Society
Seattle, WA



Reviews

  • With the shofar calls, that ritualistic prologue combines a steady tread at the bottom of the piano and a lamenting violin. This leads to a constant flow of somber, twining melody in the first movement proper. The traded solos that open the second movement, "Recitative and Aria," suggest a conversation: the violin pleading, then a bit unhinged; the horn stern and querulous; the piano a calmer mediator that eventually convinces the other two to launch an opulent, pulsing duet drenched in honey. The third movement, brisk and a bit unsettling, is the most expansive and generous of all...
    Gavin Borchert, Seatle Weekly, 27/07/2010

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