Trio SKU: BR.EB-9474
Composed by Christian Mason. Chamber music; stapled. Edition Breitkopf. New music (post-2000). Sheet Music. Composed 2008/12. 28 pages. Duration 8'. Breitkopf and Haertel #EB 9474. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.EB-9474). ISBN 9790004189542. 9 x 12 inches.
The present piece is a wind trio reduction of my ensemble piece In Time Entwined, In Space Enlaced (2008), which was in turn an expansion of an original trio for bass flute, cor anglais and viola. Throughout the piece, the three instruments find themselves entangled in various contrapuntal and heterophonic webs. Though their individual identities are generally distinct -- by virtue of their timbral differences -- they seek to blur their boundaries, forging relationships through shared material as they attempt to merge with one another. I was inspired by the surreal expression of love in David Gascoyne's poem Antennae:The timeless sleepers tangled in the bedIn the midst of the sonorous island, aloneThe tongue between the teethThe river between the sandsLove in my hand like laceYour hand enlaced with mine.(Christian Mason, 2012)
World premiere: Olive Grove, Delikipos/Cyprus (4th International Contemporary Music Festival), September 9, 2012.
