Vaughan Williams’s 1944 Concerto for oboe and strings is one of few such works to maintain a foothold in the repertoire. David Threasher listens to a selection of the available recordings The oboe ...
The remarkable true story of how a US military man inspired Richard Strauss to compose an oboe concerto after World War II. On 30 April 1945 – the very day that Hitler committed suicide in a bunker ...
The London Symphony Orchestra’s Olivier Stankiewicz was the soloist for the premiere of Colin Matthews’s oboe concerto; Rachmaninov and Bartók followed, with Chan compelling and clear It’s hard to ...
Movie soundtrack composer John Williams' 81st birthday will be marked by his own Boston Pops Orchestra releasing a live recording of his oboe concerto on February 8th. To celebrate the composer's 81st ...
Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra Alexei Ogrintchouk, Oboe Sonata for Keyboard and Violin No. 26 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer Alexei ...
Bruno Maderna (1920-1973) was a pivotal figure in the European avant garde of the 1950s and 1960s. He was a fine conductor who championed the works of his contemporaries such as Boulez and Stockhausen ...
Sarah Devonald compares recordings of Strauss’s Oboe Concerto and makes a recommendation: Strauss: Sinfonia Domestica STRAUSS, R: Symphonia Domestica Op. 53; Oboe Concerto in D; Eine Alpensinfonie Op.
William Bennett, the longtime San Francisco Symphony oboist who suffered a cerebral hemorrhage on Saturday night while performing Richard Strauss' Oboe Concerto with the orchestra in Davies Symphony ...
Listen to programmes examining the life and works of Richard Strauss.