Concerto For Oboe, Clarinet And Orch (C/B)

(Study Score)-The Double Concerto for Oboe Clarinet and Orchestra was commissioned by the English Heritage for performance at their open air summer concerts in 1988.

Chamber Concerto No 1 was written in the winter of 1961-62. It is scored for oboe clarinet bassoon horn trumpet trombone violin viola and cello. It is dedicated to Robin and Margaret Orr and was commissioned by theUniversity of Glasgow.

The Bohuslav Martinu Complete Edition III/1/5. Par MARTINU BOHUSLAV. “Incarnation” (1956), Bohuslav Martinu’s fourth piano concerto, follows an atypical two-movement structure. It was composed for Martinu’s friend Rudolf Firkušný, who played from a copy of the autograph until 1970, when the composition was first put into print. The next work, “Concerto in B flat major for Piano and Orchestra”, known under the name “Fantasia Concertante”, was to be Martinu’s very last concert work. The concerto in three movements, composed at the request of Swiss pianist Margrit Weber, is quite different from the previous work in terms of its compositional means. In this case, Martinu strongly influenced the edition of the work. The present volume of the Complete Edition of works by Bohuslav Martinu is based mainly on contemporary copies containing the composer’s own modifications. The edition presents numerous new findings about the genesis of both works./ Recueil / Orchestre

Full Score-The Horn Concerto was written in 1971 and was the first of the ten concertos Gregson has composed to date. It is dedicated to the English horn player Ifor James who died in 2004 and was originally written for brass band. However in 2013 Gregson was asked by Paul Klein Principal Horn of the Ulster Orchestra and BBC Northern Ireland to undertake an orchestral version for him.  Gregson decided to score the concerto for a late Haydn sized orchestra with the addition of a percussionist to add some colour to the texture. The concerto takes as its starting point the Mozartian model namely a sonata form opening movement a song-like slow movement and a jaunty rondo finale. The opening movement opens with a strident motif built on rising fourths announced by the soloist and answered by the orchestra. This pattern of ‘question/answer’ continues until a climactic moment breaks the tension and is followed by a lyrical second subject announced by the soloist over undulating rhythmic patterns on strings. The music is developed and recapitulated from these ideas with the lyrical idea returning via solo clarinet with horn answering in canon. The movement ends with the strident fourths this time in inversion. The slow movement is in tertiary form and opens with an expansive melody from the soloist over a repetitive harmonic and melodic pattern. This is expanded and developed building all the while in intensity until it is interrupted by cadenza-like passages on the horn and muted brass. After a brief climax the music subsides into a moment of emotional serenity before the opening melody returns this time on solo oboe with the horn interweaving its own answering melodic lines. The rondo finale is more light-hearted in mood with a catchy 6/8 tune at its heart. It is twice interrupted first by an idea built on long held chromatic notes from the soloist against a highly rhythmic backdrop (wind brass and snare drum) then by a slower more thoughtful melodic idea. However

This concerto is dedicated to Dennis Russell Davies and Paul Zukofzky who presented the first performance. The orchestral accompaniment consists of two flutes (one doubling as piccolo) two oboes E-flat clarinet two clarinetsand bass clarinet two bassoons four horns three trumpets three trombones tuba timpani percussion (snare drum bass drum triangle cymbal woodblock) harp and strings.Presented here in full score.

Concerto for Bassoon in B-flat Major, K.191 Allegro Andante ma Adagio Rondo. Tempo di Menuetto Concerto for Flute and Harp in C Major, K.299 Allegro Andantino Rondo. Allegro Concerto for Flute in G Major, K.313 Allegro maestoso Adagio non troppo Rondo. Tempo di Menuetto Concerto for Flute in D Major, K.314 (probably an arrangement of an oboe concerto) Allegro aperto Andante ma non troppo Allegro Andante for Flute and Orchestra in C Major, K.315 (perhaps a simpler slow movement for K.313) Concerto for Horn in D Major, K. 412 (left incomplete by Mozart) (Allegro) Allegro Concerto for Horn in E-flat Major, K.417 Allegro maestoso Andante Rondo Concerto for Horn in E-flat Major, K.447 Allegro Romanze. Larghetto Allegro Concerto for Horn in E-flat Major, K.495 Allegro moderato Romanza. Andante Rondo. Allegro vivace Concerto for Clarinet in A Major, K.622 Allegro Adagio Rondo. Allegro

Full Score-Commissioned by Eleanor Weingartner and Miguel Salazar Stocks double concerto is in three movements with contrasting moods. Duration ca. 12