Oboe Sonata (Saint-Saëns)

Oboe Sonata (Saint-Saëns)

Camille Saint-Saëns's Oboe Sonata in D major, Op. 166 was composed in 1921, the year of the composer's death.

This sonata is the first of the three sonatas that Saint-Saëns composed for wind instruments, the other two being the Clarinet Sonata (Op. 167) and the Bassoon Sonata (Op. 168), written the same year.

The piece is dedicated to Louis Bas, first solo oboe with the Societé du Conservatoire de l'Opéra.

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Structure

It is written in three movements:

  1. Andantino
  2. Ad libitum - Allegretto - Ad libitum
  3. Molto Allegro

The movements are not ordered according to the traditional fast-slow-fast sonata system. The tempo of the movements increases successively.

The first movement, Andantino, is music of a pastoral kind, in ternary form ABA. The opening theme of the oboe solo is an echo of the Westminster chime.

The core of the second movement is a Romance, marked Allegretto. It is preceded by an introduction and followed by an epilogue.[1] The introduction and epilogue are marked ad libitum - that is, the performer is free to choose the tempo they feel is most appropriate. At the end of the second movement there is an oboe cadenza, with sharp piano chords, and plenty of expressive phrases.

The last movement, titled Molto Allegro, short and brilliant, has passages of great difficulty and virtuosity.[2]

Other works for oboe

It may be noted that Francis Poulenc's Oboe Sonata and Richard Strauss's Oboe Concerto are also one of their last works.

References

  1. ^ Krakenberger, Juan (08/05/2002). "El Oboe en la música francesa del siglo XX" (in Spanish). Mundoclasico.com. http://www.mundoclasico.com/2009/documentos/doc-ver.aspx?id=0008972. Retrieved 2009-03-07. 
  2. ^ Krakenberger, Juan (2007-12-19). "Protagonista: el oboe" (in Spanish). Mundoclasico.com. http://www.mundoclasico.com/2009/documentos/doc-ver.aspx?id=f0962a33-ef22-46ac-b19c-2fbff7cda994. Retrieved 2009-03-07. 

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