William McMullen’s recital will consist of four works for either oboe or oboe and piano. The first work is a transcription of a violin sonata by W. A. Mozart, KV 454, in B flat Major. Composed for Italian violinist Regina Strinasacchi who gave the first performance with Mozart at the keyboard.

The key of B flat Major has made it an attractive work for oboists as well.

The second work is by the Polish composer, Witold Lutoslawski, titled “Epitaph” for oboe and piano. Composed in 1979 in memory of a Scottish composer, Alan Richardson, who had passed away the year before, it consists of five simple refrains each followed by five quasi - aleatoric episodes. After a short intermission he will perform the “Four Etudes for solo oboe” by the French composer and oboist Gilles Silvestrini. Each one of the etudes is inspired by an impressionistic painting by artists such as Monet, Renoir, and Manet. Projection of each of the paintings will accompany the performance. The final work is by little known British composer Ivor R. Foster, titled “Sonatina” for oboe and piano. It was composed in a pre-impressionistic style for the premiere British oboist of the mid 20th century, Leon Goossens.