Trio: Other Selves
Victoria Bond
About this work:
Premiere: August 21, 1979 Lennox, Massachusetts
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival; choreographer Lynne Taylor-Corbett
Recording: GEGA
Commentary: Commissioned by The Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival , this ballet is based on a series of sculptures by Marjorie Michael entitled, A Woman's Journey. These portray vignettes of ordinary scenes from a woman's life in an abstract and mythic way. The music is organized as a theme and 7 variations, based on a Bach-like architectural design. Each instrument is given a solo movement and a duet, and these are interspersed with the full trio ensemble, each solo featuring a different aspect of the individual in relationship to the group.
Review: "A bravura piece, romantic in impulse but contemporary in its tonal language.. With challenging unaccompanied solos for each instrument."
--The Atlanta Journal
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Year composed: 1979
Duration: 00:22:00
Ensemble type: Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice:Piano Trio
Instrumentation: 1 Piano, 1 Violin, 1 Cello
Instrumentation notes: pno, vln, vcl