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"Gabriel's Oboe" is the main theme for the 1986 film The Mission, with Robert de Niro, Jeremy Irons, Liam Neeson and directed by Roland Joffé. [1] The theme was written by Italian composer Ennio Morricone , and has since been arranged and performed several times by artists such as Yo-Yo Ma , [ 2 ] Holly Gornik, [ 3 ] and Brynjar Hoff , [ 4 ...
Camille Saint-Saëns's Oboe Sonata in D major, Op. 166 was composed in 1921, the year of the composer's death. This sonata is the first of the three sonatas that Saint-Saëns composed for wind instruments , the other two being the Clarinet Sonata (Op. 167) and the Bassoon Sonata (Op. 168), written the same year.
The members of the oboe family from top: heckelphone, bass oboe, cor anglais, oboe d'amore, oboe, and piccolo oboe The standard oboe has several siblings of various sizes and playing ranges. The most widely known and used today is the cor anglais (English horn) the tenor (or alto) member of the family.
The music of the first metamorphosis echoes the "free-spirited" character of its titular figure: it is unmeasured and includes frequent pauses. This contrasts with the second metamorphosis, a quick and rhythmic representation of the chariot ride of Phaeton, marked vivace ritmico. The third is slower and is marked piangendo, or "crying". The ...
Oboe concerto. A number of concertos (as well as non-concerto works) have been written for the oboe, both as a solo instrument as well as in conjunction with other solo instrument (s), and accompanied by string orchestra, chamber orchestra, full orchestra, concert band, or similar large ensemble. These include concertos by the following composers:
Trio for two Oboes and English Horn (Beethoven) Trio for two Oboes and English Horn in C major, Op. 87 is a trio composition by Ludwig van Beethoven [ 1] written in 1794, [ 2] shortly after he arrived in Vienna. [ 3]
Fantasy in F major for viola and piano op. 204 (1855) [2] Duets for violin and viola op. 208 (1955) [7] Morceaux de Salon for Oboe and Piano op. 228 (modern edition published 2001) [1] Morceau de Salon for Clarinet and Piano op. 229 (modern edition published Winterthur: Amadeus-Verlag in 2002.)
As with his other late works, Strauss builds up the music from a series of small melodic ideas "which are the point of departure for the development of the entire composition." [13] The concerto is built up from three main thematic elements. The first is the 4 semiquavers D–E–D–E which opens the piece in the cellos.