Instrumentation: Oboe and English horn
Versions also available for Oboe & Clarinet, Oboe and Viola, Oboe and Flute, Alto Flute & Cello, Clarinet & Cello, Violin & Cello and Soprano & Alto Sax
Duration: 3:45
Premieres:
11/9/15
Aaron Hill and Laura Smith, Oboe and English horn
UVA Faculty Chamber Series
Old Cabell Auditorium, UVA
Charlottesville, VA
Oboe/English horn | Oboe and Clarinet |Oboe and Viola | Oboe and Flute | Alto Flute & Cello | Clarinet & Cello | Violin & Cello | Soprano & Alto Sax | Purchase Music
Program Note:
Love Song, for Oboe and English Horn, is an instrumental version of Come Live with Me.. It was commissioned by Sarah Davol for Double Entendre’s new CD Double Take, American Reed on the Albany label, released in 2014. This lyrical piece, with lines that circle around each other and merge in a beautiful partnership, was inspired by my setting of Christopher Marlowe’s poem The Passionate Shepherd To His Love. I have created numerous versions of Love Song. These include Oboe and Viola, for The San Marco Chamber Music Society; Alto Flute and Cello, for the Charlottesville-based duo, Terra Voce, Soprano and Alto Sax for the Decho Ensemble, oboe & flute for oboist Rachel Becker and flutist Nicole Molumby and this current version for clarinetist Rachael Cohen and cellist Kayta Panoladyan of the Pittsburgh-based Kassia Ensemble. There are even more pairings: oboe and clarinet or violin and cello! Each has its own unique timbral flavor. For more information visit www.judithshatin.com. –JS