Now available on CD released by the Langroise Trio! "You will enjoy this work immensely and want to hear more by this 'youthful' (50 years old!) composer." --Paul Shoemaker reviewing the Langroise Trio CD Volante, Music Web International, February 2009.

String Trio for George Crumb

for violin, viola and cello in three movements

Also available in an arrangement for string orchestra

Duration: ca. 10 minutes

The String Trio for George Crumb was commissioned by the Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium in honor of American composer George Crumb on the occasion of his 75th birthday. The work is in three movements. The first movement is constructed almost exclusively from the four pitches corresponding to the initial and final letters in Crumb's name: G, E, C and B. The second movement is based on the Sarabanda theme from Crumb's well-known work for electric string quartet, Black Angels, which is quoted in the middle of that movement. Both the second and third movements each fill 75 measures, marking Crumb's 75 years. The pitches G, E, C and B recur as a motif in the final movement (this time as G# and C#), as the piece concludes with a bit of fun.

String Trio for George Crumb	Third Angle Premiere	Seattle Studio Recording	Langroise Trio Volante CD
1: Adagio - Animato	Third Angle 1	Studio 1	Langroise Trio 1
2: Grave all'antico - Moderato	Third Angle 2	Studio 2	Langroise Trio 2
3: Presto - Legato dolce	Third Angle 3	Studio 3	Langroise Trio 3

The "LANGROISE TRIO" recordings were made by the Langroise Trio in December 2007 for their CD, Volante. You may buy the CD here. The "PREMIERE" performance was by The Third Angle New Music Ensemble, recorded on Saturday, July 3, 2004, at Beall Hall, at the University of Oregon, Eugene. The "SEATTLE STUDIO" recording above was made in October 2006 in Seattle by Teo Benson, violin, Brianna Atwell, viola, and Dylan Rieck, cello. Performance History Premiered July 3, 2004, by the Third Angle New Music Ensemble, Eugene, Oregon April 10, 2005, by the Accessible Contemporary Music Ensemble, Chicago, Illinois March 8, 2007, by the Langroise Trio, Boise, Idaho March 10, 2007, by the Langroise Trio, Caldwell, Idaho February 8, 2008, by Teo Benson, violin, Sarah Bass, viola, & Brendan Kellogg, cello, Seattle January 15, 2010, by the Langroise Trio, Boise, Idaho January 16, 2010, by the Langroise Trio, Caldwell, Idaho