Symphony No. 8 ... City of Light (2011) for chamber orchestra
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Composed by Thomas Oboe Lee. Baroque Period,Classical Period,Romantic Period,20th Century,21st Century. Score. With Basilique du Sacré-Coeur ... Largo 3. 111 pages. Published by Thomas Oboe Lee (S0.11627).Instrumentation: 1202-2000-timp-stringsProgram note.In the year 2010, my wife Kristin Beckwith and I went to Paris twice, the first time in May and the second time in December right after Christmas. The weather was magnificent in May. Our friends Seph and Roger met us there. Being long-time veterans of Paris, they took us all over the city: Le Marais, the Left Bank, Montmartre, Sacré Coeur, Père LaChaise cemetery, Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Jardin du Luxembourg, Jardin des Tuileries, Notre Dame cathedral, Eiffel Tower, the flea market at Porte de Clignancourt, the canal at Saint Martin, etc. Since the weather was so great we basically stayed outside the entire two weeks. My wife Kris said that we had to return next again to Paris to go inside the museums. So we did. The weather in Paris after Christmas was very damp and chilly. So we did indoor activities: Le Louvre, Musée D’Orsay, Palais Garnier, etc. We even attended a beautiful performance of Swan Lake by the Paris Opera Ballet at L’Opéra Bastille. I should also mention that on both occasions I met up with a former student of mine from Berklee, Joe Makholm. He makes a living in Paris playing jazz piano. Joe got us a gig at the Swan Bar in Montparnasse. On the first occasion we did it as a trio with a French bass player. I played jazz flute. On the second occasion, we did it as a duo. Playing jazz in Paris? You can’t beat that!!!Early this year, Steven Lipsitt and I had a chat about my writing a new work for the Boston Classical Orchestra. My last work for the BCO was a piano concerto with Robert Levin as soloist. I told Steven that this time I wanted to write a symphony. He said, “Sure. Go ahead.” I told him it would be about Paris. He said he would put Mozart’s Paris Symphony on the same program. I said, “Fabulous!”Symphony No. 8 … City of Light (2011) is in five movements. 1. La Seine ... Presto, Moderato2. Basilique du Sacré-Coeur ... Largo3. Palais Garnier ... Allegro, Trio4. Avenue des Champs-Élysées ... Allegro5. Musée du Louvre ... Largo, Moderato This work is dedicated to my wife and muse, Kristin Beckwith.
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