Karim Al-Zand

composer

date

1993

duration

8 minutes

instrumentation

piano, violin, cello

premiere

February 22, 1994
The California E.A.R Unit:
Gloria Cheng, piano;
Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick, cello;
Robin Lorentz, violin

Paine Hall
Cambridge, MA

Trio

for piano, violin & cello

about the piece:

Trio was written for the California E.A.R. Unit. This single movement work has three distinct sections, roughly fast-slow-fast in tempo. Each section presents similar melodic material, but transformed in various ways, and highlighting each of the three instruments in turn.