Works

Instrumentation (detailed)

Strings (plucked / bowed)

Violin, Viola, Cello

Performer(s)

This string trio was written as a 90th birthday present for my aunt, who shares the same initials as me (CCB). The opening figure is a musical realization of the notes suggested by these letters (in the old tradition of B-A-C-H or ABEGG or DSCH etc.).

The work is based on three types of musical material: A (Vivo) is lively and reasonably contrapuntal; B (Lento) is more melodic, with other instruments “accompanying”; C (Moderato) is more homophonic. Formally, the piece follows a circular sequence A-B-C-A-B-C-A-B-C-A. However, the wholly dissimilar durations of each section largely hide this triangular alternation and create a formal dynamic for the whole work.

Each section uses a different set of characteristic intervals: these give each section a different harmonic and melodic flavour.

Christopher Bochmann

Work	Type	Date	Organization/Event	Venue	Town	Country	Performers	Notes	Inv Row
Trio de Cordas	Premiere	2023/Dec/07		O’culto da Ajuda	Lisbon	Portugal	Matosinhos String Quartet Vítor Vieira (violin I) Juan Carlos Maggiorani (violin II) Jorge Alves (viola) Marco Pereira (cello)	Notes