SKU: SU.46200080

Clarinet, Violin & Piano Duration: 15 ' Composed: 1999 Published by: Verdehr Trio Written as a tribute to the Verdehr Trio, the first movement begins as a lyrical dialogue for violin and clarinet, which with the harp-like entrance of the piano transforms into a virtuosic dance. The second movement and third movements use themes Chihara’s musical SHOGUN. Michigan State University Press.

SKU: SU.46200090

Clarinet, Violin & Piano Duration: 22' Composed: 1988 Published by: Verdehr Trio Tripartita is a title invented for this score, a piece in three movements for three players. The first movement Elaborations is a sonata-like structure whose ideas evolve out of the harmonic succession heard as the background material of the opening passage. The second and third movements are based on essentially the same scalar and harmonic materials as the first; however, they are somewhat different in their moods and expression, in part because they both incorporate elements derived from popular music idioms of the early part of the twentieth century. The form of the second movement, Dances,is related to the nineteenth century scherzo with two trios; here, the scherzo sections are fast and jazzy,while the more relaxed digressions are, respectively, a ragtime-waltz and a tango. The third movement Blues with Variations follows without pause, and furthermore is linked structurally to the previous movements, since the chord sequence for the blues (and subsequent variations) is the same one employed from the very opening of the work. —William Averitt.