World Première: Olli Mustonen - Quartetto

Olli Mustonen
Quartetto
per oboe, violino, viola e pianoforte (2010)
Commissioned by the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music Sponsored by Charles and Suzanne Peters, Serene Rein, Carla Zingarelli- Rosenlicht, Jean-Paul Bierny and Chris Tanz.
16’
I Quasi una passacaglia - II "Es muss sein"
• 13 March 2011 · Tucson, AZ (USA) Leo Rich Theater
Tucson Winter Chamber Music Festival 2011
Alan Vogel, oboe
Axel Strauss, violin
Paul Coletti, viola
Xak Bjerken, piano

The Chamber Music Festival held in Tucson/Arizona in the winter with an average daytime temperature of around 23°C is one of the hottest spots for ambitious chamber music. This was where Olli Mustonen’s Nonetto II received its first performance two years ago; the reactions were so euphoric that the composer was commissioned to produce a new work in 2011. Mustonen deviates from the customary piano quartet instrumentation with an oboe instead of a cello. The oboe part is performed by Alan Vogel – the only wind player among this year’s festival participants.

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