Aeolian Muses
composer: Nancy Galbraith (1993)
genre: trio: clarinet, bassoon & piano
length: 1 movement, 11:00 minutes
publisher: Subito Music Publishing (ASCAP)
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world premiere: 16 March 1994
Trío Neos
Mellon Institute
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
audio sample: listen
recordings: Nancy Galbraith | Four Chamber Works
ÉLAN Recordings • 1999 • CD 82414
Thomas Thompson, clarinet
Will Genz, bassoon
Ralph Zitterbart, piano
  Trío Neos | Mujeres de las Américas
Quindecim Recordings • 2000
Eleanor Weingartner, clarinet
Wendy Holdaway, bassoon;
Ana María Tradatti, piano
comments:

"Aeolian Muses" was commissioned by Trío Neos in 1993 with a grant from Fideicomiso para la Cultura Mexico/USA.

composer's notes:

The work is divided into two large sections. The first section is 'allegro' with a lyrical duet between the clarinet and bassoon, accompanied by rhythmic motives in the piano. This section is preceded by a slow introduction which presents material that will also be used to link the two larger sections. The second section is 'presto' with a repeated note figure in the piano, and staccato motives in the clarinet and bassoon. — N.G.

press bytes:

Galbraith's "Aeolian Muses" is an attractive piece, opening with lonely interweaving woodwind melodies over the piano's modal – aeolian, one assumes – block chords, and proceeding through increasingly active dance-like sections to a kind of delirious burlesque conclusion.
San Antonio News

source: nancygalbraith.com
 
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