The International Double Reed Society Premiere of Blue Sahara Crossing & The Lost Tribe at the University of Colorado Boulder,
27th of July 2022
with Hassan Anderson, Oboe; the composer, Viola; & Hsiao-Ling Lin, Piano
27th of July 2022
with Hassan Anderson, Oboe; the composer, Viola; & Hsiao-Ling Lin, Piano
Trans-Atlantic Triptych
consisting of
Blue Sahara Crossing (2021), The Lost Tribe (2022) & The Great Circle (2023)
for
Oboe*, Viola (or Violin) & Piano Trio
*or Soprano Sax, Clarinet in Bb or Flute with B-foot
consisting of
Blue Sahara Crossing (2021), The Lost Tribe (2022) & The Great Circle (2023)
for
Oboe*, Viola (or Violin) & Piano Trio
*or Soprano Sax, Clarinet in Bb or Flute with B-foot
Crossing the Atlantic Ocean on the Queen Mary II in 2011.
Transatlantic Triptych is a gesamtkunstwerk, being based upon prose, poems and photographs produced whilst on the Queen Mary II. These items are included in the foreword to the scores, and a sample of them can be heard in the introductory video, below.
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Performance History & Videos of the Entire Work
NAVO Trio performs live on Oboe, Violin & Piano
NAVO Trio performs live on Oboe, Violin & Piano
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Performances of Blue Sahara Crossing & The Lost Tribe
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5th of February 2022
World Premiere An die Musik, Baltimore, MD, USA (behind paywall) 30th of June 2022 British Premiere, St Alfege Church, Greenwich, London (with Soprano Sax) 27th of July 2022 IDRS Premiere International Double Reed Society Conference, Boulder, CO, USA |
Saturday 18 February to Monday 25 February 2023
NAVO Trio - Veronique Mathieu, Violin; Margaret Marco, Oboe; Ellen Sommer, Piano Kansas Tour Five live performances, including a radio recital (see video above). Venues included Navo Arts Concerts; Grace Cathedral, Topeka; Ruel Joyce Concert Series, Overland Park; & Birger Sandzèn Art Gallery, Lindsborg Sunday 19 February 2023 The Kansas Virtuosi, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA |
Natacha Hansen, soprano sax; Ivan Illingworth, viola;
Daniel King Smith, piano
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Ryan Zwahlen, oboe; Leslie Knight, viola; Gary Ruppert, piano
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Betsey Selner, oboe; Diego Coral, violin; Daniel King Smith, piano
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Saturday 8 April 2023
with Ryan Zwahlen, Oboe; Gary Ruppert, Piano; Leslie Knight, Viola Wille Hall, COCC, Bend, Oregon, USA Sunday 30 April 2023
with Lisa Ryoo, Oboe; Casey Dierlam Tse, Piano; Rebecca Vieker, Viola The University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA Saturday 02 March 2024
The Great Circle World Premiere NAVO Trio SHE Festival of Music The University of Arkansas, USA |
Saturday 13 April 2024
Trans-Atlantic Triptych NAVO Trio Atonement Lutheran Church, 9948 Metcalf Ave, Overland Park, KS 66212, USA Sunday 14 April 2024 Trans-Atlantic Triptych NAVO Trio Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery, Lindsborg, KS, USA Thursday 16 May 2024 Blue Sahara Crossing Betsey Selner, Oboe; Diego Coral, Violin; Daniel King Smith, Piano Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, UK |
The Great Circle (2023) - the final piece in the set - was commissioned by NAVO Trio & The University of Kansas, with generous assistance from the Wunsch New Music Fund. The WORLD PREMIERE performance took place on 02 March 2024, at the SHE Festival of Music at the University of Arkansas. Featuring Margaret Marco, Oboe; Véronique Mathieu, Violin; & Ellen Sommer, Piano
The Great Circle is now on general sale and forms part of the unified score of Trans-Atlantic Triptych.
The Great Circle is now on general sale and forms part of the unified score of Trans-Atlantic Triptych.
Transatlantic Triptych (2021-23) is thematically linked - through both contrasts and similarities - to another three-part modular piece, The Door of No Return. Whereas The Door concerns itself with sorrowful departures from Africa, crossing the Atlantic in slave ships, forced labour in the New World and returning across the Atlantic by air four hundred years later to reconnect with Ghana, Transatlantic Triptych deals with the opposite: the creativity experienced by the composer - who is of African descent - when crossing the Atlantic on a luxury cruise ship hundreds of years later, in 2011. In Blue Sahara Crossing, the Atlantic Ocean is likened to the Sahara Desert, which is similar to it in area. The Lost Tribe is a lament for the Lenni Lenape, the original inhabitants of Manhattan. The Great Circle explores love and loss through the metaphor of waning late-night midsummer sunlight, as the ship sails into the lower latitudes.
Sets of PDFs contain the following Scores & Parts in C & Bb:
1) Piano Score
2) Oboe Leading Score
Oboe line in large font, Viola or Violin & Piano in small font, enabling oboist to lead rehearsals effectively
3) Oboe Performance Part
4) Viola (or Violin) Performance Part with Blue Sahara's perpetuum mobile abbreviated
5) Viola (or Violin) Performance Part with perpetuum mobile written out in full
1) Piano Score
2) Oboe Leading Score
Oboe line in large font, Viola or Violin & Piano in small font, enabling oboist to lead rehearsals effectively
3) Oboe Performance Part
4) Viola (or Violin) Performance Part with Blue Sahara's perpetuum mobile abbreviated
5) Viola (or Violin) Performance Part with perpetuum mobile written out in full
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