Publisher: Theodore Presser Company
First Recording: Lapis Island Records (Naxos)
Musicians: Amy Hiraga, violin; Peter Wyrick; violoncello; Marc Shapiro, piano
Released: September 28, 2004
Commissioned: The Bakken Trio
Premiered: May 10, 1998, The Bakken, Minneapolis, MN
Duration: 23 minutes
Rhapsodic Images, is an immediately winning work for the conventional complement of a piano trio (piano, violin, and cello). There are moments aplenty of genuine melodic and rhythmic interest that held my attention throughout.
