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Gary Kulesha Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Victoria Symphony Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra 1990 2002 2011 2015 2019
Program note by the composer: My Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra was composed in 2019. It was commissioned by oboe soloist Bede Hanley for premiere with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, with support from the Victoria Symphony and the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra. The commission was generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts. I have a long history with the oboe. I played oboe as a student, although I did not continue on it. I wrote an earlier concerto, my Fifth Chamber Concerto, for solo oboe and large chamber ensemble, in 1990-91. My Sixth Chamber Concerto, from 2002, was for double reed quartet (oboe, English Horn, bassoon, and contra-bassoon), string quartet, and double bass, and I composed a trio for 2 oboes and English Horn in 2011. In 2015, I composed a Sonata for Oboe and Piano. This Concerto came about as a natural extension of those works. Indeed, Bede Hanley became acquainted with my writing through my oboe trio, Zephyrs, as part of the Canadian Oboe Trio. When Bede asked me for a Concerto, I was immediately taken with the idea. The oboe is an extraordinary instrument, lyrical and plaintive, but also athletic and ebullient. My Concerto is nearly epic, a journey through many moods and atmospheres. It is almost symphonic in concept. Cast in three movements, there are actually four distinct sections. The first movement is turbulent and dramatic, with angular melodies soaring over surging accompaniments. The second movement starts as a meditative slow movement, but, after an orchestral climax, switches into a playful scherzo. The oboe cadenza leads back to the slow music, which dwindles out. The finale starts boisterously, and sustains the most optimistic mood of the entire work, with a playful main subject followed by a more pensive second idea. The ending of the work is positive and dynamic. Instrumentation: 2.1.2.2./4.2.3.1./ timp 2 perc harp strings Dur: 24 min. The solo oboe and piano reduction are on sale through the publisher at this link: (http•••) The full score and orchestral parts are on rental from the publisher.
Carleton Chalmers Barvinsky Kulesha Leontovych Silvestrov Skoryk Ottawa Chamberfest
Tonight's program (PDF): (http•••) Concert begins at 09:45 Thusday, Apr 28, 7pm PLAY FOR UKRAINE Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre | 355 Cooper St, Ottawa, ON Gryphon Trio | piano trio Carissa Klopoushak | violin and viola Emily Kruspe | violin Irina Medvedeva | soprano Lawrence Ewashko | conductor Ewashko Singers | choir Moriana Kachmarsky | actor Kolizhanky | Ukrainian village voice ensemble Ottawa Chamberfest is proud to team up with Carleton University’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Ottawa Branch, for a concert in support of the Canada-Ukraine Foundation’s Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal. The Gryphon Trio joins Chamberfest Artistic Director Carissa Klopoushak and others in a program celebrating Ukrainian music and culture, featuring Ukrainian chamber music, choral music, folk singing, and poetry. Music by Barvinsky, Estelle Storoschuk, Kulesha, Kuzmenko, Leontovych, Pidgorna, Silvestrov, and Skoryk. In place of an admission fee, we are collecting donations for the Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal. Volunteers from the Ukrainian Canadian Congress will be onsite at the concert to accept donations before and after the performance. You may also donate at any time here: (http•••) This concert is co-presented and supported by Jonathan Krehm and Canzona Chamber Players.
Solo violin part is for sale through our online store at (http•••) Program note by the composer: My Violin Concerto was written for Gwen Hoebig, and was commissioned by David Jaeger and the CBC. I began it on August 4 of 1998 and completed it on February 20 of 1999. It was premiered by Gwen with the Winnipeg Symphony conducted by Bramwell Tovey. There are few things more daunting than composing a violin concerto. The symphony and string quartet are probably the only traditional forms which compare in terms of both the intimidating existing repertoire, and the sheer number and complexity of problems involved. Gwen Hoebig had played several of my chamber works before she asked me to consider composing a violin concerto for her. I consider Gwen to be one of the finest musicians I have ever known, and felt quite flattered and honoured to have been asked. I had just completed my Symphony, and felt that the time was right for me to undertake this concerto. This work is cast in four movements, and each is developed in a similar fashion. In a way, this is a “chaconne concerto,” because each movement is essentially a set of variations on a series of sonorities which are first heard in the cadenza-like opening. There is no chaconne theme, just a basic chord progression, which mutates across the course of the work. The sonorities are evolved from the very first sound heard, a rising arpeggio-like figure in the solo violin. The first movement is constructed from chords derived from this figure. It is a moderately slow movement, which I like to think of as being somewhat thoughtful and provocative. The second movement is, rather unexpectedly, a scherzo, in which a brittle, fragmentary theme is contrasted with a more lyrical second idea. I think of the first two movements as being complementary, almost as though the containment of the first movement must be answered with the edginess and hyper-activity of the second. The third movement is a slow movement, which contrasts rather sombre materials with much more lyrical ones. At the climax, the solo violin gradually disappears into the overwhelming orchestral texture. The fourth movement is a clear finale. It is highly rhythmic, based largely on the timpani rhythm which is heard right at the beginning. The ending of the work attempts a resolution of the tonal tensions inherent in the opening figure of the piece.
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