Octet in D, opus 144 (2012)

by Thomas Oboe Lee

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	1.	Prelude ... Moderato; Scherzo ... Prestissimo! 02:40
	2.	Arioso ... Allegro con moto 03:11
	3.	Numinoso ... Largo 04:34
	4.	Alla Marcia ... Allegretto 01:47
	5.	Recitativo ... Adagio; Canzone ... Adagio 05:41
	6.	Bacchanale ... Prestissimo! 03:31

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In 1997, I wrote “Yo Picasso” for clarinetist Nancy Braithwaite and the Arto Ensemble; scored for clarinet, viola, cello and piano. The work is in five movements, each a musical interpretation of a painting by Pablo Picasso.

Fifteen years later Nancy told me she has a new group called the Emmelos Ensemble and they are planning to perform the Schubert Octet in F major, D. 803, in the spring of 2012. She asked me if I would be interested in writing a companion work with the same instrumentation as the Schubert. She also mentioned that Schubert’s inspiration was based on Beethoven’s Septet in E-flat major, opus 20. I said, “Sure. It sounds like a great idea.”

My Octet in D, opus 144 (2012) is, like the Beethoven and the Schubert, in six movements. The instrumentation is, like the Schubert, scored for Bb clarinet, bassoon, horn in F, string quartet and contrabass.

1. Prelude … Moderato; Scherzo … Prestissimo!
2. Arioso … Allegro con moto
3. Numinoso … Largo
4. Alla Marcia … Allegretto
5. Recitativo … Adagio; Canzone … Adagio
6. Bacchanale … Prestissimo!

Unlike the Schubert, which is an hour long in duration, mine is just a little over 20 minutes. Enjoy!!!

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released June 2, 2016

Aleksis Martin, clarinet
Alex Stening, horn
Kai Rocke, bassoon
Liana Branscome, violin
Luther Warren, violin
Abraham Martin, viola
Clare Bradford, cello
Nick Leonard, double bass

Eric Hewitt, music director

Music by Thomas Oboe Lee

© Departed Feathers Music, Inc. - BMI

Recorded in the Fraser Studio @ WGBH
April 22, 2016
Antonio Oliart, engineer
Joel Watts, editor

Photo credit: Thomas Oboe Lee

YouTube link: youtu.be/vcHCqEBoC-Q

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Thomas Oboe Lee Cambridge, Massachusetts

Thomas Oboe Lee was born in China in 1945. He lived in São Paulo, Brazil, for six years before coming to the United States in 1966. After graduating from the University of Pittsburgh, he studied composition at the New England Conservatory and Harvard University. He has been a member of the music faculty at Boston College since 1990. ... more

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