Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Double BassDuration: 5'
2017 |
Originally, this piece was to be a duo between the oboe and bassoon. As I began composition, I had this idea of a continuous lilting eighth-note motif, which would be rather impractical because the bassoonist needs to breathe. So I added a double bass.
Now when a classical musician puts forth a meme that says "No one writes music in the Lydian mode," what is a composer to do but take that as a challenge and in fact WRITE something in the LYDIAN mode?? So that's what I did. In the return of the A-section, we go from Phrygian to Lydian. You're welcome.
This work is both quirky and mysterious - despite it's very plain title - and it is one of my favourite pieces I've ever composed.
Now when a classical musician puts forth a meme that says "No one writes music in the Lydian mode," what is a composer to do but take that as a challenge and in fact WRITE something in the LYDIAN mode?? So that's what I did. In the return of the A-section, we go from Phrygian to Lydian. You're welcome.
This work is both quirky and mysterious - despite it's very plain title - and it is one of my favourite pieces I've ever composed.
Sheet music available on Ko-Fi
Premiered May 2019 at Convocation Hall, Saskatoon, SK by the Saskatoon Symphony Chamber Players at the SSO Sunday Chamber Series.
On the recording: Oboe - Erin Brophey; Bassoon - Stephanie Unverreight; Double Bass - Richard Carnegie
On the recording: Oboe - Erin Brophey; Bassoon - Stephanie Unverreight; Double Bass - Richard Carnegie
