Hello Amorous Congress-Stick

…a ‘wow’ factor had capped the night.

Getting into classical recital music can be hard…even for me.  So when Ali told me she was mixing all kinds of oboe variety music into her masters recital, I was like, ‘eh, I might come check it out’.  (Jest:  I always will take the time to support my friends’ ventures baring any real time conflict)

Ali looked beautiful in her formal gown.  The reed she made for the night orchestrated glorious tones from her oboe.  She opened with a simple oboe/piano duet by Francis Poulenc.  Ali included various other pieces.  Two highlights were with a piece of hers of structured improv…and another with her using a loop track playing a piece her masters instructor actually wrote years ago.

She closed her recital with an atypical quintet arrangement.  Quintet in G Minor, Op.39 by Sergei Prokofiev has an interesting background on how it came to be composed.  It was also very interesting in movement development.  As this piece echoed it’s last night, a ‘wow’ factor had capped the night.

Also having a ‘wow’ factor was the cake at her reception following the recital.  There was a decorated oboe on her cake!  Completed with an oboe reed.  It was very endearing to see her parents put such cute thought into this and surprise her with it at the reception.