Piano trio

[andreasvanharen]

Hi!
I wrote a piano trio for piano, horn and violin, four parts, and really would like some thoughts on it from other composers.

I wrote it in 1996, and took me about 2 years or so finishing it in between other pieces and my daily job.

In that time I was a big Beethoven lover (still am!) and analyzed much of his music on form, sentence structure, harmony. I remember for this piece that I also analyzed the Brahms trio. This was my time of going deep into working with motives, how to develop theme etc., a big help with it was Schoenberg's Fundamentals of Musical Composition. A great book!

Here is the link to my sibeliusmusic site, you can read the whole piece and listen to it on line.
Sibelius site: http://www.sibeliusmusic.com/cgi-bin...?scoreid=45326

I also have a better quality mp3 file on the sibeliusmusic site of this piece here:
http://www.sibeliusmusic.com/mp3/4/5/3/45326.mp3

Greetings,
André van Haren, Sweden

[reith]

I hadn't noticed this one, André. Apologies. Another winner for the small ensemble, nice construction and the texture often suggests an ensemble larger than a trio. The balance of fast and slow is well-handled. The modulations happen at just the right times. The themes and the way you voice them, lend themselves to developing climaxes. I have no critical comment. It's an accomplished work.

Congratulations.
reith.

[andreasvanharen]

Hi Reith,
thanks for having a listen at my trio, I really appreciate that. The recording you heard was made on my pc, still hoping for a life one though.
greetings,

André, Sweden