A cover photo that makes the perfectly coiffed composer look like she’s prepped for a Dynasty cameo is merely one of many surprises this collection of Victoria Bond chamber pieces offers. In the three works featured on Dancing on Glass, the American composer exchanges the standard practice of adopting traditional templates as guides and instead gives freer reign to her imagination. That makes for music rich in originality and flair, not to mention performed with élan by violinist Pauline Him Harris, violist Chieh-Fan Yiu, and cellist Coleman Itzkoff on the titular work and by pianists Madeline Rogers and Florencia Zuloaga on the others.
Emblematic of Bond’s approach, she based the string trio setting Dancing on Glass on…