This piano trio was written in response to the 2018 shooting at the Tree of Life Congregation synagogue in Pittsburgh, PA, USA. It is in three movements, performed with no breaks.

Movement 1 (Chemah) -- 0:00
Movement 2 (Avelius) -- 3:12
Movement 3 (Rachamim) -- 8:03

Recorded with a live audience by the Nashville Chamber Music Society at Five Points Recording Studio, Huntsville, AL, USA.

Violin -- Emera Gurath
Cello -- MaryGrace Bender
Piano -- Benjamin Pawlak

Triptych

My compositional practice foregrounds the listener’s experience. Although I frequently play with extended techniques and make use of non-traditional rhythmic and metrical structures, I am more interested in the emotional impact my music has on the audience than I am in experimenting with new sonic terrain. As a result, my work often includes theatrical elements and references to specific folk or popular musical traditions. In addition, I frequently draw on real-world situations or events, whether that takes the form of a musical about PTSD and sexual assault in the United States military or a chamber piece about the 2018 shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood.

Triptych

Noah Fram

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