The Camilleri Trio

Trio for clarinet, cello and piano, was composed in memory of the distinguished musicologist and Berio expert David Osmond-Smith, who I worked with as a colleague at Sussex University for a time until his death in May 2007. This performance is by the Camilleri Trio performing on tour in Sweden at Västervåla kyrka (near Fagersta) on 11 August 2009.

I used to teach nineteenth century composition styles at Sussex, and once had an interesting conversation with David in which he put me on to the harmonic and polyphonic subtleties of Brahms' Intermezzos - an inspiring discovery for me. I therefore tried to capture some harmonic and polyphonic subtlety in this short work.

Trio for clarinet, cello and piano (2007)
Camilleri Trio
Joanne Camilleri (piano); Alison Hughes (clarinet); Anja Inge (cello)