Oboes at Edinburgh International Festival 1947-2017
20 Solo Oboe Chamber Music Concerts
over 80 years 8 oboists have played in a total of 20 concerts:
Holliger - 9, Goosens - 4, Koch - 2, Craxton - 1, Maxwell - 1, Ogrintchouck - 1, Gvantsladze - 1, LeLeux - 1,
and this is what they played
9 x Mozart Oboe Quartets in F major (4 Goosens, 1 Holliger, 1 Craxton, 1 Koch, 1 Ogrintchouck, 1 Gvantsladze)
3 x Britten Phantasy Quartets (1 Holliger, 1 Koch, 1 Ogrintchouck)
3 x Schumann Romances op94 (2 Holliger, 1 LeLeux)
2 x Britten Metamorphoses (2 Holliger)
2 x Berio Sequenza no VII (1 Holliger, 1 Maxwell)
2 x Schumann Adagio + Allegro op70 (1 Holliger, 1 LeLeux)
Haydn Oboe Quartet in Bb Hob 11 (Ogrintchouck)
Denisov Trio for oboe, cello and harpsichord (1966) (Holliger)
Holliger Trio for oboe, viola and harp (1966) (Holliger)
Dorati 5 pieces for solo oboe (Holliger)
Telemann Fantasias (Holliger)
Babell Sonata in C minor op 1 no 2 for oboe and harpsichord (Holliger)
JS Bach Sonata in G minor oboe and harpsichord (Holliger)
Couperin Concerto no 5 from Les Gouts Reunis for oboe and basso continuo (Holliger)
Donizetti/Pasculi Grand Concerto su temi dal'opera La Favorita for oboe and piano (Holliger)
Dorati Duo Concertante (LeLeux)
Dutileux Oboe Sonata (LeLeux)
Handel Sonata in G minor op 1 no 6 for oboe and harpsichord (Holliger)
Hindemith Oboe Sonata (LeLeux)
Holliger Schwarzgewobene oboe, cello and harpsichord (Holliger)
Holliger Cardiphonie (1971) for oboe and 3 magnetophones (Holliger)
Huber 'Noctes' for oboe and harpsichord (Holliger)
Koechlin Chants op 20 for Cor Anglais and PIano (Holliger)
Koechlin Le Repos au Tityre, Monody for Oboe d'Amore op 216 (Holliger)
Koechlin Sonata for Oboe and PIano in F major op 50 (Holliger)
Poulenc Oboe Sonata (LeLeux)
Rossini Andante con variazoni in F major for oboe and harp (Holliger)
Saint Säens Sonata in D op 166 (LeLeux)
Spohr Sonata in Ab major op 115 for oboe and harp (Holliger)
Stockhausen Spiral for solo oboe and receiver (Holliger)
1947
Leon Goosens & The Carter String Trio
Mozart Oboe Quartet in F major K370
String Trios
1948
Leon Goosens & The Carter String Trio
Mozart Oboe Quartet in F major K370
String Trios
1953
Leon Goosens & The Carter String Trio
Mozart Oboe Quartet in F major K370
String Trios
1956
Leon Goosens & The Carter String Trio
Mozart Oboe Quartet in F major K370
String Trios
1963
Heinz Holliger + Amadeus String Quartet
Mozart Oboe Quartet in F major K370
Britten Metamorphoses
String Quartets
1964
Janet Craxton + Ormonte String Trio
Oboe, Violin, Viola, Cello
Mozart Oboe Quartet in F major K370
String Trios
1965
Heinz Holliger + Hamburg String Trio
Oboe, Violin, Viola, Cello
Britten Metamorphoses
Phantasy Quartet, +
String Trios
1970
Heinz Holliger + Christiane Jaccottet
Oboe + Harpsichord
Couperin Concerto no 5 from Les Gouts Réunis for oboe + basso continuo
Rameau Harpsichord Pieces
Babell Sonata in c Minor op 1 no 2 for oboe and harpsichord
Handel Sonata in G minor op 1 No 6 for oboe and harpsichord
Berio Sequenza No V11 for solo oboe
Stockhausen Spiral for solo oboe and receiver
1972
Berlin Philharmonic Soloists Lothar Koch
Oboe, Flute, Violin, Viola, Cello
Britten Phantasy Quartet,
Mozart Oboe Quartet in F major K370,
Mozart Flute Quartet
1972
Fisher-Dieskau, Berlin Philharmonic Soloists Lothar Koch
Oboe, Voice, String Trio + Harpsichord
Bach Trio Sonata in C minor BWV 526 for flute, violin + harpsichord
Bach Aria BWV 13 Achzen und Erbälich Weinen for tenor, flute, cello and harpsichord
