Dorset composer - Rick Birley
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                                                                                                                                                    • Italy October 2010
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                                                                                                                                                            • Maiden Voyage 12.iii.11

                                                                                                                                                            PAST TENSE - a movement for piano trio

                                                                                                                                                            This is yet another piece composed at the request of Peter Oakes, for inclusion into his inspired series of Museum concerts with Russell Dawson & Sally Stell, who performed my other piano trio movement "in memoriam G.B." (see below). However my piece was far bigger in scale than Peter and the Trio players had envisaged and a live performance by them was postponed - I live in hope that they may one day perform it, but in reality I suspect the movement will never be performed [except 'virtually', as here].
                                                                                                                                                            (c) 2009 Rick Birley