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Scored for: Soprano saxophone and piano Duration: 11:12 min. Premiere: World Saxophone Congress, College of Music, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, July 6, 2009, Kenneth Tse, saxophone Commissioned by: Andrea Gullickson (original version for oboe and piano). Soprano saxophone arrangement created for Kenneth Tse. Published by: Angelfire Press. Contact Trudy Chan at Black Tea Music for score and parts.
Contact Andrea.
YOUTUBE (Jonathan Hulting-Cohen and Liz Ames)
SOUNDCLOUD (Jonathan Hulting-Cohen)
SOUNDCLOUD (Calvin Wong and Mo Xu)
Watch performance by Jonathan Hulting-Cohen and Liz Ames, 36th Annual US Navy Saxophone Symposium
January 5th, 2013, Fairfax, VA
The Poetic Oboe
Unremembered Wings was commissioned by Andrea Gullickson who premiered the work at the International Double Reed Society Convention in West Virginia, August, 2001. The piece was inspired by Pablo Neruda’s poem entitled “La Poesia”(translated by Whyte/Bly) which speaks of the creative fire within our souls, that mysterious and wild place where dreams become manifest. Unremembered Wings is recorded on Crystal Records, The Poetic Oboe (CD727, www.crystalrecords.com), with Andrea Gullickson, oboe and Karen Enns, piano. This arrangement for soprano saxophone was made by the composer for Kenneth Tse, who premiered the work at the World Saxophone Congress, College of Music,
Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, July, 2009.
Andrea Gullickson, oboe
Karen Enns, Pianist
Crystal Records CD727
www.crystalrecords.com
REVIEW
“…a true chamber ensemble piece, with intricate interplay between the two instruments. This is a substantive and substantial work.”
-Jerry Dublins, Fanfare Magazine, November/December, 2004
QUOTE
“For those of you interested in good recital music for soprano saxophone and piano, I highly recommend Andrea Clearfield’s Unremembered Wings!”
-Susan Fancher, Saxophone Journal, November/December 2009
EXCERPT FROM LA POESIA BY PABLO NERUDA
“…and something started in my soul,
fever or unremembered wings,
and I made my own way,
deciphering
that fire
and I wrote the first faint line,
faint, without substance, pure
nonsense,
pure wisdom
of someone who knows nothing,
and suddenly I saw
the heavens
unfastened
and open…”
Unremembered Wings
Scored for: Soprano saxophone and piano
Duration: 11:12 min.
Premiere: World Saxophone Congress, College of Music, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, July 6, 2009, Kenneth Tse, saxophone
Commissioned by: Andrea Gullickson (original version for oboe and piano). Soprano saxophone arrangement created for Kenneth Tse.
Published by: Angelfire Press. Contact Trudy Chan at Black Tea Music for score and parts.
Contact Andrea.
YOUTUBE (Jonathan Hulting-Cohen and Liz Ames)
SOUNDCLOUD (Jonathan Hulting-Cohen)
SOUNDCLOUD (Calvin Wong and Mo Xu)
Watch performance by Jonathan Hulting-Cohen and Liz Ames, 36th Annual US Navy Saxophone Symposium
January 5th, 2013, Fairfax, VA
See preview score pages: UNREMEMBERED WINGS SCORE EXCERPT (PDF)
PROGRAM NOTES
The Poetic Oboe
Unremembered Wings was commissioned by Andrea Gullickson who premiered the work at the International Double Reed Society Convention in West Virginia, August, 2001. The piece was inspired by Pablo Neruda’s poem entitled “La Poesia”(translated by Whyte/Bly) which speaks of the creative fire within our souls, that mysterious and wild place where dreams become manifest. Unremembered Wings is recorded on Crystal Records, The Poetic Oboe (CD727, www.crystalrecords.com), with Andrea Gullickson, oboe and Karen Enns, piano. This arrangement for soprano saxophone was made by the composer for Kenneth Tse, who premiered the work at the World Saxophone Congress, College of Music,
Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, July, 2009.
LISTEN TO OBOE VERSION
[audio:UnrememberedWings.mp3|titles=Unremembered Wings (oboe)]RECORDING
Andrea Gullickson, oboe
Karen Enns, Pianist
Crystal Records CD727
www.crystalrecords.com
REVIEW
“…a true chamber ensemble piece, with intricate interplay between the two instruments. This is a substantive and substantial work.”
-Jerry Dublins, Fanfare Magazine, November/December, 2004
QUOTE
“For those of you interested in good recital music for soprano saxophone and piano, I highly recommend Andrea Clearfield’s Unremembered Wings!”
-Susan Fancher, Saxophone Journal, November/December 2009
EXCERPT FROM LA POESIA BY PABLO NERUDA
“…and something started in my soul,
fever or unremembered wings,
and I made my own way,
deciphering
that fire
and I wrote the first faint line,
faint, without substance, pure
nonsense,
pure wisdom
of someone who knows nothing,
and suddenly I saw
the heavens
unfastened
and open…”