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| Sunday, January 17
Zwilich's Oboe Concerto On today's date in 1991, the Cleveland Orchestra celebrated the 25th anniversary of its principal oboist, John Mack, with the premiere performance of a special commission: a new Concerto written for Mack by the American composer Ellen Taaffe Zwilich. "For me," wrote Zwilich, "the concerto is an inherently dramatic situation with many analogies to the theater. For instance, a soloist -- or protagonist -- may have a cadenza -- or soliloquy -- in which to voice his or her essential nature . . . In the case of the oboe, it seems to me that a soloist's highest virtuosity is displayed in the way a phrase is shaped, in the variety of color and the shadings occurring in long melodic lines, in the intense viocal artistry of the finest solo player. So this concerto issues largely from the 'bel canto' spirit of the oboe." But, getting back to her analogy of the concerto as a kind of mini-drama, Zwlich continues: "The full development of a character requires a dialogue with other strong characters. An unusual feature of my Oboe Concerto is the use of the orchestral oboe, oboe d'amore and English horn to form a sort of 'close family' trio that interacts with the solo oboe throughout. My Concerto is dedicated, with affection, to John Mack, whose artistry inspired it." The premiere recording of the work features John Mack and the Louisville Orchestra. |  | Music Played on Today's Program: Additional Information:
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