Calligrams II. for Piano Trio - Ondřej Štochl

"As I was working my way through this piece, the first thing that sprang to my mind was the shape of the individual movements. I did not want to censor or develop these initial ideas in any way in later stages; on the contrary, it was my intention to preserve them in their naive plain state. It was then a simple, natural process for the music and its poetics to replenish and enliven these shapes that had grown rather murky and limp over the previous weeks and months. When composing, I felt very much aware of the intensive and mutually dependent relation between the shape and the poetic mode of expression; indeed, the less (intentionally) rational work was involved, the more intensive this feeling grew. The poetic calligram simile thus gives the best account of the impression the finished composition makes on the author." Calligrams II. for Piano Trio was written in 2009.