Signals Cross (The Three Reeds Duo)
The Three Reeds Duo - Leah Forsyth, oboe and Paul Forsyth, saxophone
The Three Reeds Duo - Leah Forsyth, oboe and Paul Forsyth, saxophone
The Three Reeds Duo - Leah Forsyth, oboe and Paul Forsyth, saxophone
1 Pastorale Marcus Maroney (4:09)
2–6 3 Reed Suite Thomas Hundemer
2. Double Soliloquy (3:53)
3. Chromatic Fantasy with Fugue (4:15)
4. Serenade with Tangents (2:20)
5. Variations on a Theme by Schoenberg (3:16)
6. Humoreske (1:49)
7 Double Cadenza Gregory Wanamaker (8:35)
8–11 The Journey Richard Rose
8. Hello (1:17)
9. Conflict (1:39)
10. Love Song (2:39)
11. Happily Ever After (1:52)
12–14 signals cross Kyle Blaha
12. I. (2:54)
13. II. (4:19)
14. III. (2:26)
This duo, formed in 2005, has begun building a repertoire ranging from baroque and classical transcriptions to contemporary concert literature. Three Reeds has performed in a variety of venues throughout the country, from collegiate recitals, to conferences, to wedding ceremonies. In 2011, the Three Reeds Duo was awarded the Donald Derby Professorship at Northwestern State University, where they are both professors on their respective instruments. Through this grant, Three Reeds commissioned four new works for oboe/saxophone duo and premiered these works at the 2012 NASA Conference in Arizona and the World Saxophone Congress in Scotland. In 2015, Three Reeds Duo was the winner of the Alford Professorship at Northwestern State University allowing them to record their debut CD, signals cross. To their knowledge, this is the first CD ever recorded of oboe/saxophone duos.
