Work
Surfaces
for piano trio
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In some ways, the piano trio is an awkward ensemble. While the group has a wide harmonic range available to it, it is limited in its timbral variation – not quite a choir, but more voices than a traditional counterpoint. As such, this work displays a number of densely populated harmonic fields articulated by a limited number of voices: the tip of an iceberg, hinting at a dark, rich and weird subterranean world underneath.
Surfaces won the 2013 New Zealand School of Music Composers Competition.
Difficulty note
Suitable for contemporary music ensembles
Contents note
single movement
Performance history
28 Sep 2013: Performed by Tabea Squire (violin), Charley Davenport (cello) Asher Norris (piano) at the 2013 NZSM Composers Competition, Adam Concert Room, NZSM, in Wellington.