The Piano Trio is one of the most popular chamber ensembles in classical music. In this video I discuss how composers write for it and why it’s difficult. Along the way, I look at one of my own compositions along with examples (with sheet music) from Telemann, JS & JC Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Ravel, Rachmaninoff, Schubert, Clara Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Andriessen, Morton Feldman, Gordon McPherson, Donnacha Dennehy, Jonathan Harvey, etc. I also describe my own writing process too, drawing on a great performance of my work by the Fidelio Trio.
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THE ATOS TRIO (featured in this video)
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OTHER
Description of Mozart’s relationship to the emergence of the PianoForte
LITERATURE
The Piano Trio: Its History, Technique, and Repertoire – Basil Smallman
An experiment in variation: The finale of Mozart’s piano trio in G, K.496 – Ivanovitch, R.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/290766238_An_experiment_in_variation_The_finale_of_Mozart’s_piano_trio_in_G_K496
The Effect of Scoring on the “Sonata-Form” in Mozart’s Mature Instrumental Ensembles – N. Lee Orr
https://www.jstor.org/stable/830514?seq=1
Donnacha Dennehy’s ‘Bulb’ Score
Morton Feldman’s Trio Score
https://www.universaledition.com/trio-for-violin-cello-and-piano-feldman-morton-ue16401
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THE IRISH COMPOSERS COLLECTIVE
https://irishcomposerscollective.com/