Chamber Music For Oboe
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For many musicians, playing chamber music is some of the most rewarding work. The chamber music literature for oboe is not as extensive as that of the piano or stringed instruments, nevertheless, there are interesting, rewarding--and even a few sublime--pieces featuring the oboe and other strings, winds, brass and/or keyboard. Let's take a look at some of the chamber music literature and chamber music performers.
.Harold Gomberg, Library of Congress Chamber Music Concert 1936
Tuesday, April 7, 1936!!
Harold Gomberg, oboe and Harold Bennett, flute
perform Gustav Holst's "A fugal concerto, Opus 40, No. 2" (1923) for flute oboe, and string orchestra.
They perform as members of "A Chamber Orchestra from the National Symphony Orchestra" with Dr. Hans Kindler conducting.
Duos with Oboe
- Binkerd, Gordon: Duo for Flute and Oboe
- Bozza,Eugene:Trois Pieces pour flute et hautbois
- Ginastera - Duo, for flute & oboe, Op. 13
- Heitor Villa-Lobos: Duo, for oboe & bassoon, A. 535
- Gordon Jacob - Three Inventions for Flute and Oboe
- George Rochberg- Duo for Oboe and Bassoon
- Hovhaness - Suite for English Horn and Bassoon
- R. Vaughan Williams - Ten Blake Songs for Voice and Oboe
Trios with Oboe
These are some of my favorites:
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Goossens- Pastorale et Arlequinade, for flute, oboe & piano, Op. 41
This is a clever little British number brimming over with charm and likeability. - Poulenc- Trio for oboe, bassoon & piano, FP 43
- Gustav Holst - A fugal concerto, Opus 40, No. 2 (1923) for flute oboe, and string orchestra.
- Beethoven- Trio for Two Oboes and English horn in C Major
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Bach- Trio Sonata in G major for 2 flutes, BWV 1039
works well for oboe and flute
Listen to these Recordings of the Trios
'21st Century Music' reviews Rosandich & Weiss
Playing Elliot Carter's 'Sonata for Flute, Oboe, Cello and Harpsichord'
Concert Review of Weiss and Rosandich playing Elliot Carter's " Sonata for Flute, Oboe, Cello and Harpsichord with Mark Kroll, harpsichord and Joel Cohen, cello.
Oboe Quartets
- Mozart- Quartet In F, For Oboe & Strings, K. 370
- Benjamin Britten - "Phantasy" Quartet
- Elliot Carter- Sonata for Flute, Oboe, Cello and Harpsichord
Oboists in the News
- The Chamber Revolution
- "On Wednesday, March 12 at 7pm, Catherine Estes, who made a strong impression as the oboist in Britten's Phantasy Quartet, will be featured in Mozart's Oboe Quartet in F Major, K. 370, along with Shieh-Jian Tsai, violin, Kate Holzemer, viola, and David Schmude, cello.
Mozart wrote the Quartet, along with his Concerto for Oboe, for Friedrich Ramm, the oboist of the famed Mannheim Orchestra, and perhaps the greatest oboist of his era. Mozart was wildly enthusiastic about what he described as Ramm's "delightfully pure tone," and did not even try to blend the accompanying string chords with an instrument as individual in tone as the oboe, while nevertheless creating a work of gentle intimacy."
The New IDRS Podcasts
Listen to Gordon Hunt's interview. Begins with cuts from the Poulenc Trio.
The Mozart Oboe Quartet, One of the Jewels
try to listen to at least two recordings
Mozart's Oboe Quartet
- Download Leon Goossens in Mozart's Oboe Quartet (NGS, 1925)
- Download Leon Goossens in Mozart's Oboe Quartet (NGS, 1925)
Leon Goossens' first recording of Mozart's Oboe Quartet in F, K. 370
Mozart Oboe Quartet
Easy Places to Locate Oboe Music
- Jeanné, Inc.
- Jeanné, Inc. Has a wonderfully indexed, comprehensive list of music for oboe with and without other instruments
- Old Town Music Company
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- TrevCo Music - Purveyer of Fine Music
- Music for Double Reeds
- Music for Oboe
- Music for Oboe 1650 - 1800.
A Bibliography- Locate music for oboe by composer and then combination of instrument(s).
