New(ish) Works with Double Reeds – Shared Recital
New(ish) Works with Double Reeds – Shared Recital
June 14, 2025 10:30 AM 11:25 AM Lilly Hall Studio Theatre (LH168 - Black Box Theatre)
Tango Trio op. 71 for Oboe, Cello, and Piano
Pablo Hernandez (ob), Romina Monsanto (vc), Hyeji Seo (pno)
Miguel del Aguila (b. 1957)
Trio (1970) for Oboe, Cello, and Piano
Pablo Hernandez (ob), Romina Monsanto (vc), Hyeji Seo (pno)
Ernst Mahle (b. 1929)
Sonata for Bassoon and Piano* (World Premiere)
I. Andante
II. Allegro
Sue Baber, Bassoon
Lori Piitz, Piano
* The commission of this work was made possible through the generous support of the The College of Visual and Performing Arts, James Madison University.
Margaret Brouwer (b. 1940)
Three Bicinia
Prismatic Reeds:
Julia Zalusky, Oboe
Haley Houk, Bassoon
Catherine Fields (b. 2000)
The Sonata for Bassoon and Piano is a study in contrasts, featuring the clear, pristine, sometimes crisp, sometimes liquid, sometimes haunting sound of the bassoon. In the Andante, the piano creates blurred, murmuring clouds of sound while the bassoon floats and sings sometimes peacefully, sometimes hauntingly above and through them. In the Allegro, the bassoon’s mastery of short, crisp notes, leaping around the spectrum of high and low registers is on display. The bassoon and piano speedily chase each other through the music, often in a lively repartee. In a middle section, the bassoon wends it way above, below and through the mass of somewhat menacing clouds of sound created by the piano.
Bassoon Family
Chamber Music
Oboe Family
Shared Recital