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Scott Pender: Music for Woodwinds

Weily Shay (clarinet), Brian Tracey (clarinet), Alex Carlucci (bassoon), Margaret Herlehy (oboe), Rob Haskins (piano), Phillip Kolker (bassoon), Scott Pender (piano), Nicholas Fitton (flute), Niall Casey (oboe), Jenny Smoak (horn), Hanul Park (bassoon), Dillon Meacham (bassoon), Jonathan Nitz (bassoon),...

Release Date: 10th Nov 2017
Catalogue No: NV6127
Label: Navona Records
Length: 59 minutes

Pender: Kimchi Dreams

Work length7:56

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Weily Shay, Brian Tracey, Alex Carlucci

I. Fast

Track length1:35

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II. Slow and Smooth, with Resignation

Track length2:15

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III. Ben ritmico

Track length1:52

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IV. Slow Lament

Track length2:14

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Pender: Variations for Oboe & Piano

Work length10:14

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Margaret Herlehy, Rob Haskins

Pender: Toccatina

Work length3:09

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The Powell Quartet

Pender: Lyric Set

Work length12:16

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Scott Pender, Phillip Kolker

I. In the Tide of Times

Track length2:39

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II. Every Day Is Saturday

Track length2:20

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III. Lord Berner's Giraffe

Track length3:26

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IV. Hopeful About the Past

Track length3:51

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Pender: Suite for Woodwind Quintet

Work length13:29

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Nicholas Fitton, Niall Casey, Brian Tracey, Jenny Smoak, Hanul Park

Introduction - I. Moderato

Track length4:31

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II. Adagio cantabile

Track length3:59

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Introduction - III. Con brio

Track length4:59

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Pender: 5 Dances

Work length11:56

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Dillon Meacham, Jonathan Nitz, Hanul Park, Alex Carlucci

No. 1, Canon

Track length2:01

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No. 2, Country Dance

Track length2:47

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No. 3, Stamp

Track length2:14

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No. 4, Steps of Two

Track length2:57

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No. 5, Backbeat

Track length1:57

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Navona Records proudly presents MUSIC FOR WOODWINDS from composer Scott Pender, his fourth appearance on the label. On this album, Pender showcases his chamber works for woodwinds from the last thirty years in ensemble combinations both common and unfamiliar. The Washington Post has praised Pender’s “good ear for melody and keen sense for the dramatic.” The music on this album is no different: lyricism abounds throughout. In the lighthearted Kimchi Dreams for two clarinets and bassoon, Pender conjures gentle, dreamy imagery, balancing two lyrical pieces with two quirky, rhythmically charged ones. The cinematic Variations for Oboe & Piano uses the classic theme-and-variations form to paint a broad canvas which dissolves into a veiled memory at the end. The dramatic Suite for Woodwind Quintet features bubbling, energetic outer movements surrounding a contemplative Adagio. The lower registers are used to great effect in rich, open chordal writing. The most candid and emotional work on the album, Lyric Set for bassoon and piano, fully exploits the wide range of the bassoon. The movements carry descriptive titles: from the flowing opening of “In the Tide of Times,” followed by the reflective simplicity of “Every Day Is Saturday” – then the stubborn humor of “Lord Berners’ Giraffe,” and ending with the sad grandeur of “Hopeful about the Past.” The remaining pieces—Toccatina for flute quartet and Five Dances for bassoon quartet—add an extra element of rhythmic excitement. Toccatina draws a bright, crisp portrait using the flutes’ upper register contrasting with an emerging melody in the bass flute. In Five Dances the contrabassoon adds depth and drive to the strikingly rich sound of the bassoon chorus.

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The Powell Quartet

Scott Pender: Music for Woodwinds

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