Ménage à Trois

Commissioned by the Trio Sine Nomine
Composed at the Hermitage Artist Retreat, with support from the Sarasota Arts Council.

The instruments recreate the existential dilemmas of different characters in a certain romantic situation that takes place in private. The clarinet presents itself delicate and flirtatious, but rather shy. The piano is self-contained at the beginning, and presents well-established structures that shall mutate later on, but will nonetheless retain its tenacity and perseverance throughout the piece. The cello suffers several transformations throughout the piece, and this allows it to get much closer to is real role. Through these changes, the connection among the instruments becomes more natural and fluid, with a touch of humor and spontaneity. It is only this way that, what was implied at the opening can be realized.