THREE BRAHMS TRIOS, PART II
ENS.2017.6b | 10′
Horn, Violin, Piano
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This Horn Trio is the second part of Three Brahms Trios, a cycle of instrumental pieces inspired by the chamber music of Johannes Brahms. Although each may be performed separately and stands alone as an individual work, they were conceived as a unity. Not only do they share musical material, an underlying harmonic process binds the trios together, and together they form a single overarching architecture. Over barely ten minutes, through four small, equally-proportioned movements, Horn Trio builds from quiet stuttering questions to a soaring conclusion.