Trio for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano

Commissioned by the Stony Brook Contemporary Chamber Players.

“David Froom’s 2002 Trio for clarinet, cello, and piano is an energetic and compelling study in the evolution of chamber ensemble, from complete dependence to collaborative independence.  His three voices power their way in unison through extraordinary feats of rhythmic complexity, as if to prove not only that it can be done, but that it can be done with a sense of spontaneity.  They then diverge into stunningly idiosyncratic passages that manage, nevertheless, to preserve a sense of ensemble." (Joan Reinthaler, The Washington Post)