SKU: A0.886656

 Paraklisis, for clarinet solo (1991). The first of composer’s works written in a modern progressive idiom. It is based in symmetry of intervals and their gradual transformation. It is a musical equivalent of someone’s experience by attending the Paraklitikos Canon to Virgin Mary a very famous ritual which takes place in Eastern Orthodox Church at August. The work is divided in 7 parts:
a. Ritual,
b. Prayer Ι (bird song),
c. Offer,
e. Dance (mystic waltz),
d. Prayer ΙΙ (recitativo),
e. Expectation,
f. The Miracle.
In its stage form, the work, includes an introduction with two monastery talanton, (a percussive piece of wood, monks use for ceremonial calling) sounding in a canon before the sound of a censer. A narrator recites hymns (troparion) from the ceremony between the parts.
The work draw the attention of exquisite performers as Michel Arrignion, Stathis Kiosoglou (first and second
performance in Athens in 1991-1992) and Giannis Sabrovalakis who under the artistic direction of Theodor Antoniou gave a performance at the 3d Sacred Festival in island Patmos (2003). He also recorded the work for a coming up CD production.
In its version for oboe solo (2002), it has been perfomed by Spyros Kontos at Ionian Academy Music Hall
in Corfu, in 2010, who also recorded the work for his personal CD Metamorphosis. http://oboemetamorphosis.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/theodossiou-paraklisis/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gjdfWtEb_M .

SKU: A0.572834

This is an original composition for Oboee and Piano in a reflective style in the key of D minor. There is a separate oboe part in the score and the track as heard is available under Solitude Piano Track. James Michael Stevens is a prolific composer residing in Nashville, TN and serves as the Music Department Chairman of Welch College. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orASVQQgAfc

SKU: A0.810095

This arrangement is based on the original publication from William Walker's Southern Harmony where the music is basically a 3 voices choral and this arrangement is almost just a transcription to oboea and piano. The melody has little changes as the way it is interpreted today but keeps almost the same harmony from the original. It is written in a straight easy way for players to enjoy. Although the title of the piece comes from the hymn written by John Newton this is only an instrumental arrangement. The PDF includes the piano score (two pages) and the oboe part (one page).