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Octet Variations for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Trumpet, Horn, Violin and Double Bass, Op.234
Classical/Chamber music • 2015
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Octet Variations for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Trumpet, Horn, Violin and Double Bass
Instrumentation |
Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon, Oboe, Horn, Trumpet, Violin, Double bass |
Scored for |
Octet |
Type of score |
Full score, Parts |
Movement(s) |
1 to 6 from 6 |
Publisher |
I Ching Music |
Difficulty |
Advanced |
Duration |
7'30 |
In many ways my composition output is biographical. As I am completing this work, I am also recording my Matthew Locke CD, so I have many inspirations from his work, that will continue on to my Eb symphony, but the dance movements (the variations) are clearly inspired by the other music I am playing.
This work is not an enigma variation; it is base on a snapshot of music from my Chamber Symphony no. 10.
In listening to Bach Cantatas, there are a few that sound like Bach just started right in the middle of the piece, maybe the first page was lost, but I don’t think so. It just stared up in a random place. The first part after in the initial 8 bar quote, is then a development of that, a fugue and mini-variations.
Being that the two string instruments are a little unusual to the in this ensemble, the first real variation features them, modeled after a medieval Estampe.
The big variation movements then are:
III. a fast Sarabande
IV. Pavane
V. Finale
VI. Jigg
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