Op. 5-Sonata for Oboe-III. Allegro con brio

The last piece I wrote before I discovered the wonderful Garritan Personal Orchestra. The piece begun as a violin sonata, and the first movement was initially a joke piece, something that I never really considered until I listened to it a few more times. The first movement is done in a sort of tableau style rather than typical sonata form. When I was writing the second movement, for whatever reason I was thinking of some sort of slow moving space object. The last movement is lots of fun and really tests the players ability to use the instrument to its full potential. Conceptually, there's a bit of disconnect between the movements, but nonetheless I think it's a challenging and fun addition to the oboe repertoire.

Op. 5-Sonata for Oboe-III. Allegro con brio

This is fun yes and cool and you know exactly what you doin. The scalic passages are wonderful - sound octatonic or something. The piano part sounds pretty demanding too! I wonder if the piano isn't just a tad too over-the-top in that rapid repeated note bit. It sounds a bit too jittery some of the harmonies are wonderful - tonal but unpredictable - always a good combination. the soft part with the lyrical melody in oboe and the piano playing soft regular meter chords is a little uninteresting after all the excitement - I would consider some little ornaments to add spice. Some of the 'scurrying' soft passages are the best part of this piece the interplay is wonderful. This is a real show stopper theatrical piece that needs super players that wouldn't mess it up... good work

This piece really is a lot of fun ;)

--This is one of those "show-off" types of pieces: a piece that isn't particularly deep in a musical sense, really, but is very impressive to see performed, and as said before, a lot of fun.

--Why the sudden slow down in momentum at 2:00? I'm not entirely sure it fits. Contrast is nice, but what you're doing here is slowly and surely topping the ridiculousness of the piece through-out, and then going to this is sort of bizarre. Perhaps if you made the piece slowly but surely harder as it went on? That seems to fit the mood and the set-up of this piece better than trying to make it something it doesn't even want to be (slow and contemplative). Just something to consider.

Thanks for sharing :D