Bassoon
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BT.MUSM570362271
Bassoon. Composed
by Philip Venables.
Classical. Book Only. 12
pages. University of York
Music Press
#MUSM570362271. Published
by University of York
Music Press
(BT.MUSM570362271).
English.
Metamor
phoses after Britten was
written for Melinda
Maxwell, for UYMP's
Signals volume of new
music for Oboe. It was
first performed by
Melinda at York
University on 24th
November 2010. I - A
Mountain II - Fixation
III - Flowers IV -
Fountains Metamorphoses
after Britten by
philipvenables
Metamorphoses after
Britten are just that:
four miniatures, each
inspired by one of
Benjamin Britten’s Six
Metamorphoses after Ovid
for solo oboe. Each
movement, over its short
course, transforms
gradually from one thing
to another, ending, with
the exception of
Fountains, in a short,
cathartic coda. Some of
the movements also take
specific musical elements
from Britten’s pieces.
I verymuch viewed these
pieces as musical Haiku,
and in that sense I hope
they embody a sense of
peace, brevity and
simplicity. The oboe
version of Metamorphoses
after Britten is
dedicated to Melinda
Maxwell. The saxophone
version of Metamorphoses
after Britten, with an
additional movement, is
dedicated to Vicki and
Andrew Vaughan
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