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Sonata
Composer: Joyce, Brian
Instrumentation: Solo and Piano Instruments: Flute, Piano
Genre: ContemporaryIn three movements, this "Sonata" for Flute and Piano is a great recital for a Flute player in college.
Program notes from the composer:
Brian Joyce’s two sonatas, one for flute and piano, the other for oboe and piano (also published by Cimarron Music Press) are sister works. Both were written in 1971 when Joyce was an undergrad composition major in college and both are reflective of the seasons in which they were composed: the flute sonata, written in Spring, is fresh, expansive and tuneful while the oboe sonata, composed the following September, has a more burnished autumnal quality. About the flute sonata the composer writes:
“Sooner or later, most college students find themselves victims of information overload. It was at such a time in my own life that I began work on this piece: I was being exposed to more styles of music than I had ever known – everything from underground rock and roll to polytextual motets of the Ars Antiqua. – and the sheer number of ideas and possibilities resulted in a debilitating state of confusion. I was learning the hard way that nothing stifles creativity as much as absolute freedom, and I still have a string of dismal pieces to prove it! The Flute Sonata was the first successful effort to come along in several months. Despite whatever virtues it may have had, however, the sonata was never performed but was simply put away on the shelf as soon as it was completed. During 1993 and 1994 the entire sonata was reworked (especially the 3rd movement) but in all its essentials (themes, form and "grand design") the sonata still remains true to its original conception.”
The sonata finally had its premiere early in 1995, 24 years after it was originally written. Music theorists may enjoy the formal problems set up in the first movement which are not fully resolved until the third (if then!). The rest of us can simply enjoy what is one of the composer’s most unabashedly tuneful works.
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Sonata
Composer: Joyce, Brian
Instrumentation: Solo and Piano Instruments: Oboe, Piano
Genre: ContemporaryThis "Sonata" for Oboe and Piano is in 3 movements and is a nice addition to the college recital repertoire. The movements are:
I. Prelude
II. Rondo
III. Fantasia
Program notes from the composer:
Brian Joyce’s two sonatas, one for oboe and piano, the other for flute and piano (also published by Cimarron Music Press) are sister works. Both were written in 1971 when Joyce was an undergrad composition major in college and both are reflective of the seasons in which they were composed: the flute sonata, written in Spring, is fresh, expansive and tuneful while the oboe sonata, composed the following September, has a more burnished autumnal quality. About the oboe sonata the composer writes:
“My intention in this sonata was to write a more tightly and economically constructed work than the flute sonata of the previous Spring, while trying out some new ideas I had been considering. The oboe sonata breaks the traditional mold immediately by putting its slow movement first, following it with a galloping rondo, and saving its longest, most complex movement for last. This third movement has a symmetrical arch-like form in which the key centers of each successive principal section rise by minor thirds. This puts the central slow section (equidistant from both ends of the movement) at a tritone away from the movement’s ostensible key. There is also quite a bit of dabbling with metric modulation and non-tertian harmony. The Sonata was revised in 1992 and received its premiere in November 1993. At that time, the piece was older than I was when I first wrote it.”
The sonata is dedicated to the composer’s wife, the oboist Susan Joyce.
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Bombur's Dream
Composer: Joyce, Brian
Instrumentation: Solo and Piano Instruments: Oboe, Piano
Genre: ContemporaryFor Oboe and Piano, "Bombur's Dream" is a three movement work that is a wonderful recital piece.
Program notes from the composer:For those who may need to brush up on their dwarf-lore, Bombur was one of thirteen dwarves featured in J. R. R. Tolkien’s book, The Hobbit. Along with the title character, Bilbo Baggins, and Gandalf the wizard, Bombur and the other dwarves set out on a long and dangerous quest to recover a vast treasure which had been stolen by the dragon Smaug. Along the way, Bombur stumbled into an enchanted river and promptly fell into a deep sleep from which he could not be awakened for several days. This meant that his friends had to carry him along with all their gear. (It should be noted that Bombur had what we might call a keen appreciation for fine cuisine; because of his resulting avoirdupois he was not an easy burden to bear.)
