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Trio (1988) II. Leggiermente, con accenti diversi (Cat's Cradle)

from And I Always Thought by Martin Bresnick with Elly Toyoda, Ashley Bathgate, Lisa Moore, Graeme Steele Johnson

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II. Leggiermente, con accenti diversi (Cat's Cradle)
Martin Bresnick's Trio is in four movements, each with a suggestive title reflecting the spirit of the movement. The first movement “Semplice, Inesorabile” translates as Simply, Inexorably. The second movement, subtitled "Cat's Cradle," makes reference to the children's game in which the players pull symmetrical string patterns from each other's hands - a kind of folk calculus. “Leggiermente con Accenti Diversi" refers to the lightness of the movement as well as its varied accentual patterns. The third movement, "Parlando, Affetuoso," - Spoken, Tenderly - ends with a piano cadenza that leads without pause into the fourth movement. In this final movement, marked "Ardente, Sperduto," - Ardently, Lost - aspects of the first three movements, now transformed, are recalled as the composition moves towards an ambiguous conclusion.
The Trio was commissioned by and is dedicated to the Monticello Trio - Tannis Gibson, piano; Mark Rush, violin; and Mathias Wexler, violoncello.

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from And I Always Thought, released March 30, 2022
Martin Bresnick composer
Mammoth Trio
Elly Toyoda violin
Ashley Bathgate cello
Lisa Moore piano

Recorded Nov 7 2021 at Firehouse 12 New Haven CT
Audio Engineer Greg DiCrosta
Mixer/Editor Nick Lloyd

Video Mateusz Zechowski
Video Editor Elly Toyoda

Track art photo by Charles Roussel

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Martin Bresnick New Haven, Connecticut

From the Bronx, New York City, Bresnick delights in reconciling the seemingly irreconcilable, bringing together repetitive gestures derived from minimalism with a harmonic palette that encompasses both highly chromatic sounds and more open, consonant harmonies and a raw power reminiscent of rock. At times his musical ideas spring from hardscrabble sources, often with a very real political import. ... more

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