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Trio
2023
Bassoon
Celesta
Trumpet
- Program Notes
- Strands of Black Magic opens with formal interplay, where sharp, active objects are embedded within a viscid musical agar. The celeste stands in the centre as a miniature belfry while the bassoon and trumpet dance around it, electrifying one another; one flatlines, the other is resuscitated. The music gains elasticity, traversing various fluidities, and the ensemble breathes as a single organism. Dense counterpoint bubbles away in the final section, with particles and molecules ricocheting, colliding, bursting, dividing. Activity grinds to a halt, the music becomes a chemical suspension, and the piece ends.
- Recording Notes
- Recorded by Britten Sinfonia in Cambridge, September 2023.
- Performer Credits
- Britten Sinfonia