Scott Pender: Music for Woodwinds

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Label
Navona
Release Date
November 10, 2017
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      PENDER, SCOTT
    • PERFORMER
      Shay, Tracey, Carlucci, Herlehy, Haskins, Brown, Moughalian, Belenko, Schlefer, Kolker, Pender, Fitt
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 10, 2017
    • UPC
      896931004275
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      NV6127
    • LABEL
      Navona
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Fast

      Composer: Scott Pender

      Performer: Weily Shay, Brian Tracey, Alex Carlucci

    2. II. Slow and Smoth, with Resignation

      Composer: Scott Pender

      Performer: Weily Shay, Brian Tracey, Alex Carlucci

    3. III. Ben Ritmico

      Composer: Scott Pender

      Performer: Weily Shay, Brian Tracey, Alex Carlucci

    4. IV. Slow Lament

      Composer: Scott Pender

      Performer: Weily Shay, Brian Tracey, Alex Carlucci

    5. Variations for Oboe and Piano

      Composer: Scott Pender

      Performer: Margaret Herlehy, Rob Haskins

    6. Toccatina

      Composer: Scott Pender

      Ensemble: The Powell Quartet

    7. I. In the Tide of Times

      Composer: Scott Pender

      Performer: Phillip Kolker, Scott Pender

    8. II. Every Day Is Saturday

      Composer: Scott Pender

      Performer: Phillip Kolker, Scott Pender

    9. III. Lord Berner's Giraffe

      Composer: Scott Pender

      Performer: Phillip Kolker, Scott Pender

    10. IV. Hopeful About the Past

      Composer: Scott Pender

      Performer: Phillip Kolker, Scott Pender

    11. Introduction - I. Moderato

      Composer: Scott Pender

      Performer: Nicholas Fitton, Niall Casey, Brian Tracey, Jenny Smoak, Hanul Park

    12. II. Adagio Cantabile

      Composer: Scott Pender

      Performer: Nicholas Fitton, Niall Casey, Brian Tracey, Jenny Smoak, Hanul Park

    13. Introduction - III. Con Brio

      Composer: Scott Pender

      Performer: Nicholas Fitton, Niall Casey, Brian Tracey, Jenny Smoak, Hanul Park

    14. No. 1. Canon

      Composer: Scott Pender

      Performer: Dillon Meacham, Jonathan Nitz, Hanul Park, Alex Carlucci

    15. No. 2. Country Dance

      Composer: Scott Pender

      Performer: Dillon Meacham, Jonathan Nitz, Hanul Park, Alex Carlucci

    16. No. 3. Stamp

      Composer: Scott Pender

      Performer: Dillon Meacham, Jonathan Nitz, Hanul Park, Alex Carlucci

    17. No. 4. Steps of Two

      Composer: Scott Pender

      Performer: Dillon Meacham, Jonathan Nitz, Hanul Park, Alex Carlucci

    18. No. 5. Backbeat

      Composer: Scott Pender

      Performer: Dillon Meacham, Jonathan Nitz, Hanul Park, Alex Carlucci


Navona Records proudly presents MUSIC FOR WOODWINDS from composer Scott Pender, his fourth appearance on the label. On this album, Pender showcases his chamber works for woodwinds from the last thirty years in ensemble combinations both common and unfamiliar. On this release lyricism abounds throughout. In the lighthearted Kimchi Dreams for two clarinets and bassoon, Pender conjures gentle, dreamy imagery, balancing two lyrical pieces with two quirky, rhythmically charged ones. The cinematic Variations for Oboe & Piano uses the classic theme-and-variations form to paint a broad canvas, which dissolves into a veiled memory at the end. The dramatic Suite for Woodwind Quintet features bubbling, energetic outer movements surrounding a contemplative Adagio. The lower registers are used to great effect in rich, open chordal writing. The most candid and emotional work on the album, Lyric Set for bassoon and piano, fully exploits the wide range of the bassoon. The movements carry descriptive titles: from the flowing opening of “In the Tide of Times,” followed by the reflective simplicity of “Every Day Is Saturday” – then the stubborn humor of “Lord Berners’ Giraffe,” and ending with the sad grandeur of “Hopeful about the Past.” The remaining pieces—Toccatina for flute quartet and Five Dances for bassoon quartet—add an extra element of rhythmic excitement.