Always looking to exploit the idea of contrast, Ewazen assigns repeated pitches to
the trumpet where the piano’s statement of the rhythmic motive employs alternating low
and high pitches. By alternating between lower and higher pitches the piano part takes on
an even more energetic role in the second theme group than it played in the first.
Animated rhythm in both the piano and the trumpet in the second theme group establishes
contrast between the two theme groups, due to the fact that the two performers had
opposing rhythmic roles in the first theme group.