Flute, Violin &
Violoncello
SKU:
SU.29120060
For
Flute, Violin &
Violoncello. Composed
by Todd Mason. Chamber
Music, Mixed Ensemble,
Woodwinds, Flute/Piccolo.
Score & Parts. Subito
Music Corporation
#29120060. Published by
Subito Music Corporation
(SU.29120060).
Comments from
the composer: The 1st
movement of my Trio,
Allegro vivo. opens with
a strong tutti rhythmic
figure that repeats often
throughout the movement.
It’s followed by a
syncopated
‘fuguelet’
that also repeats in many
different ways throughout
with lots of chromatic
shifting. After a brief
slow variation, the
opening material returns
with more power to end
the movement. This 2nd
Mov movement, Andante,
opens into a wintery
landscape with just the
cello introducing the
main theme, then the
violin enters followed by
the flute. The feeling of
an arctic landscape gives
way to the joyful warmth
of summer, then the cycle
repeats but with a climax
of a thunderstorm finally
ending with the silence
of winter, once again.
After the solitude and
winter reflections of the
longer slow movement,
comes this energetic and
warm response, Presto,
with reassuring
harmonies, a fast pace
with lots of notes and
perhaps a hint of a Latin
American celebration of
life! Trio (Youtube):
Flute, Violin &
Violoncello Duration: 17'
Composed: 2020 Published
by: Todd Mason.