Sad Steps: Music of Tragedy and Grief
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Oboist Mark Hill demonstrates his instrument's singular affinity to express grief and suffering.

This collection of music for oboe offers six examples of the instrument's singular affinity to express grief and suffering. Each piece is concerned primarily with tragedy and loss in various forms, and in each case the composer has gravitated toward the voice of the oboe to portray the emotional dissonances and psychological complexities of the material at hand. Yet within these diverse works we find anger, defiance, resignation, nostalgia, hope and transcendence in addition to sadness and mourning. Oboist Mark Hill's versatile career has spanned a broad range of orchestral, chamber, and solo performing while maintaining a consistent commitment to teaching. He is currently principal oboe of the National Philharmonic and a member of the Left Bank Concert Society. A graduate of the State University of New York-Stony Brook, he is professor of oboe and chamber music at the University of Maryland School of Music in College Park. This is his second recording for Albany Records.
Contents:
Witold Lutoslawski, composer
Epitaph for oboe & piano
Mark Hill, oboe; Audrey Andrist, piano

Pavel Haas, composer
Suite for oboe and piano, op. 17
Mark Hill, oboe; Audrey Andrist, piano

Eric Moe, composer
Sad Steps for oboe and piano
Mark Hill, oboe; Audrey Andrist, piano

Dietrich Erdmann, composer
Elegy for solo oboe
Mark Hill, oboe

Thea Musgrave, composer
Niobe for oboe & pre-recorded sound track
Mark Hill, oboe

August Klughardt, composer
Schilflieder for oboe, viola & piano, op. 28
Mark Hill, oboe; Katherine Murdock, viola; Xak Bjerken, piano

Review:
“…[Mark Hill’s] work here is most impressive: warm-toned with an attractive reedy burr, and unerring in technique and expression…I recommend this disc highly, and not just for listeners who are looking for oboe repertoire demos, but for anyone who enjoys fine chamber performances of first-rate but not overexposed music.” (Fanfare)
Overall this is a satisfying recording and is worth a hearing for the Haas and the less-familiar pieces in particular. (American Record Guide)
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