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Sheet Music: Performance PartsMonody : concerto for oboe and orchestra, SOLO OBOE PART / Carl Vine.Also known as: Monody by Carl Vine (1996)
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Writing a work for solo oboe and orchestra poses considerable
challenges. Although one of the finest melodic instruments, the
oboe is easily overpowered, is a little harder to control than
other wind instruments, and lacks the timbral range of, say, the
string or percussion families. The solution here was to limit the
form to 'monody', or simple accompanied melody, and by limiting
orchestral size to a wind quartet, 2 horns, 2 trumpets,
percussion and strings.
The work falls into two broad sections : the first is
slow-fast-slow, the second fast-slow-fast. The piece opens in a
deliberately minor mode, mostly with a flattened second. This
'arabesque' sound world is complemented by melodic arabesques
that seem inordinately idiomatic on the oboe. This progresses
smoothly into a regular motoric section that concludes with
brilliant trills on the oboe. The first part closes with a dirge
built around a repetitive rhythmic cell that could be the beat
either of a heart or of a funeral drum.
The second, shorter, part, opens in the same minor modality as
the beginning of the piece, but this time in an energetic
syncopated rhythm. This falls away abruptly to an un-measured
melismatic solo and a brief cadenza before returning to close the
work, this time in an unashamed major key.
Published by: Faber Music [0571572154] — 1 set of performance parts
Difficulty: Advanced — Professional
Duration: 16 mins
Dedicated to David Nuttall
Commissioned by Canberra Symphony Orchestra with funds provided by Australia Council. Performing Arts Board.
First performance by David Nuttall, Canberra Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite — 11 Sep 96.
Typeset edition.
ISBN: 0-571-57215-4
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