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Chamber Ensemble

Folk Tune

2025

Instrumentation
Flute, Oboe, and Cello
Duration
4'
Premiere
February 8, 2025 — Kresge Theater, Pittsburgh, PA

About the piece

With this piece I wanted to embrace the pastoral and improvisatory nature of playing folk tunes, with melodies being seamlessly passed between the three instruments. The music goes through many sections, from a stately opening, to a lively jig. A syncopated percussive section appears in the middle section with cello playing pizzicato and flute playing slap tongue, before the opening material comes back to end the piece.

For scores and inquiries, contact iantamcomposer@gmail.com.