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Woodwind Quintet
Paid-up members of the IDRS have all 24 Reicha ww Quintets; 9 Danzi and 3 Cambini, freely available for downloading as pdf files, for home printing. Thirty six free Quintet downloads is a good start. Happy printing.
- Darius Milhaud: La Cheminée du Roi René (7), suite for wind quintet, Op. 205
- Jacques Ibert: Pièces brèves (3), for wind quintet
- Alec Wilder: Quintet for woodwinds No 1 Up Tempo
- Villa-Lobos, Heitor: Quinteto em forme de choros, for flute, oboe, clarinet, English horn (or French horn) & bassoon, A. 231
- Paul Hindemith: Kleine Kammermusik, for wind quintet, Op. 24/2
- Samuel Barber - Summer Music, a personal favorite!
- Elliot Carter Woodwind Quintet (1948)
- Irving Fine Partita for Woodwind Quintet
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Jacques Ibert-Trois Pieces Breves
Editions Alphonse Leduc - Carl Nielsen- Quintet Op. 43
- Anton Reicha- Quintet Op.88 #2
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Gunther Schuller- Woodwind Quintet
Associated - Danzi- He wrote several quintets that are quite a bit of fun.
- Cambini - Quintets, staples of the quintet literature.
Woodwind Quintet Recordings
The Beethoven and Mozart Piano Quintets
Composer of Chamber Works with Oboe
- Elizabeth Raum — Composer
- Complete listings; Recordings; Audio Samples; Music Theatre & Multi-media; Orchestra; Orchestra with Soloist(s); Chamber;Keyboard
- Albany Records: Alchemy
- MARK HILL, Oboe Alchemy
Mark Hill gives beautiful performances of works by Americans for oboe and English horn. It's fitting that we present a CD of American works for oboe and English horn in various chamber combinations.
The Oboe in Larger Chamber Works
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Mozart: Serenade No. 10 for winds in B flat major ("Gran Partita"), K. 361 (K. 370a)
The third movement is sublime. Can be heard in the movie "Amadeus. - Strauss, R.: Serenade, Op.10
Additional Resources
- Compilation of Woodwind Quintets
- Brandt's Woodwind Quintet List
compiled by Andrew Brandt
Version 3.1 12/3/98
This list is a personal compilation of various woodwind quintets, many
of which I've performed with the Shreveport Symphony Woodwind Quintet
and the Centenary College Faculty Woodwind Quintet, as well as with ... - Flute, Oboe, Clarinet in Bb, Bassoon, Horn
- Find:The Database Home Page
Flute, Oboe, Clarinet in Bb, Bassoon, Horn - 5 Performers
- Find: The Number of Performers Index Page
5 Performers Piccolo, Flute, Clarinet in Bb, Trumpet in Bb, Piano
Piccolo, Clarinet in Bb (2), Female Voice, Viola Piccolo, Clarinet in Bb (2), Male Voice, Cello
Piccolo/Flute, Oboe, Clarinet in Bb, Bassoon, HornPiccolo/Flute, Oboe, Clarinet in Bb, Bassoon, - Gigfix Home
- Repertoire Homepage
There are several different approaches you can take to get the information you need about the repertoire in the gigfix database:
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Study, Analyse Mozart Oboe Quartet
Bach Aria Group
Oboe Blogs
- Eat, sleep, oboe: Arnold Bax, Oboe Quintet: Program Notes
- "Thursday, April 17, 2008
Arnold Bax, Oboe Quintet: Program Notes
Quintet ? Arnold Bax (1922)
Arnold Bax (8 Nov 1883 ? 3 Oct 1953) is best known for his tone poems, which take their subject matter from Celtic myth and scenery. However, his compositions in many genres reflect Bax's obsession with Ireland and Britain. The Quintet, dedicated to the British oboist Leon Goossens, is no exception to this, featuring folk-like melodies which invoke England, Scotland, and Ireland. "
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Concert Reviews
- 21ST CENTURY MUSIC
- Concert Review of Weiss and Rosandich playing Elliot Carter's " Sonata for Flute, Oboe, Cello and Harpsichord with Mark Kroll, harpsichord and Joel Cohen, cello.
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