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Francis Poulenc: Sonata for Oboe and Piano, FP 185

Antonio Urrutia, Oboe Oksana Zotova, Piano I. Elégie II. Scherzo III. Déploration Poulenc’s Sonata for Oboe and Piano, the last written of his three woodwind sonatas, was composed in 1962 in memory of Serge Prokofiev. Its opening Élégie begins with the oboe’s high D, followed by a semi-cadenza into a pulsing harmony in the piano, supporting the swirling oboe melody around G. The piano then brings us to a second more lyrical theme in E flat major, blossoming into the oboe melody. A third theme featuring a double-dotted rhythmic motif provides the climax of the movement before recapitulation, and a quiet yet unresolved ending. The Scherzo is an animated 6/8 movement in which pointed and aggressive passages alter with smoother motifs. A slower and more lyrical middle section takes over, and is a direct homage to Prokofiev and his compositional style, almost like if it was taken right out of his ballet “Romeo and Juliet” gradually receding before the Scherzo resumes and presses forward to a dramatic and extremely aggressive ending. The final Déploration, starts on a chorale-like theme on the piano, like distant wind chimes. The oboe floats above this, in a haunting melody, bringing back snippets of previous themes, accepting the misery, anger, and tragedy of his friends death. Briefly and sporadically reflecting on final snippets of joy, the oboe disappears into melancholia.