In Three Trios musical material is stripped back towards a point at which it marks little more than the time passing; a study in pure structure (a canonic motet) and content nearing transparency (a window, nearly); the present as materialised, poignant space.

 

July ’10
piano trio with one portable PA system
8’00

First performance: Kürbis, University of Coventry, 30th March 2011

February ’11
piano trio with three portable PA systems
8’20

Commissioned by Phoenix Piano Trio. First performance: Phoenix Piano Trio, The Forge, Camden, London, 13th April 2011

November ’11
piano trio with two portable PA systems
7’00

First performance: Kürbis, University of Durham, 4th February 2013