Clarinet-viola-piano trio
A clarinet-viola-piano trio is a chamber musical ensemble made up of one clarinet, one viola, and one piano, or the name of a piece written for such a group.
This combination differs from the classical Piano trio combination (piano, violin and violoncello) by the fact that the viola and the clarinet have roughly the same range, and thus are distinguished by timbre rather than register. This combination of timbres did inspire several major composers such as Mozart and Schumann and a few great pieces may be found in this small repertoire.
[edit] Repertoire
The repertoire for such a formation includes:
- The Kegelstatt Trio KV 498 by W-A. Mozart
- Eight pieces op. 83 by Max Bruch
- «Märchenerzählungen» (Fairy Tales) opus 132, four miniatures by Robert Schumann
- Terzetto opus 32 by Richard Stoker, 1968
- the Trio opus 264 by Carl Reinecke
- Two Pieces (1996) by Franklin Stover.
- * a Trio from Jean Françaix
- a Trio «Hommage a Schumann» by Gyorgy Kurtag
- the trio American Letters (1994) by Nicolas Bacri
- the American Trio (2002) by Thierry Escaich
- Trio in four movements "Adagietto Antique" (2007/2009) by Nigel Keay
- Wasserspiele by Matthus
- Night Window by Brett Dean
- Trio (1939) by Leo Smit
- 6 Bagatelles (2007) by Philippe Hersant
- Trio (2006) by Kalevi Aho
- Triad for viola, clarinet and piano (1994) by Milton Babbitt
- Trio by Gordon Jacob
- Trio by Rudolf Escher
- Trio in E flat by Julius Rontgen
- Vienna Dreams (1998) by Elliott Schwartz
Although not a chamber music work, the double concerto of Max Bruch for viola, clarinet, and orchestra also exists in a version for viola, clarinet and piano.
Other concertos with these solo instruments include a concerto by Aulis Sallinen and Alternatim (1997) by Luciano Berio.
