Harvey, Jonathan : The Riot

Written in 1993 for the virtuoso Amsterdam-based Het Trio, this playful 9-minute trio is scored for flute (doubling piccolo), bass clarinet and piano. This is rugged, high energy music, full of startling gestures and driven by an earthy abandon which makes it one of Harvey’s liveliest pieces.

‘Deliriously virtuosic… a burst of sustained riffing, with the participants bouncing musical ideas off each other like pingpong balls.’
San Francisco Chronicle (Joshua Kosman), 7 February 1996