Printed Music: Serenade for two wind instruments--either (1) flute and oboe, or (2) flute and clarinet, or (3) two accordions--and harp (or piano) by Henry Doktorski. Duration: 3 minutes, 30 seconds.
Recorded on Boston Records by Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra members Gretchen Van Hoesen (flute) and James Gorton (oboe), and performed in concert with Van Hoesen, Gorton, and Robert Langevin (principal flutist with the New York Philharmonica Orchestra).
Beautiful and harmonically-pleasing. This is the same Serenade recorded in Doktorski's hit CD: A Classical Christmas.
Jeanne Belfy recognized Doktorski's deceptively simple yet hauntingly beautiful Serenade, as a “tuneful bon-bon” in a review published by The Double Reed. In addition, music critic George David Exoo wrote, “The melodic beauty of Henry's compositions recalls Ralph Vaughan Williams' memorable comment on atonal music: ‘And just what's wrong with a good tune?’”
Professionally typeset and printed. Score = 7 pages and measures 8.5 x 11 inches. Parts included.
