Concerto No. 2 for Oboe
General Info
Year: 1998 / 2000
Duration: c. 11:05
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Oboe and orchestra
Publisher: Harmondium Musikverlag
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - CHF227.90 | Score Only (print) – CHF41.90
Movements
1. Andante – 6:09
2. Comodo – 3:45
3. Allegretto Giocoso – 4:40
Instrumentation
Full Score
Solo Oboe
Flute I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Trumpet
Horn in F I-II
Trombone
Euphonium
String Bass
Harp
Celesta
Timpani
Percussion I-II, including:
- Glockenspiel
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Dr. Susan Eischeid, oboe professor at the University of Valdosta (Georgia, USA), got to know the first oboe concerto and made contact with Hidas. She had -- despite his tonal language -- surprisingly found out that he was still alive. She consequently commissioned him to compose the Second Oboe Concerto. Hidas wrote the original version in 1998, which was first performed one year later with Susan Eischeid as the soloist with the chamber orchestra at Valdosta conducted by Laszlo Marosi conducting. Dr. Eischeid used this opportunity to host a Hungarian festival with a special concert series on campus.
Originally for oboe and string orchestra, Hidas wrote a version with wind ensembles for Stormworks Europe in 2000, which had its premiere on the CD Five Concertos with the oboe player Pauline Oostenrijk and the Delphi Ensemble under Lute Hoekstra.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
- Audio CD: Delphi Ensemble (Lute Hoekstra, conductor; Pauline Oostenrijk, oboe - 2001
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Bethel University (Arden Hills, Minn.) Wind Symphony (Steven Thompson, conductor; Lindsey Flowers, oboe) - 27 October 2023
- United States Air Force Band (Washington, D.C.) (Chris Wilhjelm, conductor; Kaitlin Hartley, oboe) - 6 March 2020 (86th Annual ABA National Convention)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Capriccio (1979/1995/2015)
- Circus Suite (1985/1996)
- Concerto for Bassoon (1999)
- Concerto No. 2 for Oboe (1998/2000)
- Concerto for Oboe (arr. Patterson)
- Concerto for Wind Band
- Coriolanus (1980)
- Divertimento (1985/1993)
- Etude for Wind Band
- Fantasy and Fugue
- Fantasy (1999)
- Folksong Suite No. 1 (1985)
- Folksong Suite No. 2 (1988)
- Merry Music (1983)
- Pictures of South Africa (2014)
- Requiem
- Rhapsody (1983)
- Save the Sea (1998)
- Suite
Resources
- Hidas, F. (2000). Concerto No 2: Oboe & Wind Ensemble [score]. Stormworks Europe: Goor, The Netherlands
- Jones, William H. (2019). The Oboe Concertos of Frigyes Hidas: a historical and stylistic examination and performance guide. University of Georgia: Athens, GA