Morris Rosenzweig

Violin, Viola, and Cello

Composer's Note:

My approach to writing music might best be summed up as direct impulse meshed with reason.

This piece contains a basic underlying narrative which--instead of being uprooted by its many changes of texture, mood, tempo, etc.--relies on those shifts to form its own particular type of "story."

In composing this work, I designed a quickly moving network of interconnected episodes, each of various lengths and types that all contribute to the whole structure. There are many temperaments contained in this trio, I intend that an overall sense of balance is achieved: soft for loud, sweet for bitter, high for low, polyphonic for monophonic, and so on.

The piece begins and ends quietly. It contains four up-tempo, loud, contrapuntal passages. The first, relatively close to the beginning, the second, relatively close to the end which finishes off the business left open by the first.

Others things about this String Trio: 
Many of my works contain lighter, purposely humorous passages. This one does not; it sounds “serious” passages of many sorts throughout. 
It’s a difficult work to perform; kudos to the groups who present it. 
The piece is continuous; it doesn’t stop very much. 
It’s an ensemble piece; no instrument is featured, 
I aim to write music with a narrative quality; simply put, I want the listener to care about what comes next.