Enchanted features the expressive voice of the oboe in a magical, pastoral mood. The chamber orchestra instrumentation is the same as Barber's Knoxville, without the soprano (oboe solo, 1011-2100-harp, strings).
The composer writes:
A lot of my music is shaped by images and sounds of the natural world. As I wrote Enchanted, I had in my mind the magic of filtered sunlight in dark forests and the joy of being in a remote spot, sharing it with singing birds, maybe even elves, absorbing the magic of the place.
The opening is an incantation – calling kindred spirits to celebrate the forests and hidden glades. The voice of that world is the oboe. You’ll hear the oboe’s fanfare-like motive come back to introduce several new sections of music. Finally at the end, the oboe starts a grand chant-like song that is taken up by the rest of the orchestra as a finale to the celebration.
Enchanted is a 2006 project of the Spindrift Commissioning Guild. Read about the Enchanted project...
A version for oboe and piano is also available, to be added here soon.
Duration 12.5 minutes
Listen to an MP3 of the premiere. The performers are the Concord Chamber Ensemble. Veronica Kenney is the oboist and Alan Yost is the conductor. There have been a few revisions with measures added since that performance, particularly at C and before and after S.
Parts rental 2 months $105
Catalog # 90005
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