Trio Op.10

Trio (Op. 10) was composed c.1940 and first published in 1943. It is scored for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano. One of Frankel’s earliest works, it is light and pleasing, showing how the composer was firstinfluenced by jazz and classical chamber music before he later turned to larger symphonic works and started experimenting with serialism.

Benjamin Frankel (1906-1973) was a British composer and musician. He is bestremembered for writing over one hundred film and television scores, including The Man In The White Suit and The Battle Of The Bulge, but he also wrote eight symphonies and many smaller works such as hisViolinSonata and Concerto, which were written for Max Rostal.