Serna-Grey: Aino for Oboe, English Horn, Bassoon, Piano
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Instrumentation: Oboe, English Horn, Bassoon, Piano
Duration: 10′
Composed: 2016
Published by: Distributed Composer
Another chapter in the song cycle based off of the Kalevala, this one tells the story of Aino, who is promised to Vainam?inen in marriage. Aino’s dislike of this arrangement is so strong that she commits suicide and becomes a salmon, forever haunting the old man. The piece is written for oboe, English horn, bassoon and piano. It utilizes several extended techniques such as strummed and bowed piano and pitch bends to tell its story.