Chamber Music Solo Oboe
SKU: PR.114422530
Composed by Chen Yi. 4
pages. Duration 3
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #114-42253.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.114422530).
ISBN
9781491137307. UPC:
680160688036.
Chen
Yi’s ELEGY was
composed in 2020 both as
her own response to the
covid pandemic, and in
conjunction with the
Saint Paul Chamber
Orchestra’s series
of solo commissions for
their performers offered
through the SPCO’s
website. Musically
inspired by a common bond
with oboist Cassie
Pilgrim’s cultural
heritage from southern
China, Chen Yi drew from
Cantonese folk music
materials, whose Yifan
mode is particularly sad
and mournful.
Elegy
was commissioned by the
Saint Paul Chamber
Orchestra for its
principal oboist Cassie
Pilgrim who premiered the
work at Ordway Hallin St.
Paul, MN on November 28,
2020.Since Cassie and I
share the same cultural
heritage from Southern
China, ELEGY has a strong
influence from Cantonese
folk music material,
including the folk tunes
in Yifan Mode, which
sound sad and
sentimental. This solo
piece expresses a deep
nostalgia for our loved
ones, as well as our
painful mourning for
thousands of people who
lost their lives around
the world during the
Covid-19 pandemic.