Zare, Roger % Seas of the Moon - SOLO BSN

  Seas of the Moonfor unaccompanied bassoonby Roger Zare - American composer Winner of the 2023 Bassoon Chamber Music Composition Competition (BCMCC) Selected repertoire for the 2025 Meg Quigley Vivaldi Competition I. Mare Vaporum (Sea of Vapors)II. Mare Crisium (Sea of Crises)III. Mare Frigoris (Sea of Cold)IV. Oceanus Procellarum (Ocean of Storms) Seas of the Moon is a suite inspired by four imaginatively named regions on the moon. Early humans gazed at the brilliant moon and saw what appeared to be seas and oceans separating continents and islands. While we now knowthat the moon is desolate and completely devoid of bodies of water, these names of lunar regions stuck and are fantastically descriptive. The first movement, “Mare Vaporum,” or “Sea of Vapors,” suggests an impressionist seascape, with foam and fog roiling about. With long lyrical lines and free rhapsodic rhythms, the bassoon imagines the changing shapes of water and clouds. “Mare Crisium,” or “Sea of Crises,” is a fast an