Three Songs for Oboe and Double Bass (after poems by Pablo Neruda)
Jennifer Kuhns and Robert Kesselman with Retina Grant performing 3 Songs at The Philadelphia Orchestra Chamber concert
Scored for: oboe (or soprano sax) and double bass, also available for violin and double bass Duration: 7 min. Premiere: 2/97 The Peabody Conservatory of Music, Baltimore, MD, Jennifer Kuhns, oboe and Robert Kesselman, bass For: Robert Kessleman Published by:International Opus
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REVIEWS
“These pieces have a variety, creativity and inner logic…”
–The Double Reed, November, 2008
“Andrea Clearfield’s Three Songs after Poems by Pablo Neruda easily provided the most artistic depth of the evening.”
–Roger A. Cope, Classical Voice of North Carolina, June, 2005
“Andrea Clearfield uses the unusual combination of oboe and double bass in a work composed for a married couple, bassist from the Philadelphia Orchestra, Robert Kesselman and his wife, oboist Jennifer Kuhns. The pieces take their inspiration from Pablo Neruda poems, and the music has sensuality and charm.”
–MusicWeb International, Carla Rees
RECORDINGS
The Light Wraps You: New Music for Oboe
Michele Fiala & Friends
MSR Classics, MS1217
www.msrcd.com
“It Takes Two…”
Vecchione/Erdahl Duo
Centaur Records, CRC 2942
www.centaurrecords.com
PROGRAM NOTES
Inspired by three sensual love poems of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, this set of three musical tableaux was composed for Philadelphia Orchestra bassist, Robert Kesselman and his wife, oboist Jennifer Kuhns in 1996. Two years later, the work was arranged for violin and bass duo for bassist Edgar Meyer. In 2002, Manfred Fischbeck, artistic director of Group Motion Dance Company, choreographed the work for the Fringe Festival in Philadelphia. The work has been performed by numerous duos internationally.
TEXT
Poems can be found in 20 Love Poems And A Song Of Despair by Pablo Neruda
I. Body of a Woman
II. The Light Wraps You
III. Every Day You Play
Three Songs for Oboe and Double Bass (after poems by Pablo Neruda)
Jennifer Kuhns and Robert Kesselman with Retina Grant performing 3 Songs at The Philadelphia Orchestra Chamber concert
Scored for: oboe (or soprano sax) and double bass, also available for violin and double bass
Duration: 7 min.
Premiere: 2/97 The Peabody Conservatory of Music, Baltimore, MD, Jennifer Kuhns, oboe and Robert Kesselman, bass
For: Robert Kessleman
Published by: International Opus
See preview score pages:
3 SONGS I EXCERPT (PDF)
3 SONGS III EXCERPT (PDF)
LISTEN
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REVIEWS
“These pieces have a variety, creativity and inner logic…”
–The Double Reed, November, 2008
“Andrea Clearfield’s Three Songs after Poems by Pablo Neruda easily provided the most artistic depth of the evening.”
–Roger A. Cope, Classical Voice of North Carolina, June, 2005
“Andrea Clearfield uses the unusual combination of oboe and double bass in a work composed for a married couple, bassist from the Philadelphia Orchestra, Robert Kesselman and his wife, oboist Jennifer Kuhns. The pieces take their inspiration from Pablo Neruda poems, and the music has sensuality and charm.”
–MusicWeb International, Carla Rees
RECORDINGS
The Light Wraps You: New Music for Oboe
Michele Fiala & Friends
MSR Classics, MS1217
www.msrcd.com
“It Takes Two…”
Vecchione/Erdahl Duo
Centaur Records, CRC 2942
www.centaurrecords.com
PROGRAM NOTES
Inspired by three sensual love poems of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, this set of three musical tableaux was composed for Philadelphia Orchestra bassist, Robert Kesselman and his wife, oboist Jennifer Kuhns in 1996. Two years later, the work was arranged for violin and bass duo for bassist Edgar Meyer. In 2002, Manfred Fischbeck, artistic director of Group Motion Dance Company, choreographed the work for the Fringe Festival in Philadelphia. The work has been performed by numerous duos internationally.
TEXT
Poems can be found in 20 Love Poems And A Song Of Despair by Pablo Neruda
I. Body of a Woman
II. The Light Wraps You
III. Every Day You Play