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Inspired by Mater in Memoriam: Requiem for Irene - Composer's Notes:Set
for a soulful melancholy Oboe, an instrument my mother favored,
this lament expresses at once sadness, virtuosity, exuberance, and
determination. The musical ups and down parallel the meandering
vicissitudes of life. The Oboe line breaks rules, stretches boundaries,
but comes back down to the simple sound of Danny Boy and its doleful
call to Danny to leave the Highlands, go to battle, and ultimate
death. A sobering contemporary theme.
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