Oboe and Piano
SKU:
IS.OP4179EM
Composed
by Flor Alpaerts.
Woodwinds - Oboe.
Metropolis Music
Publishers #OP4179EM.
Published by Metropolis
Music Publishers
(IS.OP4179EM).
ISBN
9790365041794.
In
1901, Flor Alpaerts
finished his music
studies at the Flemish
School of Music of
Antwerp, which later
became the Royal Flemish
Conservatory. He studied
harmony and composition
with Jan Blockx. In 1903
he became professor at
this institute and from
1934 until 1941 its
director. For one season
(1922-1923) he was also
director of the Royal
Flemish Opera House of
Antwerp together with the
bass Arthur Steurbaut.
His fame, as a composer
and a conductor, came
shortly after World War
I, when he succeeded
Eduard Keurvels in 1919
as conductor of the
concerts organized by the
Royal Zoological Society
of Antwerp and as
artistic director of the
Peter Benoit Fonds. He
also conducted the choral
group Arti Vocali. As a
composer, Flor Alpaerts
was the leading figure in
the Flemish
impressionistic movement,
utilizing an
impressionism that came
closer to Richard Strauss
and Ottorino Respighi
than to Claude Debussy. A
highlight in this
direction was the
symphonic poem Pallieter
(1921-1924). With his
suite James Ensor,
inspired by four works of
the Ostend painter, he
created an
expressionistic work. In
his later compositions he
turned to neo-classicism.
Though mostly known for
writing larger scale
works during his life,
this Concertstuk for oboe
and piano, composed
towards the end of his
life came at a time when
he unexpectedly because
to compose chamber music.
In addition to this work
for oboe, he composed a
solo piece for clarinet,
as well as four string
quartets during his final
years.
