Last Dance - Piano Trio - 2010
duration 7 minutes
This short piano trio was written for Rebecca Wiles, David Larkin and Nancy Redman for a concert at the Guildhall School of Music in July 2010. It is, as Diaghilev famously said of Ravel's La Valse, "a portrait of dancing" rather than a dance itself; in this case possibly with something of the feel of a 'pas-des-deux', perhaps in a late night café after everyone else has left. It is essentially a lyrical, romantic piece, with a passionate sense of movement. The two string instruments often play in octaves, and there is a fullness of scoring throughout. It could be used within a programme or even as an encore.
The work has since been played by Contemporary Consort at the King's Lynn Festival, and by Ostap and Olga Shutko with Miroslav Dragan at the Philharmonic Hall in Lviv.
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Live performance by the Larkin Trio at the Guildhall School of Music, July 2010 Regrettably, the King's Lynn performance was not recorded, and that from Lviv was lost before being sent to me.
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