ELIZABETH E. ECCLESTON, oboe*
Sharon Lee, violin
Woosol Cho, viola
Dobrochna Zubek, violoncello
Monday, April 18th, 2016 3PM
Canadian Music Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
*In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Musical Arts
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
PROGRAM:
Quartet in F Major, K. 370 - W. A. Mozart
Wiki Mozart - Peter Hatch
Abstract:
Mozart was an innovator in his time. His music is artfully crafted and often transcends the sublime. His masterpiece, the Quartet in F Major, K. 370, is a crucial work in the oboe chamber music repertoire. It established the oboe quartet as a genre. In 2006, in celebration of the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth, the Gallery Chamber Players of Niagara with oboist James Mason commissioned Canadian composer Peter Hatch to write for this same configuration in homage to the great master. Wiki Mozart, the resulting piece – written for oboe, violin, viola, cello and sampled sounds – is an astonishing example of Hatch’s creative voice. Through his use of formal design based on Golden Mean proportional relationships as applied to the duration of sections, a sly sense of humor, and minimalist stylistic approach, he deconstructs Mozart, and investigates him (and his music) through a modern lens. In this lecture-recital, I examine Hatch’s compositional techniques and personal aesthetics employed in Wiki Mozart in order to fully convey the clever artistry of this excellent new addition to the repertoire.
Poster by Anita Eccleston
FREE ADMISSION