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Ross Carey  

Trio on Hymn Tunes

Duration: 10' 00" Year: 2002
for piccolo, clarinet in B flat/bass clarinet in B flat, and piano

  • Programme Note

    During my stay in Toronto, for a brief time I was able to make use of the piano in a local church in return for singing with the choir on Sundays- as they were, at that stage, short of members with good music reading skills. Although a short-lived arrangement, it was long enough for the contents of the hymnal in the chapel to inspire this Trio on Hymn Tunes. The piece is in four freely composed movements; each is based on one or more hymn tunes, the basis for my investigations being sometimes the melodic aspect of the hymn, and sometimes the harmonic one. Composed for Enamble 3 of Mexico City. Dedicated to my mother Alison Carey, from whom I have had the experience of hearing and singing hymns such as these from an early age.

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