Eventually Bombur awoke but, according to Tolkien, when he learned that there was nothing to eat, he sat down on the ground and wept. “Why did I ever wake up?” he cried. “I was having the most beautiful dreams!”
The first movement of this piece has to do with Bombur’s lovely dreams and the second with his sorrow upon awakening. The third movement, “King Under the Mountain” is a cortège for the dwarves’ officious leader, Thorin Oakenshield. Bombur’s Dream is dedicated to the composer’s wife, the oboist Susan Joyce.
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Five Renaissance Dances
Composer: Joyce, Brian
Instrumentation: Brass Quintet Instruments: 2 Trumpets, Horn, Trombone and Tuba
Genre: ContemporaryAlthough composed in 1974, these dances for Brass Quintet reflect the Renaissance Dance style. The Five Renaissance Dances are hardly at the cutting edge of 20th century compositional techniques, but I think of them simply as good clean fun, both for the composer and the players. Hopefully, audiences will enjoy them as well.
I was a cello student in the early seventies when my school, Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, acquired a set of seven viola da gambas. Along with most of the other cellists at the time, I suddenly found myself a charter member of the new Consort of Viols. In my studies as a composition major I had been working in a more-or-less non-tonal vein for a couple of years. I now came face to face with this Elizabethan consort literature which, although decidedly triadic, retained just enough modality to keep it from behaving according to the rules of functional harmony. Exposure to the music of Byrd, Gibbons, Susato and Praetorius was not without effect: many compositional possibilities suggested themselves in the understated sophistication of rhythms, textures and phrasing. These dances (which, incidentally, were first written in only three voices) were composed in 1974. In true Renaissance fashion, they were originally conceived without reference to a specific performing ensemble; when they were played at all, they were played by viols. In October of 1990 a trombonist friend pointed out that I seemed to have very little brass music to my name. Thinking that this suite would wear the sound of brasses well, I quickly arranged it for brass quintet, and so was able to fill this embarrassing gap in my output.
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Sonata da Chiesa (III)
Composer: Joyce, Brian
Instrumentation: Quartet2 Trumpets and 2 Trombones; I. Christ lag in Todesbanden II. Erschienen ist der herrliche Tag III. Auf, Auf, mein Herz, mit Freuden IV. Gelobt sei Gott im höchsten Thron: intended for the Easter season Learn MoreUpdate Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.From $35.00
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Sonatina
Composer: Joyce, Brian
Instrumentation: Trio Instruments: Bassoon, Clarinet, Oboe
Genre: ContemporaryFor Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon, this Trio is a wonderful chamber piece that would make a nice to a recital or any outside event. Learn MoreUpdate Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.As low as $18.00
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Five Elfin Dances
Composer: Joyce, Brian
Instrumentation: Trio Instruments: English Horn, Oboe
Genre: ContemporaryFor 2 Oboes and English Horn, "Five Elfin Dances" is a fun piece that works best in a recital setting. The movements include:
I. The Busy Village
II. Cautious Explorers
III. Dance in the Glen
IV. The Princess's Song
V. Bound for Home
Program notes from the composer:
These miniatures began as musical doodling, written for fun during breaks from work on larger pieces. I have no idea why, but the first three pieces feature fleeting quotes from J. S. Bach.
These pieces were played several times soon after they were completed, including one performance for a class of 5th-graders at a local elementary school. In the days following that performance, the three musicians received several cards from the students. One girl wrote, "Thanks for coming. I was going to play the oboe but now I have decided not to." It's a wonderful thing to be able to influence a young life with one's music.
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Sonata da Chiesa
Composer: Joyce, Brian
Instrumentation: Ensemble Instruments: Bassoon, Clarinet, Flute, Harpsicord, Oboe
Genre: ChristmasFor Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and Harpsichord, this "Sonata da Chiesa" is in four movements
1.Es ist ein’ Ros entsprungen (Lo, How a Rose e’er Blooming)
2. Vom Himmel hoch, da komm’ ich her (From Heaven Above to Earth I Come)
3. Joseph lieber, Joseph mein (Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine)
4. In Dulci Jubilo (Good Christian Men, Rejoice)
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