Concerto for Oboe and Strings - Epitaphium, MMO2
SM-000171131
Description
- Alternative title
- Concerto for Oboe and Strings
- Composer
- Malcolm Dedman
- Publisher
- Malcolm Dedman
- Genre
- Classical / Concerto
- Instrumentation
- Oboe, Violin, Viola, Cello, Double bass
- Scored for
- Solo, String orchestra
- Type of score
- Full score, Parts
- Movement(s)
- 1 to 2 from 2
- Duration
- 16'30"
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Year of composition
- 1981
- Description
- The Concerto for Oboe and Strings - 'Epitaphium' was originally written in 1980 to 1981 during a tragic period in the composer’s life. His wife, Simona, died on 8 May 1980, leaving the composer with a son, Nicholas, so this piece is dedicated to Simona and is inscribed with the words ‘In Loving Memory of Simona’. It was revised in 2012.
The concerto is in two movements, played without a break and lasts just over 16 minutes. The first movement is called ‘Elegy’ and alternates a slow meditation with a faster ‘agitated’ section. The strings alone begin with the slow meditation and the oboe follows with the faster music, as a solo cadenza. The second movement is called ‘Wild Dance’ and is a fast dance-like movement with a cadenza for the oboe in the middle. The work ends with a development and return of the first movement.
- Upload date
- 20 Sep 2012
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