Composed in 1997 for the Verdehr Trio, who commissioned it and recorded it for Crystal Records (CD943), Verge is one of Sebastian Currier�s best known and most often played pieces. The instrumental writing is often extremely delicate and fastidious, and contrasting dynamics are employed in a way that will test the player�s ability to make rapid adjustments in playing style. Each of the nine brief movements is on the �verge� of some state, attitude or tempo (�almost too fast,� �almost too slow,� �almost too mechanical,� �almost too dark,� etc�) and except for the last movement (�almost too calm�), the movements are in contrasting pairs. Currier�s fantastic ear for instrumental sonorities makes the cleverness of the concept subservient to musical considerations in a piece that is already a classic of the modern repertoire for mixed trios.