James Yannatos

violin, cello, piano

TRIO by James Yannatos, composed in 1994 for the Cantabile Trio, received its worldpremiere in November, 1995. The work, in D Major, is in three contrasting movements,with the third movement brining back material from the first movement, completing a fullcircle. Movement I, Allegro Vivo, is an energetic romp with 16th note scales tossedbetween the three instruments juxtaposed with longer lines accompanied by a tripletfiguration. The second contrasting section, Piu Peasante, plays the piano with chordsagainst the angular lines in the violin and cello. Tempo I (Allegro Vivo) returns withlonger lines accompanied by triplet figuration from Part I, followed by rapidjuxtapositions of Piu Peasante and Tempo I to conclude the movement with the pianoholding a chord into Movement II, which includes Cadenzi in the various instruments, amelodic Andante, a Minuet with alternating meters of ¾ 2/4, a Trio with short riffs, aMinuet da capo and Andante da capo, making a full circle. Final held tones in the violinand piano lead into Movement III, with a short introduction and an encapsulated return tomusical ideas from Movement I, forming a complete circle.