Sir Edward Elgar was born in Worcester in 1857. Until the outstanding success of the 'Enigma' Variations in 1899 he was considered a 'provincial' composer - and a largely self taught one at that.In the earlier part of Elgar's career as a composer he wrote several short pieces which became very popular indeed. Chanson de Matin is one such the second of a pair (the other being Chanson de Nuit) which carried his name far and wide before his larger orchestra works appeared. It was published in several versions at once: for string orchestra for small orchestra for violin and piano and so on - so it is almost impossible to say with any degree of certainty which was theoriginal version. This arrangement makes a useful addition to the repertoire for oboe.

Walking down a darkened street it’s hard to resist looking in through lighted windows and catching a glimpse of other people’s lives. The imagination lingers…Night Windows is the title of a painting by Edward Hopper of a scene in one such lighted window. However the scenes in this work though reflecting something of the loneliness in so many of the Hopper paintings are all imaginary: highly charged emotional moments.Loneliness: Anger: Nostalgia: Despair: FrenzyThis work was commissioned by the International Double Reed Society and it is dedicated to Nicholas Daniel.

For Oboe And Piano-An easy arrangement of the big tune from Enigma Variations.Grade: 3.