Slide in Central Park, for oboe, in B minor

This short piece was specially composed for oboist Robert Botti who premiered it during a concert in New York city, in August 2014.

The piece is inspired by the poignant, wan and livid colors in William Glackens' painting Central Park in Winter, with children sliding in the park. The painting is part of the Metropolitan Museum of Arts collection.

This is Slide in Central Park recorded by Robert Botti in August 2014.
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The score of Slide in Central Park is published by Musicalion.

This score is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License – NonCommercial – ShareAlike 3.0 France. For any use of this work not covered by this license, you must obtain the permission from SACEM (www.sacem.fr/en).

As an alternative to oboe (tuned in C), instrumentalists can play the piece on an English horn (tuned in F), or else on an oboe d'amore (tuned in A).