Samuel Barber: Summer Music, Op. 31 (1956)
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- 00:00 - I. Summer Music
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Ensemble: Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet
Bassoon: Sol Schoenbach
Clarinet: Anthony Gigliotti
Flute: Robert Cole
Horn: Mason Jones
Oboe: John De Lancie
Year of Recording: 1959
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"Samuel Barber received a commission in 1953 from the Chamber Music Society of Detroit to write a piece of music for string instruments and woodwind instruments. Barber drew from some of his previous work, including the unpublished orchestral piece Horizon (1945), as material for Summer Music. Originally meant to be a septet for three woodwinds, three strings, and piano, Summer Music evolved into a quintet as Barber experimented with some tuning études written by hornist John Barrows for himself and his colleagues in the New York Woodwind Quintet.
On March 20, 1956, as part of the twelfth season of the Chamber Music Society, the premiere of Summer Music took place at the Detroit Institute of Arts, performed by the first-desk players of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra: James Pellerite (flute), Arno Mariotti (oboe), Albert Luconi (clarinet), Charles Sirard (bassoon), and Ray Alonge (horn). The performance was received warmly by the audience, its success partially attributable to the audience's investment in the piece. Instead of a commissioning fee, Barber agreed to accept donations from the audience, with the Chamber Music Society acting as guarantor for a minimum of $2000.
Summer Music is Barber's only chamber composition for wind instruments, and has become a staple of the wind-quintet repertory. Summer Music showcases each instrument of the wind quintet for which it was composed, namely the flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, and horn. The piece is in a single movement, and has been described as ranging from lyrical and lazy to energetic and contrapuntal." (Wikipedia)
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This is truly wonderful. Such an absorbing piece that subtly pulls you into its intimate world. A friend recently mentioned this piece in commenting on my wind quintet. Thanks so much for posting.
John
Love this piece, so intimate and cozy at the same time,
“Slow and indolent” 😂
Glad I listened though, I particularly enjoyed the lively sections, like around 2:58. These sound to me like starlings darting in and out of hedgerows.
Very neo-classical music, like Stravinsky’s music around the same time or perhaps more like Britten’s folky, lyrical melodies and occasional joyful dances. Both composers wrote some wonderful music for wind. If it wasn’t for music like this, re-inventing the classical idiom, all our films and tv would be full of music inspired by John Cage and Pierre Boulez!!
Barber's music is so good, like the themes are so beautiful (e.g. 1:49)
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