Instrument: score and parts
Grade: professional
Catalogue No: RP001
ISMN No: 9790570278435
For alto saxophone, bass clarinet and piano.
The trio is in one single movement, although four distinct sections are evident. These sections look at the nature of musical sharing, approached in four different ways.
In the first section, the three instruments are in conflict with each other: they each have their own distinct musical ideas and character, which are presented seemingly without regard to the others. In the slower second section from bar 36, the instruments tentatively begin to explore each other’s ideas and the argumentative mood is replaced by a lyrical calm. In the third section from bar 61, all three sets of musical material are fragmented and remixed, with all instruments exploring them more equally in a more skittish mood. Finally from bar 89 and still using a combination of all the ideas, the alto saxophone and clarinet join in a playful, energetic and equally alanced duet with the piano providing a highly rhythmic accompaniment Scherzo is the winning piece in the first Reedplay composition competition 2010 and was first performed by Reed Play in their inaugral concert at the Purcell Room on London's Southbank in February 2010.
