November 13, 2024
Shindell Choral Hall, Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ)

Nathaniel Moore: Oboe
Mina Perry: Piano

1. Anxiety

2. Disquiet

3. Panic

The sonata “Disquietude” was written over the course of a few weeks in October, during a period of emotional unrest and mental chaos. The result is a work that musically emphasizes this turmoil, whether through the off-kilter rhythms of “Anxiety”, the harmonic ambiguity of “Disquiet”, or the frenetic pace of “Panic”. Throughout the work, the oboe is at odds with the piano, ultimately finding a voice that both compliments and contrasts its accompaniment; the result is at moments unsettling, and at others lyrical and haunting—but always with an emotional depth that brings to life the ‘disquiet’ of the work’s circumstances.

Full Score
Oboe Part