Clarinet Trio is a one movement work with three distinct

sections. A high, furious trill initiates and propels the

energetic first section. As the pace becomes more frenzied,

the instruments race out of control and abruptly rest. The

following middle section, at a slower tempo, reviews

previous ideas in a distant and fragmented context. The

instruments use special effects (key clicking, multiphonics,

bowing behind the bridge, string plucking, etc.) and play out

of time with each other. A cello cadenza connects the material

to a quiet recapitulation which is more a remembrance than

a restatement of the opening textures. The primary theme

now is reflective and lyrical (it was harsh and jagged initially).

The piece ends distantly with a high trill-like figuration in the

piano.