WORK INFORMATION
Dorian Prelude (1989)
for orchestra
Duration: 10 minutes
Scoring
3 Flutes (3rd doubles on Piccolo), 3 Oboes, 3 Clarinets (3rd doubles on Soprano Clarinet in E-flat), 3 Bassoons, 4 Horns in F, 3 Trumpets, 3 Trombones, Tuba, 3 Percussion, Timpani, Piano, Strings
COMMISSIONED BY
New York Youth Symphony
Premiere
New York Youth Symphony, Samuel Wong, music director. Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, November 26, 1989.
Publisher
Theodore Presser Company. Available for rental.
Other individual string players came to the fore in the premiere performance of Mr. Maggio's work, which the Youth Symphony commissioned as part of its First Music series. The 25-year-old composer, taking inspiration from Oscar Wilde's "Picture of Dorian Gray," has produced an imaginative and vibrant concert overture. Its orchestration, which proved striking even in the rich context of this program [Ravel: "Ma Mere l'Oye", Stravinsky: "Rite of Spring"], gives way on three occasions to passages featuring four solo strings — violins, then violas and finally cellos.
--James R. Oestreich, The New York Times, November 28, 1989
...an almost nervously energetic piece that moves through various mental/spiritual states.
--Ray Cooklis, The Cincinnati Enquirer, February 9, 1991
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