This month, Eleanor Alberga is featured for her incredible Oboe and String Quartet work, Succubus Moon. Written in 2007, a recording of this was released in 2021 by Nicholas Daniel and Ensemble…
Jonathan Pease
This month, Jonathan Pease tells us all about his fantastic new work for Cor Anglais and Piano called Westbourne Nocturne. Westbourne Nocturne Instrumentation: Cor Anglais and PianoDuration: 10 minsPremiere: Premiered and recorded…
The Oboe d’amore: Mission Impossible lV
The concluding guest blog by Jennifer Paull follows here. Do take a moment to find out more about Jennifer and the works she has commissioned and premiered which are linked at the…
The Oboe d’amore: Mission Impossible lll
In this penultimate part of the guest blog series by Jennifer Paull, she guides us through more of her experiences with composers and her fascinating life in the music world. In October…
The Oboe d’amore: Mission Impossible II
Following last week’s guest blog post by Jennifer Paull, she continues her series about commissioning a new repertoire of music for the entire oboe family. In 1970, having decided I had to…
The Oboe d’amore: Mission Impossible I
In a slight change to normal proceedings, this month sees a guest blog in four parts by the musician Jennifer Paull. Across several decades, Jennifer commissioned and premiered many new works for…
Brian Elias
This month, Brian Elias is the featured composer with his highly acclaimed Oboe Quintet and Electra Mourns. The latter won a British Composer Award in 2013 and Elias’ Oboe Quintet is a…