Trio No. 2
For violin, Cello and Piano
by Lowell Liebermann
Piano Trio - Sheet Music

Chamber Music Violin, cello, Piano

SKU: PR.114412560

For violin, Cello and Piano. Composed by Lowell Liebermann. Sws. Set of Score and Parts. With Standard notation. Composed 2001. Opus 77. 32+12+12 pages. Duration 16 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #114-41256. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114412560).

ISBN 9781598061307. UPC: 680160490479. 9x12 inches.

Your better piano trios will exult in Liebermann's second foray into the field. This 16-minute work was co-commissioned by the Lied Center for the Performing Arts (Lawrence, Kansas), where the Perlman /Nikkanen/Bailey Trio performed the world premiere.
Lowell Liebermann’s Piano Trio No. 2 Op. 77 was commissioned by a consortium that included the Lied Center of Kansas, the Singletary Center in Lawrence Kentucky, and the California Center for the Arts in Escondido.  It was written for the Perlman / Nikkanen / Bailey Trio, who gave the work its world premiere at the Lied Center on Nov. 4th, 2001.The work is in three clearly defined sections that are to be played without a pause.  The first section, marked “molto ritmico,” presents an aggressive quintuplet ostinato in the piano with an octave melody in the strings that is comprised of triplet, quintuplet and dotted rhythms.  It is in the juxtaposition of these rhythmic cells that the argument of the first section takes place.  The second section, marked “Adagio,” begins with a chorale-like, chordal figure in the piano that alternates with an eerie, chant-like figure in the strings.  This builds to an impassioned lyric section.  The last section of the trio, marked “allegro,” presents a virtuoso rendering of materials from the previous sections.  In terms of harmonic materials, the trio freely blends tonal, modal, octatonic and atonal elements.