A commission by the New Juilliard Ensemble, Psathas' Stream 3 is a homage to Gunther Schuller's ''Third Stream'' music, in which jazz and classical modernism mingle.
(Stream 3) is a concerto grosso of sorts, with a jazz trio as the concertino. Both the trio and the larger ensemble play overtly jazzy music, but when the trio was in the spotlight, it had a more freewheeling, improvisatory quality, while the full band's pages seemed more fully scripted, and more susceptible to formal touches.
