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.