Includes parts for 2 Cornets, Horn and Euphonium
Oblivion was composed for the Swiss National Quartet Championships 2017.
The work is in three distinctive sections and explores the colour and range of the instrumentalists:
The opening is mysterious and driven by a rhythmic quaver pulse that accompanies a series of semiquaver interjections. The semiquaver groups start as completely tongued groups before changing to slurred passages later on in the movement. At figure C the semiquavers give way to a more lyrical passage that builds to the return of the opening rhythmic material. Melodic lines interplay with relentless semiquaver flourishes as the movement builds to a dramatic close.
