Song & Double-OB/PN

Song & Double
for oboe and piano
by Charles Knox (b. 1929)- American composer and music educator

Song and Double is a lyrical tune for oboe and piano and a rather distant variation of that tune. Oboist Jonathan Dlouhy and pianist Cary Lewis gave the first performance of this piece, which was written especially for them, in 1984. 
Beginning with a challenging introduction for oboe alone, the "song" follows. The major portion of the piece varies melodic segments of the song in treatments increasingly more difficult for both instruments. The song returns followed by a quietly harmonized version of the introduction. 
--Charles Knox