Crossroads
This octet is a reflection on the effects of our hectic society on the mind and the body. It is inspired by the idea that burn-out can be a pivotal point in our lives. I hope to evoke the eternally accelerating pace of our lives with motives that represent bodily reactions such as tachycardia and ever shallower breathing.
Resilience
Concerto for Oboe & Symphony Orchestra
Resilience has been crucial during the challenging times of the COVID-19 pandemic. I hope to instill and reinforce some of this quality in those who listen to my concerto. The music undergoes some difficult moments, it sporadically has brushes with despair but it always recovers quickly and moves forward to dream, hope and fight another day.
Lost Opportunity
Trio for Flute, Violin & Piano
This music is all about the resignation and melancholy that comes with letting an opportunity slip away. In the middle part I try to convey the process of hesitation and wild imagination when weighing the different scenarios. Ultimately, the decision has been made not to follow the temptation.
Resilience Oboe
Concerto for Ensemble
Resilience Concerto for Oboe & Symphony Orchestra arranged for Small Ensemble Computer generated audio (NotePerformer & EastWest Sounds) Score (Dorico)
Resilience
Arranged for Chamber Orchestra
This is an arrangement of my oboe concerto for chamber orchestra. This time the score is included in the video!
Strauss Oboe Concerto
Arrangement
I arranged Richard Strauss' Oboe Concerto for chamber music ensemble! In this version, the soloist is accompanied by a string quintet, clarinet in B flat, cor anglais and bassoon.
The music in this video comes from my favourite live performance of this concerto:
Ivan Podyomov - soloist
Semyon Bychkov - conductor
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
March 2020
Ain’t Misbehavin’
Oboe Lockdown Edition
As a creative response to COVID-19, I have recorded Fats Waller’s Ain’t Misbehavin’ with the entire oboe sections of the Luxembourg Philharmonic and the Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra as well as 19 other musicians including oboists from the Sydney-, San Francisco- and SWR Symphony and the R. Danish Orchestra.