Witold Lutosławski : Epitaph in memory of Alan Richardson for Oboe and Piano 5:21
Pavel Haas : Suite for Oboe & Piano, Op. 17 14:26
Eric Moe : Sad Steps for oboe & piano 7:42
Dietrich Erdmann : Elegy for solo oboe 7:49
Thea Musgrave : Niobe for oboe & pre-recorded sound track 6:45
August Klughardt : Schilflieder for oboe, viola & piano, Op. 28 17:44
Oboist Mark Hill demonstrates his instrument's singular affinity to express grief and suffering.
This collection of music for oboe offers six examples of the instrument's
singular affinity to express grief and suffering. Each piece is concerned
primarily with tragedy and loss in various forms, and in each case the composer
has gravitated toward the voice of the oboe to portray the emotional dissonances
and psychological complexities of the material at hand. Yet within these diverse
works we find anger, defiance, resignation, nostalgia, hope and transcendence in
addition to sadness and mourning. Oboist Mark Hill's versatile career has
spanned a broad range of orchestral, chamber, and solo performing while
maintaining a consistent commitment to teaching. He is currently principal oboe
of the National Philharmonic and a member of the Left Bank Concert Society. A
graduate of the State University of New York-Stony Brook, he is professor of
oboe and chamber music at the University of Maryland School of Music in College
Park. This is his second recording for Albany Records.