Sonatas and Chamber Music For Oboe and Oboe d’amore

Featuring

Mary Lynch VanderKolk
Paige Roberts Molloy
Andy Liang
Eduardo Ríos Centeno
Efe Baltacigil
Olivia Chew

Christopher Tyler Nickel

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Performer Biography

Mary Lynch VanderKolk, the oboist on this album, has been the principal oboe of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra since 2014 and has performed as a soloist with them frequently.

Composition History

The Oboe Sonata was written for and dedicated to Mary Lynch VanderKolk, the oboist on this album, with the composer incorporating her strengths and personality into the music.

Composition History

The Oboe d'amore Quintet was composed out of Christopher Tyler Nickel's love for the oboe d'amore and his desire to provide more chamber music for the instrument.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Christopher Tyler Nickel, the composer, typically writes with a specific image or narrative in mind for TV, cinema, and theatre scores, but prefers to "paint a more abstract picture" for concert hall compositions.

Interpretation

During the recording sessions, the energy and synergy between oboist Mary Lynch VanderKolk and pianist Paige Roberts Molloy was remarkable, with Molloy making the highly exacting piano parts sound effortless.

Composition History

The opening Moderato movement of the Oboe d'amore Quintet was originally a standalone piece Christopher Tyler Nickel composed for his wife on their wedding day.

Compositional Technique

The Suite for Unaccompanied Oboe features a particularly novel rhythmic construction in its third movement, where time signatures cycle through a sequence from 1/8 to 7/8, inspired by the composer's finger drumming.