Heinz Holliger is now 72, and rumour has it that this could be his last disc as an oboist. There's certainly a sense of coming full circle about it, too, since the main works here – the Concertos for ...
Gonzalo X. Ruiz — well known to Bay Area audiences through his long-standing involvement with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra — is among the country’s great Baroque oboists, and this lovely and ...
Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra No. 1 Jan Willem de Vriend, Conductor Ludwig August Lebrun, Composer Bart Schneemann, Oboe Radio Chamber Orchestra Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra No. 2 Radio Chamber ...
The long, sinuous song that is Vaughan Williams’s beguiling oboe concerto is something of a calling card for Nicholas Daniel. He won the BBC young musician of the year playing it and here he directs ...
In 1945, a corporal in the U.S. army (and oboist) visited Richard Strauss at his home and asked him if he had ever considered writing an oboe concerto. The old man declined. Six months later - aged 81 ...
Ave verum corpus Albrecht Mayer, Cor anglais Vital Julian Frey, Organ Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, Bremen Concerto for Flute, Harp and Orchestra Albrecht Mayer, Oboe Vital Julian Frey, Harpsichord ...
Vaughan Williams said he wanted his Oboe Concerto to explore all the sound colors the instrument could make. It's part of our music this morning beginning at 9 am on 91.1 and 107.5 FM and our music ...
It’s not all about the Brandenburg Concertos – but it’s a good place to start! Discover the magic behind Bach’s fantastic Baroque orchestral music. Of Bach’s mammoth output of more than 1100 ...
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 ...
From principal oboist Mary Lynch’s reedy mastery to the politely timed coughing of its die-hard patrons (a mini-explosion between movements), the Seattle Symphony holds an eternal soft spot in my ...
In 1945, a corporal in the U.S. army (and oboist) visited Richard Strauss at his home and asked him if he had ever considered writing an oboe concerto. The old man declined. Six months later - aged 81 ...