Vignettes of a Day Trio Oboe Viola Piano

Hi all,

Here's a work that laid unfinished for 17 years.  Came across it again on the computer and decided to finish the work.  It's a set of vignettes (moods) through out a day: Morning Rush 7 AM, Afternoon Dreams 3 PM, Dinner Alone 5 PM,

7 PM, Falling Asleep 11 PM ..... and ?

Falling asleep are variations of a lullaby I composed for my daughter 47 years ago.

Hope you enjoy the work. 

Mark

Edited April 30, 2025Apr 30 by MJFOBOE

This is so wonderful, and I think you composed the joyful/playful sections very well:)

Hey Mark @MJFOBOE!

Nice succinct multi-movement piece!  I especially like the 11 pm falling asleep section - probably because of the close connection you have in that part to memories of your daughter.  I also like how the piece starts over again as the new day dawns.  I would have expected a dream-like sequence after the 11 pm falling asleep section though - could have made for some really interesting music!  I also really liked the 3/4 hemiolas in the morning rush section.  There is a peculiar artificiality to your musical style (I'm not meaning this at all as a negative comment though just an observation).  Once again, I can't help but compare this artificiality of your style to Stravinsky.  Thanks for sharing!

Peter,

Thanks for the lovely comments.  Would you please expound of your use of "artificial" in the context of my work and how it relates to Stravinsky.

Mark

Mark,

I think what I mean by artificiality is that the notes lay flat on the page.  It might be partly a result of you conceiving of the music as a visual structure.  One has the impression that one is hearing a work meant to be experienced all at once, since it seems to have been conceived that way, in a sense.  The same thing is true of Stravinsky imo.  He worked at the piano and there's an essay somewhere out there about how the piano heavily influenced how he conceived of his music.  There's sometimes a certain lack of fluidity where the music spontaneously surprises the listener at each moment of its playing.  That's what I experience when I listen to some of your music and I interpret that as a certain artificiality.  Thanks for asking!