Mosaics: Music for Oboe, Bassoon, and Marimba

Mosaics: Music for Oboe, Bassoon, and Marimba

Just as a mosaic is generated by combining small pieces of varied materials and colors into a larger image, this recital fuses the unique trio combination of oboe, bassoon, and marimba into a beautiful and moving sonic world. Featuring an arrangement of two movements of Eric Ewazen’s Mosaics alongside a world premiere composition by Carlos Martinez, this recital explores an exquisite instrumental color combination. Ewazen’s “Pavane” and “Tarantella” contrast with Martinez’s “Four Thoughts,” inspired by the Four Freedoms outlined by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. This world premiere work reflects on these freedoms — freedom of speech and expression, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear — and how through culture, tolerance, grace and goodwill, we can transform our communities for the better.

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