Par STRANZ ULRICH. For many years the manuscript of ?Déjà vu? slumbered in the music library of oboist Hansjörg Schellenberger (former solo oboist of the Berlin Philharmonic) before it was rediscovered last year. Ulrich Stranz composed this solo work for Oboe d?amore, the alto instrument in the oboe family, at the end of his student years in 1974 as the nucleus of his later identically named concert piece (BA06292-72). The dedicatee Hansjörg Schellenberger refers to it as a ?masterwork? and ?an important enrichment of the repertoire of oboists?. / Date parution : 2022-11-08/ Répertoire / Hautbois d'Amour

In Greek mythology Niobe was the daughter of Tantalus and wife of Amphion King of Thebes. She unwisely boasted to Leto about her many sons and daughters. Leto who only had two children Apollo and Artemis was angered. As punishment Apollo slew Niobe's sons and Artemis her daugters. Out of pity for Niobe's inconsolable grief the Gods changed her into a rock in which form she continued to weep.In this work for solo Oboe and tape the solo Oboe takes the part of Niobe bitterly lamenting her murdered children. The tape with the distant high voices and the slow tolling bells (and later gong) is intended to provide an evocative and descriptiveaccompaniment.Niobe was commissioned by the Park Lane Group. The first performance took place at the Park Lane Concerts in January 1988.

Oboe teaching material-This collection of Orchestral Solos has been prepared primarily for the convenience of students who wish to take the Licentiate Diploma examination of Trinity College London. However it has a far wider use in teaching in preparing students for orchestral playing and in particular for orchestral auditions. The pieces have been chosen to provide the maximum variety of period and style and to give the student a clear idea of the versatility of technique required by the orchestral player.

Burnham Air by James Weeks for Oboe D'Amore. First performance: Christopher Redgate bmic's The Cutting Edge London November 2008.

Scan... for Oboe solo by Niels Rosing-Schow - Variations on a theme from Poul Rovsing Olsen's  Planeterne (The Planets).

Version 2010-“Books talk to each other” - Umberto Eco’s statement could just as easily apply to music as Les Citations for Oboe Harpsichord Double Bass and Percussion by Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013) brilliantly proves. Written in 1991 the score was reworked by the composer for the Festival d’Auvers-sur-Oise where the new version premiered in June 2010. The origin of this work goes back to For Aldeburgh 85. Written for the 75th birthday of singer Peter Pears the piece takes up a fragment of Peter Grimes whose leading role had been written by Britten for the beloved tenor. Dutilleux adds a page titled FromJanequin to Jehan Alain in which appears a song from the Renaissance composer “L’espoir que j’ay d’acquerir vostre grace” used by J. Alain in his Variations for Organ on a theme by Clément Janequin. The junction between the two parties is made through an Interlude that introduces the “wolf’s moan” theme from the ballet Le Loup (The Wolf) composed by Dutilleux in 1953 for the troupe of Roland Petit. This subtle tangle of quotations forms a shimmering and sensual work where the uniqueness of an authentic artist powerfully asserts itself.

Bryan Kelly presents nine attractive and contrasted pieces of intermediate difficulty level.

Arachne by Helen Grime was commissioned by the Gregynog Festival (Artistic Director Rhian Davies) and first performed by Nicholas Daniel on 28 June 2013 in the gardens at Gregynog.

Two Birthday Fragments a été composé pour le 60e anniversaire du hautboïste Nicholas Daniel. Cette pièce de deux minutes comprend une ouverture rhapsodique et un deuxième mouvement très contrasté, sous-titré Après Fernand Gillet , en référence au hautboïste et professeur franco-américain dont le manuel Exercices sur les Gammes, les Intervalles et le Staccato est bien connu des étudiants des conservatoires du monde entier. / Partitions classique / Bois / Hautbois / CHESTER MUSIC