https://www.serpamusic.com/an-invocation-string-orch

Anna Lampidis, oboe
Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle, Niccoló Muti, dir.
February 17th, 2019

Tone poem for oboe and string orchestra after the poem "An Invocation" by Jeffery Beam https://jefferybeam.com

An Invocation, for oboe and string orchestra (2012)

Lorenzo Donati-Travestimento primo (coro Vocalia Consort)

Sarah Zipperer Gaskins - Two Thoughts - II. Calm

God Bless the Broken Road

Note from the composer, Mark Kilstofte:
Inner Voices was commissioned by Petrea Warneck in honor and memory of her teacher, the esteemed oboist John Mack. Though I never met him, I feel I have come to know him in a very real way in composing this piece.
As the title suggests, the composition is in fact a polyphonic work for solo oboe. (The first movement is even notated for three, sometimes more, individual voices.) It also hints at the ways influential figures can shape one’s internal dialogue.
In seeking a foray into the project, I ultimately decided to use the dates of Mack's tenure with the Cleveland Orchestra (1965-2001) as a digital soggetto cavatto. Each expository section of the Ricercare (literally “to search out”) doloroso is based on a motive represented by the integers 1, 9, 6 and 5 (C#, A, F#, F), while those of an episodic nature feature 2, 0, 0 and 1 (D, C, C, Db) in various transformations. The movement is intended to be evocative and elegiac—an homage to a beloved mentor and friend—while the form symbolizes the discipline of the man.
In contrast, Turkey Trot reflects my desire to write a polyphonic companion for the first movement, as well as my fascination with the now-infamous story of the dancing turkey (which I have never witnessed, by the way), so much a part of John Mack lore and legend. Here, too, the idea is to depict polyphonic strata with a single “voice” while maintaining the levity and the verve of the dance. If the registral dexterity of the work is not demanding enough, the stamina it requires makes it a tour de force for the oboist.


God Bless the Broken Road

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