Bach Sinfonia + Aria BWV152 Tritt auf die Glaubensbahn for oboe, flute, violin, cello and harpsichord
Bach Aria BWV 157 Ja, Ja, ich halte Jesum Feste for tenor, violin, flute, cello + harpsichord
Telemann Cantata Ihr Völker Hört for tenor, flute, cello + harpsichord
Telemann Trio Sonata in D minor TWV42:d7 for flute, violin, cello + harpsichord
Telemann Cantata Kanarienvogel for tenor, oboe, violin, viola, cello + harpsichord
1973
Heinz Holliger + Ursula Holliger Jürg Wyttenbach
Oboe, Harp + Harpsichord/Piano
Rossini Andante con variazoni in F major for oboe and harp
Schumann 3 Romanzen op 94 for oboe and piano
Holliger 'Elis' 3 Nocturnes for piano (1961)
Schumann 3 Fantasiestüke op 73 for piano
Spohr Sonata in Ab op 115 for oboe and harp
Bach Sonata in G minor for oboe and harpsichord
1973
Holliger Ensemble
Oboe, Flute, Clarinet/Saxophone Trombone, Percussion, Keyboards, String Quartet
Wyttenbach 'Execution ajournée' (1971) for string quartet
Holliger 'Cardiophonie' (1971) for oboe and 3 magnetophones
Globokar 'Note' (1973) for piano
Globokar 'Echange' (1973) for trombone
Holliger 'Kreis' (1972) for 4 to 7 players
Wyttenbach 'Kunststücke die zeit totzuschlagen' (1972-73)
1973
Holliger Ensemble
Flute, Oboe, Harp Harpsichord, Tenor Violin, Viola, Cello
Boulez 'Trope' from 3rd piano sonata
Debussy Syrinx for solo flute
Debussy Sonata for flute, viola and harpsichord
Huber 'Noctes' for oboe and harpsichord
Holliger 'Erde und Himme;' cantata for tenor, flute, harp and string trio
Holliger Trio for oboe, viola and harp (1966)
1984
Holliger Trio Sonatas and Cantatas
Oboe, Cello, Harpsichord + Voice
Telemann Cantatas Nos 31+51 for Soprano, Oboe + Continuo
Telemann Fantasias for solo Flute (arr for Oboe)
JS Bach Cantatas Nos 187, 87 + 202
Denisov Trio for Oboe, Cello + Harpsichord
Holliger 'Trema' (1982) for solo cello
Holliger Schwarzgewobene for soprano, oboe, cello + harpsichord
1988
Melinda Maxwell
Berio Sequenza's
Oboe, Viola,Trombone, Piano, Cello + Voice.
Berio Sequenza No VII
1989
Heinz Holliger, John Constable
Oboe, Cor Anglais, Oboe d'Amore + Piano
Charles Koechlin Chants op 20 for Cor Anglais + Piano
Charles Koechlin Le Repos au Tityre, Monody for Oboe d'Amore op 216
Charles Koechlin Sonata for Oboe + Piano in F major op 50
Anton Dorati Five Pieces for solo Oboe
Donizetti /Pasculli Grand Concerto su temi dal'opera La Favorita for oboe + piano
2000
Peter Schreier, Heinz Holliger,Andras Schiff,Yuuko Shiokawa, Miklos Perenyi
Oboe, Voice, Piano, Violin, Cello Recital
Schumann Adagio + Allegro (Oboe d'Amore)
Schumann Liederkries op24
Schumann Three Romances op 94 (Oboe)
Schumann Piano Trio in D minor
2009
Alexei Ogrintchouck, Boris Brovtsyn, Maxim Rysanov, Boris Andianov
Oboe + String Trio
Britten Phantasy Quartet
Mozart Duo No 1 in G major K423 for Violin and Viola
Haydn Oboe Quartet in Bb Hob11
Ravel Sonata for Violin and Cello
Mozart Oboe Quartet in F major K370
2013
Hebrides Ensemble and Thomas Bloch
Oboe + String Quartet
Giorgi Gvantsladze Mozart Oboe Quartet in F major K370
Fantasia in F minor for mechanical organ K594
(arr. Lyell Cresswell, World Premiere, EIF commission)
Adagio in C for glass harmonica
Crumb 4 Nocturnes 'Night Music II'
Mozart Adagio and Rondo in C minor K617
Crumb Vox Balaenae
2017
François LeLeux and Eric Le Sage
Saint Säens Sonata in D op 166
Hindemith Oboe Sonata
Poulenc Oboe Sonata
Schumann Adagio + Allegro in Aflat op 70
Dutilleux Oboe Sonata
Schumann 3 Romances op 94
Dorati Duo Concertante