Córdoba

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#CCCCCC" TEXT="#080000" background="13cfd5a3.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Aaron Alon"><U><B><IMG SRC="3a07d140.png" border=0 width="125" height="20" ALT="Aaron Alon" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Compositions"><U><B>Recent compositions</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id163.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Breaking the Silence"><U>Breaking the Silence</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id158.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="All Rights Reserved"><U>All Rights Reserved</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id144.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dulce et Decorum Est"><U>Dulce et Decorum Est</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id104.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fairy Tales"><U>Fairy Tales</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id101.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hibakusha"><U>Hibakusha</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id81.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="A View to a Death"><U>A View to a Death</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id47.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Peter Pan Suite"><U>Peter Pan Suite</U></A>   |   <B>Córdoba</B>   |   <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Spell"><U>Spell</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Spring and Fall"><U>Spring and Fall</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fantasia for Piano"><U>Fantasia for Piano</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Silken Tent"><U>The Silken Tent</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#888888" TEXT="#080000" background="13dd2b03.jpg"> <div> <IMG SRC="6a115300.png" border=0 width="21" height="48" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> On <I>Córdoba...</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>“Ian Davidson's solo performance of </B><I><B>Córdoba</B></I><B> is breathtaking</B><B>!”</B></div> <div> —Catherine Pagan</div> <div> <I>Hawaii International Conference</I></div> <div> <I>on Arts & Humanities</I></div> <div> <IMG SRC="6a015240.png" border=0 width="21" height="36" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Order the Score:</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.lulu.com/content/378820" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.lulu.com/content/378820"><U><B><IMG SRC="69c6e8e0.jpg" border=0 width="110" height="142" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#CCCCCC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <IMG SRC="4fd6e1d0.png" border=0 width="110" height="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>INSTRUMENTATION</B>: Solo oboe</div> <div> <B>DURATION</B>: Ca. 6 minutes</div> <bR> <div> Each movement is marked with a reference to a different, but similarly themed, poem.  The first movement references the Lorca's poem, <I>Canción de jinete</I>, as translated by Susana Cavallo; this is also the origin of the title, Córdoba.  The second movement makes reference to Samuel Coleridge's <I>Rime of the Ancient Mariner</I>.  The third movement references C.P. Cavafy's <I>Walls</I>, as translated by Rae Dalven.  To the best of my knowledge, these texts have never been grouped together before, separated as they are by time, country, and language.  Yet their juxtaposition for this setting may strike the reader as surprisingly natural.  The poems are drawn together here by their common literary themes, their shared observations of a human nature which transcends nationalist boundaries, and by the embodiment of human isolation in the pathos of a solo oboe. </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B> </B><I><B>NOW AVAILABLE on CD!</B></I></div> <div> <A HREF="http://cdbaby.com/cd/iandavidson" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://cdbaby.com/cd/iandavidson"><U><IMG SRC="7f8d3d30.jpg" border=0 width="211" height="211" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id44.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Movement 1"><U><B>Movement 1</B></U></A></div> <div> Lorca's <I>Canción de jinete</I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id45.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Movement 2"><U><B>Movement 2</B></U></A></div> <div> Coleridge's <I>Rime of the Ancient Mariner</I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id46.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Movement 3"><U><B>Movement 3</B></U></A></div> <div> C.P. Cavafy's <I>Walls</I></div> <bR> <div> <U>Recording</U></div> <div> <A HREF="http://cdbaby.com/cd/iandavidson" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://cdbaby.com/cd/iandavidson"><U>High Wood</U></A>: On the Wild Basin Winds label, with Ian Davidson performing.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Awards</U></div> <div> 2006 National Association of Composers Texas Composition Competition</div> <bR> <div> 2005 Mu Phi Epsilon Composition Contest</div> <div> <I>Postgraduate Division, Short work category</I></div> <bR> <div> <U>Performance History</U></div> <div> <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Master of Music Recital"><U>November 21, 2004</U></A></div> <div> Holly Somers, oboe</div> <div> Master's Recital</div> <div> <I>Kulas Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music</I></div> <bR> <div> April 19, 2005</div> <div> Holly Somers, oboe</div> <div> Mu Phi Epsilon Cleveland Heights Alumni Banquet</div> <div> <I>Judson Park, Cleveland</I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id106.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="March 9, 2006"><U>March 9, 2006</U></A> <B>(Professional Premiere)</B></div> <div> Ian Davidson, oboe</div> <div> College Music Society/NACUSA Texas Conference</div> <div> <I>Texas State University, San Marcos</I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id111.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="April 23, 2006"><U>April 23, 2006</U></A></div> <div> Miranda Sanchez, oboe</div> <div> Miranda Sanchez: Senior Recital</div> <div> <I>Texas State University, San Marcos</I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id114.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="May 23, 2006"><U>May 23, 2006</U></A><B> (International Premiere)</B></div> <div> Ian Davidson, oboe</div> <div> Guest Master Artist Recital: Ian Davidson</div> <div> <I>State Conservatory of Music, Bratislava, Slovakia</I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id117.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="July 8, 2006"><U>July 8, 2006</U></A></div> <div> Alecia Lawyer, oboe</div> <div> Americans Festival for the Arts: Faculty Recital</div> <div> <I>Ovations Night Club, Houston, TX</I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id130.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="August 16, 2006"><U>August 16, 2006</U></A></div> <div> Ian Davidson, oboe</div> <div> Ian Davidson: Solo Recital</div> <div> <I>Federal Conservatory, Teressina, Brazil</I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id131.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="September 11, 2006"><U>September 11, 2006</U></A></div> <div> Ian Davidson, oboe</div> <div> Ian Davidson: Solo Recital</div> <div> <I>Texas State University, San Marcos</I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id137.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="January 12, 2007"><U>January 12, 2007</U></A></div> <div> Ian Davidson, oboe</div> <div> 5th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts & Humanities</div> <div> <I>Hilton Waikiki Prince Kuhio, Honolulu, Hawaii</I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id132.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="March 9, 2007"><U>March 9, 2007</U></A></div> <div> Ian Davidson, oboe</div> <div> Ian Davidson: Solo Recital</div> <div> <I>Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China</I></div> <div> <I> <A NAME="about_the_recording"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I></div> <div> <U>About the Recording</U></div> <div> This is a live recording of a performance in Kulas Hall at the Cleveland Institute of Music, on November 21, 2004.  The oboist is <B>Holly Somers</B>.</div> <bR> <div> All music ©2004 Aaron Alon (ASCAP).  All rights reserved.   </div> </td> </tr></table></body>