Woodwind trio
SKU:
P2.20004
Composed by
arr. Peter Simpson.
Chamber music. Published
by Potenza Music
(P2.20004).
This collection
is intended to expand
reed trio repertory into
musical periods before
such an ensemble existed.
This is somewhat
consistent with history,
because up through the
Baroque era, it was
common for instruments to
substitute for one
another or even for
voices. The earliest work
is a love song (Quam
pulcra es) in three vocal
parts by John Dunstable,
a 15th century English
composer. The middle
piece (Suite en Trio II)
is a suite of dances from
a large set of trios
written by the 17th
century French composer
Marin Marais. The final
piece (Sinfonia 14) is
one of J.S. Bach's three
part inventions for
keyboard.