NESTOR TAYLOR: I Love the Lord - trio for Violin, Cello & Piano by Nestor Taylor

I Love the Lord

Trio for Violin – Cello & Piano

NESTOR TAYLOR

I Love the Lord

Trio for Violin – Cello & Piano (2022)

NESTOR TAYLOR

NOTE: The trio for Violin – Cello and Piano, titled I Love the Lord (2022), was prompted by my friend and principal cellist of the Erfurt Philharmonic Orchestra, Eugen Mantu. The initial melody was already in existence in the form of a duet under the same title for Cello and Harp, composed only a few weeks earlier; both pieces are based on a music-setting of Psalm 116:1-2. The trio received its first performance by ‘Trio Balticum’, on August 1st 2022, at the Barfüßerkirche, Erfurt, followed shortly by an equally succesful presentation at Rathaus Festaal (3.08). The recording that took place at Predigerkirche on August 5th, 2022, was subsequently released by Donemus Records.

I love the Lord, for he hears my voice. He will hear my cry for mercy, He will hear my cry for love.

Because he turned his ear to me.

I will follow him as long as I live. I will call on him as long as I live.

(Psalm 116:1-2, freely adapted by the composer)

Cover Illustration: Baptist church in Dordrecht, Netherlands, photography by Paul Zoetemeijer.

I LOVE THE LORD

       Violin Violoncello Piano Andantino carezzevole q = ca. 84 pp p, legato Vln. Vc. Pno. 5 p poco cresc. mpp poco cresc. Vln. Vc. Pno. pp sotto voce, ma cantabile rall. a tempo 9 sub. p, espr. poco f dim. pp, sotto voce, ma cantabile poco f dim. p, legato           For Eugen Bantu and the Trio Balticum Nestor Taylor © 2022

After Psalm 116-1:2                3                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

      Vln. Vc. Pno. mf un poco di più cresc. 13 mf un poco di più cresc. pp mf cresc. Vln. Vc. Pno. f mp mf 17 mp mf mp mf Vln. Vc. Pno. cresc. poco a poco movendo appena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cedendo appena . . . . . . . rall . . . . , 21 cresc. poco a poco cresc. poco a poco f ancora di più  3        3 3  3  3     3 3    3       6                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          2

       Vln. Vc. Pno. sub. mp, dolce mf A tempo 25 sub. mp, dolce smorzando mf f, dim. mp Vln. Vc. Pno. mp, cresc. 29 p mf, espr. cresc. dim. f Vln. Vc. Pno. f teneramente p con larghezza A tempo 33 mf, dolce mp, cresc. f teneramente p colla parte dim. mf p mf  pizz.   pizz.      arco   arco         3   3   3 3 port   pizz.arco 3 port    3      3     6                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           3

      Vln. Vc. Pno. vigorosamenterit. . . . . . . . . . . , a tempo; grandioso 37 mf f, dim. cresc. molto Vln. Vc. Pno. f, cantabile tratten. . ,A tempo 40 espr. f, cantabile m.s. m.d. f, cantabile m.d. Vln. Vc. Pno. p, espr. rall. Sostenuto q = ca. 76 44 dim. p, sub. p, espr. sf sf sf   ff, ma sempre cantabile    6         ff, ma sempre cantabile                       3 3 3        3                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               4

       Vln. Vc. Pno. mfp, espr.cresc. molto poco animandoslargando . . . . . . . . . . . , 48 mfp, espr.cresc. molto pp mp mf, espr. Vln. Vc. Pno. pp f, ma dolce e poi poco a poco ravivvando . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , A tempo 52 pp, sotto voce f, ma dolce f, ma dolce p, sub. Vln. Vc. Pno. f animandoA tempo 56 p f f, marc. il tema    3        3             6 6  pizz.        3 7                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          5

       Vln. Vc. Pno. f 59 f dim. Vln. Vc. Pno. p mf, dolce 63 p mf, dolce mf p, cresc. poco f Vln. Vc. Pno. p, cresc. f, cantabile, espressivo 66 mf f f, cantabile  3   arco 3      pizz.   pizz. arco              arco 3   pizz. 3     3     5                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     6

      Vln. Vc. Pno. f sospeso ad lib. 69 mp, cresc. f pp, leggierissimo Vln. Vc. Pno. p cresc. affrettando rit. 71 p cresc. cresc. Vln. Vc. Pno. mf, sostenuto sub. p dolciss. A tempo Tranquillo; a piacere rit. 73 sub. p dolciss. mf, sostenuto sub. p dolciss.  3 7 7   arco  3  3      3 3     3           3                           3 3 7                                                                                                                                                                                                                              7

      Vln. Vc. Pno. pp Senza misuradolcemente rall. Quasi a tempo q = 76-80 75 poco pp p Vln. Vc. Pno. ppp per - - den - - do - - si 78 al niente ppp colla parte ppp Χολαργός 15.07.2022 Dur: ca. 5 mins                                                                                                                                      8