composer
Herman Strategier was a composer in the school of Hendrik Andriessen. He wrote a large and varied body of works in which sacred music plays a significant role. He found ...
related works
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano 1 hand
Scoring:
pflh
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Oboe and string orchestra
Scoring:
8vl 2vla 2vc cb ob-solo
Another Magic Reed : Version for oboe and string orchestra / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Oboe and string orchestra
Scoring:
ob str
Blom : Version for oboe and string orchestra / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Oboe and string orchestra
Scoring:
ob str
composition
Drie stukken : hobo, strijkorkest, 1940 / Herman Strategier
Contains:
Ciaconna (Andante)
Adagio non troppo
Allegro moderato ma deciso
Description:
Program note (English): The work was originally written for oboe and string quartet in 1937; this arrangement was made in 1940.
In part 1, Ciaconna, the oboe exposes the eight-bar theme, with a simple orchestral accompaniment. This is followed by eight variations, each shedding a new light on the theme. Alternately, the oboe and the string orchestra predominate. This first movement climaxes in the eighth variation, where in maestoso tempo the oboe plays the original theme, with the violins adorning it in broadly bowed chords.
The second part, Adagio non troppo, is in three part song form: A - B - A. In the middle section B: Allegro vivace, some canonic passages occur between oboe and solo violin, and between oboe and solo viola.
The third movement, Allegro moderato ma deciso, written in a simple, free rondo form, is constructed on two short motifs. The first is played immediate by the second violins, and it is followed by the playful second motif. - HERMAN STRATEGIER