Economies of Scale (2002) by Peter Maxwell Davies
for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano

This work for clarinet in A, violin, cello and piano was premiered in May 2002 in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

The piece has a fast, rhythmic opening in which the violin and cello answer short statements by the piano with the clarinet mediating between them.

The work is decorated by rhythmic and melodic flourishes on the clarinet, violin and cello and development sees the piece pick up in tempo and activity.