Instrumentation

Piano, Violin, Cello

Performance Directions

Due to the unpredictable interweaving nature of the music, the performers may wish to rehearse and perform using the score.

Piano: a piano part with curtesy violin and cello parts is available as well as a piano practice part. The pianist may use either part for performance.

Dedication

Written for the Linus Ensemble 2017:
Helen Bower (violin), Luca Vanags (horn) and David Hiscox (piano)

Program Note

Bloom has taken many forms. A horn trio was developed from the original solo violin piece for the Linus Ensemble and the horn trio was arranged for piano trio for Trio Anima Mundi. The original Bloom for solo violin, was a little like a personal meditation in composition. The process Katherine used to write the piece was to play the violin and focus on the different tone colours and motifs that made her feel a sense of calm and enjoyment. This included both auditory enjoyment – what was felt when listening to the sounds of the music when playing them on the violin; as well as physical enjoyment – what was felt when using variation in rhythm and tempo in the bowing arm, and through using variation in left hand positioning and other movements over the violin in the left hand. Simply put, Katherine focused on writing music that felt good to play. This violin solo was then used as the basis for developing the interweaving piano and horn parts.

Performance Information

Bloom for piano trio was first performed by Trio Anima Mundi (Kenji Fujimura piano, Rochelle Ughetti violin and Noella Yan cello) for Concert I: Classical Temperament at the Keith Humble Centre for Music and Performing Arts: 4.3.2018 and the Australian National Academy of Music, VIC: 18.3.2018.

Bloom for horn trio was first performed by the Linus Ensemble (Helen Bower violin, Luca Vanags horn and David Hiscox piano) for ‘An Afternoon of Music – Winter 2017’ at St Linus Church, Coburg North, VIC: 18.6.2017.

Bloom for solo violin was first performed by Helen Bower for ‘An Afternoon at St Linus – Spring Edition’ at St Linus Church, Coburg North, VIC.: 6.11.2016.