Fantasy for Oboe

paperbound-Carl Nielsen?s Fantasy Pieces for Oboe and Piano were composed in 1889/90. Having just gained a position as a violinist in the Royal Danish Orchestra Nielsen had already experienced successwith his String Suite Op. 1 both as a composer and as a conductor. Several sketches and autographs bear witness to his intensive work on these contrasting pieces for Oboe which were to appear in 1890 as his Opus 2.The twomovements Romance and Humoreske are dedicated to the oboist Olivo Krause who played in the royal orchestra. His beautiful tone and virtuosic technique probably played no small part in the fact that these miniatures by the?young talented composer? took the public and critics by storm at their first performance in March 1891.

Carl Nielsen's Fantasy Pieces Op.2 are 2 contrasting pieces for the advancing oboist. The piece begins with a lyrical Romanze and concludes with a rhythmic and punchy Humoresque.For Oboe with Piano accompaniment. The Oboe part is also included on a separate insert.

18 Études For Oboe Or Saxophone was composed by Eugène Bozza for upper intermediate / advanced players. Quite difficult most of these studies are one-page long and will improve the flexibility and the sonority of the players:  1. Moderato – a piacere with the character of an improvisation 2. Moderato – expressive and flexible 3. Allegro giocoso 4. Très modérément – with a nice sonority 5. Allegetto scherzando 6. Andantino – with a nice sonority 7. Andantino – deep and quiet 8. Tarentelle (Allegrovivace) 9. Andantino 10. Recitativo 11. Allegro moderato (grazioso) 12. Allegro moderato 13. Allegro vivo 14. Sicilienne 15. Improvisation – after Pastoral Fantasy for Oboe and Piano 16. Recitativo (Moderato) 17. Presto 18. Moderato Eugène Bozza won different prizes at the Conservatoire de Paris such as the First Prize for the Violin conducting and composition as well as the Grand Prix de Rome. He composed several operas chamber works and ballets among others.

for Woodwind Quintet-These two extraordinary works of late Mozart KV 594 and KV 608 were both composed to fulfill a commission for a memorial exhibit in Vienna to be played in a “mechanical clock organ.” The term “fantasy” or“fantasia” came to be affixed to these works later and is more descriptive and less cumbersome than the term Mozart listed in his own catalogue “Ein Stüke für ein Orgelwerk in ein Uhr.” They are also variouslytitled “Adagio und Allegro in f für ein Orgelwerk” and “Allegro und Andante (Fantasie in f) für eine Orgelwaltze.”The first of these composed between the monumental String Quintet in D and the Piano Concertoin Bb KV 595 is an A-B-A form comprised of an f minor Adagio opening and closing with a contrapuntal Allegro at its heart. KV 608 is more complicated opening with an f minor section reminiscent of a French Overture followed by a fugue in fminor then an Andante aria followed by a return to the opening and then a more complex version of the fugue.Despite the frustration that Mozart expressed (in a letter to Constanze) with the sound world of these mechanical devices KV 594and 608 are remarkable works which stand at an intersection incorporating what he learned about counterpoint studying at the foot of Bach while looking ahead to the emotional and harmonic poignancy of Schubert.

A lovely and typical exempliary example of Mozart's skill this Fantasy is set for a Wind Quintet.

990 Difficult Passages From the Symphonic Repertoire Instrument : Oboe (English horn) Nombre de Pages : 64 Content : Franck: Symphony in D minor - Variations Symphoniques - Haydn: Symphony No. 92 in G major Oxford - Symphony No. 94 in G major The Surprise - Symphony No. 97 in C major - Symphony No. 100 in G major Military - Symphony No. 101 in D major The Clock - Symphony No. 103 in E flat major With the Roll of the Kettledrum - Symphony No. 104 in D major London - Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major - Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, op. 56 Scottish - Symphony No. 4 in A major, op. 90 Italian - Violin Concerto in E minor, op. 64 - A Midsummer Night's Dream. Overture, op. 21 - Fingal's Cave. Overture, op. 26 - Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream - Mozart: Symphony No. 34 in C major KV 338 - Symphony No. 35 in D major KV 385 - Symphony No. 36 in C major KV 425 - Symphony No. 38 in D major Prague KV 504 - Symphony No. 40 in G minor KV 550 - Symphony No. 41 in C major Jupiter KV 551 - Piano Concerto in D minor KV 466 - Piano Concerto in B flat major KV 595 - Violin Concerto in G major KV 216 - Violin Concerto in D Major KV 218 - Violin Concerto in A major KV 219 - Oboe Concerto in C major KV 314 - Il Seraglio Overture KV 384 - The Marriage of Figaro Overture KV 492 - Don Giovanni Overture KV 527 - Cosi fan tutte Overture KV 588 - The Magic Flute Overture KV 620 - Nicolai: The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture - Rossini: The Barber of Seville Overture - The Thievish Magpie Overture - Semiramide Overture - L'Italiana in Algeri Overture - La Scala di Seta Overture - Tancredi Overture - William Tell Overture - Schubert: Symphony No. 4 in C minor - Symphony No. 5 in B flat major - Symphony No. 7 in C major - Symphony No. 8 in B minor - Rosamunde Overture - Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, op. 38 - Symphony No. 2 in C major, op. 61 - Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, op. 97 - Symphony No. 4 in D minor, op. 120 - Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 54 - Smetana: The Bartered Bride Overture - J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus Overture - The Gypsy Baron Overture - Tschaikowsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, op. 36 - Symphony No. 5 in E minor, op. 64 - Symphony No. 6 in B minor, op. 74 Pathétique - Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, op. 23 - Violin Concerto in D major, op. 35 - Le Casse-Noisette Ballet Suite, op. 71a - Swan Lake Ballet Suite - Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy - Wagner: The Flying Durchman Overture - Tannhäuser Overture - Lohengrin - Tristan and Isolde - The Mastersingers of Nuremberg Overture - Siegfried Idyl - Weber: The Ruler of the Spirits Overture - Euryanthe Overture - Oberon Overture - Der Freischütz Overture