JOSEPH JONGEN Pieces en trio for flute cello & harp Op 80

Joseph Jongen: Pieces (2) en trio, for flute, cello & harp, Op. 80

0:00 Piece 1. Assez lent
7:54 Piece 2. Allegreto moderato, Très modéré, Vif

Marc Grauwels, flute
Marie Hallynck, cello
Sophie Hallynck, harp

Paintings by Alphonse Asselbergs, Anna Boch, and Georges Emile Lebacq

I have sometimes wondered why the violin cello and piano became the most widely used of chamber instruments. The unusual instrumental combination in these pieces seems mysterious and expressive, like most of Jongen's work.