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.