James Turnbull oboe
Libby Burgess piano
Schumann Three Romances Op 94
Nielsen Two Fantasy Pieces Op 2
Brahms Rhapsody in B minor Op 79 No 1
Vaughan Williams Six Studies in English Folksong (Cor Anglais and Piano)
Clara Schumann Three Romances
Mendelssohn arr. Walter Songs without Words
Elgar Soliloquy
Saint-Saëns Sonata for Oboe and Piano Op 166
This programme explores the legacy of one of the most lyrical of composers for the oboe: like Schumann, many have been inspired by the warmth and the haunting timbre of the oboe. Taking the Three Romances of both Robert and Clara Schumann as its starting point, this programme travels from the Venetian gondolas of Mendelssohn’s Songs without Words to the hedgerows of Vaughan Williams’ English Folksongs.
