Concerto for Oboe and Strings
Malcolm Arnold (arr. Watts)
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General Info
Year: 1952 /
Duration: c. 15:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Unknown
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown
Movements
1.
2. Vivace - 3:10
3.
Instrumentation
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Errata
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Program Notes
The Concerto for Oboe and Strings was commissioned by Leon Goossens (to whom it is dedicated) and completed in London during August 1952. The work was first performed, by Goossens, at the Royal Festival Hall on 26th June 1953 in a concert to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Boyd Neel Orchestra. Arnold says, "The whole piece, and particularly the shape of the themes, pay tribute to Goossens’ unsurpassed bravura style: the work demands athleticism in passages with wide leaps and arpeggios during the first movement, crisp tonguing and strict rhythmic control throughout the vivace scherzo and subtlety of phrasing in the folk-like melody of the finale."
- Program Note from publisher
Media
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State Ratings
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Performances
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- United States Air Force Band (Washington, D.C.) (Larry D. Lang, conductor; Kaitlin E. Taylor, oboe) – 12 February 2017
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Brass Quintet No. 2 (1987)
- Concerto for Oboe and Strings (arr. Watts) (1952)
- Divertimento for Wind Octet (1988)
- English Dances, Book One (tr. Johnstone) (1950/1965)
- English Dances, Book Two (tr. Herbert) (1951/1989)
- English Dances, Book Two (tr. Sudduth) (1951/)
- English Dances Set 2 (tr. Thompson) (1951/)
- Fanfare for a Festival (arr. McDermott) (1955/1986/2000)
- Flourish for a Battle (1989)
- Four Cornish Dances (tr. Marciniak) (1966/)
- Four Scottish Dances (tr. Paynter) (1957/1978)
- Four Welsh Dances (tr. Parkes) (1989/2003)
- A Grand, Grand Overture (tr. Wilson) (1956/1983)
- H.R.H. The Duke of Cambridge (1957)
- The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (arr. Suzuki) (1958/)
- The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (arr. Senoo) (1958/1998)
- March from "A Little Suite" (arr. Sumner) (1955/1965)
- Overseas (1960)
- Overture for Wind Octet (1940/2004)
- The Padstow Lifeboat, op. 94 (arr. Woodfield) (1966)
- Peterloo Overture (tr. Sayre) (1968/1989)
- Prelude, Siciliano and Rondo (tr. Paynter) (1963/1979)
- Quintet for Two Trumpets, Horn, Trombone and Tuba (1961/2004)
- The River Kwai March (1957)
- The River Kwai March (arr. Longfield) (1957/2017)
- Sarabande and Polka from "Solitaire" (tr. Paynter) (1956/1983)
- Symphony for Brass, op. 123 (1978)
- Symphony No. 2: Allegretto and Vivace, op. 40 (tr. Parkes) (1953/)
- Symphony No. 2: Finale, op. 40 (tr. Sudduth) (1953/)
- Tam O'Shanter Overture, op. 51 (tr. Paynter) (1955/1991)
- Three Sea Shanties (1943)
- Trevelyan Suite, op. 96 (1967)
- Variations on a Theme of Ruth Gipps (trans. Braddock) (1978/2019)
- Water Music, op. 82 (1964/1993)
Resources
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