Arranged by Anthony Robson for Oboe, Violin, Oboe da Caccia (or Cor Anglais), Viola, Cello & Bassoon. We do not know what ensemble, if any, Bach had in mind but this combination is both historically possible and convincing in its sonority.
Ion Bogdan Stefanescu, first flautist of the George Enescu Philharmonic in Bucharest and a dear friend asked me, before a tour in Japan, to write a piece for flute and string trio, based on a traditional Japanese melody. The result is a miniature whose sound more closely resembles early 20th century French music rather than that of the extreme orient.
Ioan Dobrinescu
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Ciprian Porumbescu (1853-1883) was a Romanian composer. Mainly a conductor for numerous choirs (among which that of the "Arboroasa" Society in Cernaui, "România Juna˘" in Vienna, "Reuniunea româna de gimnastica˘ i cântari" in Braov and the St. Nicholas church choir in Scheii Braovului), he also had a short lived career as a music teacher at the Romanian School in Braov (1881-1882). The main sources of his inspiration, folklore, the romance and Austrian operetta, were most effectively unified in his compositions. The accessibility and popular character of his works made them very successful.
After a short career in teaching, Ioan Dobrinescu became an editor for Actualitatea Muzicala, the magazine of the Romanian Composers and Musicologists Syndicate. In 1991 he became editor and later artistic counselor for the Romanian Broadcasting Corporation. He is currently the head of the Evaluation Committee for Musical Recordings. Alongside numerous programmes and musical performances across a range of genres, Ioan Dobrinescu has also written as a music critic, presented numerous concerts and produced programme notes.
He has received numerous awards for his compositions, such as the Mihail Jora prize of the Romanian Music Critics Syndicate in 1995 and the Competition for Musical Programmes organized by Radio Brno in the Czech Republic in 1996.
He became a member of UCMR in 1990 and original works and arrangements by him have been played in Romania, France, Germany, Austria, Great Britain, Belgium, The Netherlands and the Republic of Moldova.