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Santos Cota - Three Pieces for Oboe and Piano
Description
In three movements: I. Andante, II. Fughetta, III. Lento
For Oboe and Piano
"Not only is the oboe rarely used (and used in such a way as to take full advantage of its dark and mysterious tones), but the blending and offset with the piano, and their intricate dance of complex minors combined, is done to perfection. Santos-Cota’s ‘Three Pieces for Oboe and Piano’ strikes me as cross between Edvard Grieg’s “Hall of the Mountain King,” Sergei Prokofiev’s “Peter and the Wolf,” and music as well as mental images of the Black Forest and scenes from Bergman’s “The Seventh Seal.” As soon as it began to play, images were fleeting through my mind – of forests first, wildlife in the forest second, and in the third piece a combination of weathering storms and aging through the years. The visual that came to mind ended at the edge of a very high cliff (like the Grand Canyon) at sunset, oddly enough. Those final notes where everything merges sweetly together into that final major note is truly brilliant. I didn’t know people were still writing such complex and balanced music – and using the instruments that really pull the most from the music itself."
- Randa Lynn Smith