The Trio for Violin, Cello & Piano draws on music
spanning nearly four decades. The Trio's final movement
was composed and first performed in 2010.
Tongue-in-cheek and occasionally bordering on campy,
these "Variations in the Form of a Sonatina" are based
on Dark Eyes, Florian Hermann's waltz tune popularized
by Russian gypsies. Following a fiery introduction, the
dancing rhythms of the Polish polonaise and the Cuban
havanaise characterize the sonatina’s primary and
secondary thematic groups r...(+)
The Trio for Violin, Cello & Piano draws on music
spanning nearly four decades. The Trio's final movement
was composed and first performed in 2010.
Tongue-in-cheek and occasionally bordering on campy,
these "Variations in the Form of a Sonatina" are based
on Dark Eyes, Florian Hermann's waltz tune popularized
by Russian gypsies. Following a fiery introduction, the
dancing rhythms of the Polish polonaise and the Cuban
havanaise characterize the sonatina’s primary and
secondary thematic groups respectively; the coda begins
with Dark Eyes transformed into a fughetta subject, and
the movement ends with a restatement of its opening
fanfare.
PARTITION