Alfred Cramer (Pomona), violin
Albert Rice, clarinet;
Gayle Blankenburg (Pomona/Scripps), piano
Music for clarinet, violin, and piano from the early twentieth century.
Composed in Paris, Milhaud’s playful Suite is a theatrical blend of old- and new-world elements. Khachaturian’s Trio, composed in Moscow, is inspired by Eastern European folk-music. In this program they are separated by Ives’s transcendentally meditative Largo, composed in Connecticut.