Description
- Composer: Shawn Okpebholo (1981-)
- Format: Set of Parts
- Instrumentation: Piano, Flute, Oboe
- Work: The Spiral (2022)
- Binding: Saddle-Stitch
- Size: 9.0 x 12.0 inches
- Pages: None
Description
Commissioned by Trio Village, this energetic trio for oboe, flute, and piano takes inspiration from Vladimir Nabokov’s idea of the spiral as a “spiritualized circle”—a symbol of freedom, growth, and release from repetition. Through shifting timbres, rhythms, and tonalities, the piece explores the journey from constraint to transformation, anchored by a meditative central passage that reflects on the power of breaking free. Spiraling forward rather than circling back, the music embraces change as a dynamic and nonlinear force.






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