Piano Trio No. 2 ... Shosty-Bach Suite (2012), by Trio Tremonti

Piano Trio No. 2 ... Shosty-Bach Suite (2012)

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1.	Prelude 00:51	buy track
2.	Courante 01:27	buy track
3.	Allemande 03:48	buy track
4.	Arioso 04:40	buy track
5.	A Little Polka 01:35	buy track
6.	Sarabande 05:41	buy track
7.	NAG ... Not A Gigue! 01:38	buy track

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Piano Trio No. 2 ... Shosty-Bach Suite (2012) is in seven movements. The subtitle gives a hint as to the content of the work. The “suite” is in reference to the Bach Suite for Unaccompanied Cello and the Orchestral Suites. And Dmitri Shostokovich has been an influence in my music for a long, long time.

Accordingly the movements are ordered in a similar manner as in the Bach Suites, except for the Courante and the Allemande, which are reversed in my work.

1. Prelude ... Andante!
2. Courante ... Allegro!
3. Allemande ... Allegro ma non troppo!
4. Arioso ... Adagio!
5. A little Polka ... Allegro!
6. Sarabande ... Largo!
7. NAG (notagigue) ... Presto agitato!

I think the first movement is quite reminiscent of Shostakovich’s music - the octave doubling, for example. A Bachian drive in triple meter is the dominant feature in the second movement, but the feisty melody in the strings is very Shosty. Bach again prevails in the third movement, especially in the cello part. The fourth movement is typical TOL music, reminiscent of the languid and sorrowful moods from Latin America! The fifth movement is a “polka” ... or maybe I should say it’s a martial polka of sorts. The Sarabande movement is another TOL constant: slow, haunting, mesmerizing music! The last movement in a Bach suite is usually a gigue. But I decided to do a NAG; i.e., “not a gigue.” It’s a romp, nonetheless, but in duple meter.

ENJOY!!!

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released September 10, 2014

TRIO TREMONTI

Saul Bitrán, violin
Jan Müller-Szeraws, cello
Sally Pinkas, piano

Recorded at WGBH on January 14, 2014.

Audio engineer: Antonio Oliart
Audio editing: Michael Culler

Music by Thomas Oboe Lee

© Departed Feathers Music, Inc. - BMI - 2012

YouTube link: youtu.be/9VY7jPeMNO8

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Thomas Oboe Lee Cambridge, Massachusetts

Thomas Oboe Lee was born in China in 1945. He lived in São Paulo, Brazil, for six years before coming to the United States in 1966. After graduating from the University of Pittsburgh, he studied composition at the New England Conservatory and Harvard University. He has been a member of the music faculty at Boston College since 1990. ... more

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