As the newest composed piece on the program, Libby Larsen takes pride in writing a beautifully constructed contemporary work. “I intend the piece as a film noir movie score meant to interact with your mind’s eye. If you will, close your eyes and let Trio Noir’s narrative form — Introduction to a Flashback, Flashback, Dark Bargain, Sealed, The Caper, Doubt, Rash Action, and No Way Out — plunge your imagination with your own crime drama and cast of characters.” Featuring clarinet, piano and cello, Trio Noir blends the unbearable tension of the music of film noir with modern harmonies, notations and techniques.