Composer’s Note:

Trio for Cello and Digital Processor plays with rhythmic hockets and explores the sonorous possibilities of the cello.

The digital processor is not intended to actually alter the cello sound in any significant way; rather, it sends the cello sound to the left and right speakers a half second and a full second later than the original acoustic sound. The resulting piece is in effect a cello trio, although it would be virtually impossible to accurately coordinate three live players to the degree required in the piece.

The piece’s harmonic palette is wide; at various points references to music as diverse as Varese’s Poeme Electronique and Bach’s chorale Es ist genug are incorporated into the texture.