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Trio
1971
Piano
Trombone
Violin
- Program Notes
- Trio for Violin, Trombone, and Piano examines how these three very unlike instruments can relate to each other; for example, how each in its own way handles such instrumental gestures as repeated notes, trills/tremolos, and glissandos. The material of the piece is extremely focused: one three-note cell provides all the pitches, an 8-note rhythmic figure progressively becomes obsessive, and a crescendo gesture which transforms into a glissando is all that's left at the end of the piece.