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for clarinet, violin & cello - 2010, ca 8 minutes
(version for alto sax, violin & cello)
Performed by Fifth House Ensemble:
Instrumentation
Clarinet, Violin & Cello
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Program Note
A certain spectral composer described this piece as “changing” too often, hence the title. I imagine my trio as a musical set of mood swings, beginning with a fiery angst and moving between other emotions at a moment’s notice: joy, longing, humor etc.. Thematic and motivic materials keep things coherent, with the pitch of C sharp providing an effective anchor while ideas bounce off one another. The conversation between the musicians constantly moves between arguments and agreements, until eventually a resolution is reached.