A bassoon concerto inspired by the artwork of MC Escher made possible by a generous ATLAS grant from the Louisiana Board of Regents. “Escher Keys” explores the interactive possibilities between the bassoon, an instrument lacking in repertoire, and the orchestra, investigating the ideas of negative and positive space and illusion. The endurance and athleticism of the bassoon soloist is heavily explored; the soloist will be able to choose from multiple versions of the work with four optional cadenzas, each from a different vantage point, to create evolving interpretations with each player and performance. “We adore chaos because we love to produce order.”
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Instrumentation in three movements with four optional candenzas:
Bassoon soloist plus 2222-1111-3 percussionists, 66442
Percussion details: timpani, vibraphone, marimba (5 octave), crotales, glockenspiel, suspended cymbal, guiro, wind chimes, wood blocks (high, middle, low), rain stick
Duration (without cadenzas): 18 minutes
Featuring the Three Worlds Symphony Orchestra including LSU faculty, select students and members of the the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra and LPO:
Featured soloist, Darrel Hale
Conductor, Scott Terrell
Flutes: Rachel Ciraldo and Lea Baumert
Oboes: Galite Kaunitz and Keenan Smith
Clarinets: Tyler Bourque and Thomas Kim
Bassoons: Natasha Pizarro and Ana Lee Milligan
Trumpet: Matthew Vangjel
Horn: Seth Orgel
Trombone: Hana Beloglavec
Tuba: Charlie Goodman
Percussion: Brett Dietz, Dustin Haigler, Ty Ellender
Harp: Gabriela Werries
Violins 1: Espen Lilleslatten, Rafael Galvan Herrera, Xiangwei Sun, Taeyoung Yun, Chia-Shan Hso, Juilianna Schober
Violins 2: Lin He, Hanna Panamarenka, Nicole Fassold, Aaron Gonzalez, Sergio DeLaPoza
Violas: Kim Sparr, Chris Lowry, Catherine Chen, Emma Wood
Cellos: Molly Goforth, Eduard Teregulov, Katie DeLaMare, Jose Romero-Ottonello
Basses: Yung-chiao Wei and John Madere