Trio was composed between January and March of 2011. The work was commissioned by the Cha Family Foundation for the International Chamber Music Festival, Shanghai Conservatory and San Francisco Conservatory of Music, cosponsors, and was premiered onMay 11th, 2011 at the Shanghai Conservatory by the Shanghai Conservatory Piano Trio: Wu Shuting, violin - Chen Tian, cello - and Huang Shuo, piano.
The first movement, in B minor, opens with eight rich, complex chords that outline theharmonic character of the entire movement, and establish a dark, brooding, and passionately intense mood. The first theme is characterized by dotted rhythms and broad upward leaps, supported by a turbulent piano accompaniment. This opening theme issucceeded by a contrasting theme with a more lyrical character, which in turn leads to a very expressive closing theme built over a pedal. The form unfolds, culminating in a climax featuring the dotted rhythm motive. The movement ends with a verysoft but rhythmically intense
The first movement, in B minor, opens with eight rich, complex chords that outline theharmonic character of the entire movement, and establish a dark, brooding, and passionately intense mood. The first theme is characterized by dotted rhythms and broad upward leaps, supported by a turbulent piano accompaniment. This opening theme issucceeded by a contrasting theme with a more lyrical character, which in turn leads to a very expressive closing theme built over a pedal. The form unfolds, culminating in a climax featuring the dotted rhythm motive. The movement ends with a verysoft but rhythmically intense
| Arrangement | Cello, Piano Accompaniment, Violin |
| Publisher | ECS Publishing |
| Contributors | Conte, David(Composer) |
| UPC | 600313482144 |