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(William Alwyn)
This piece was one of Alwyn's first oboe compositions
and is the earliest one known to be still in existence. It was written for Helen Gaskill
who was an oboist, and she premiered it in 1934 at the Royal Academy of
Music New Music Society Concert with her sister Lillian on piano. Its
first broadcast was in 1939 on the BBC's Your Choice of the Week. It is made up of three movements that
have been described as "long and rhapsodic" followed by "song-like"
followed by "a lively waltz followed by a slower Coda". Lasting approximately 15 minutes the
movements are:
(i)
Moderato e grazioso
(ii)
Andantino
(iii)
Allegro (quasi valse tempo) - Coda. Meno mosso e semplice
Nicholas Daniel recordings
Chandos 9197
Oboe - Nicholas Daniel
Piano - Julius Drake
Sources:
- http://idrs.colorado.edu/Publications/DR/DR23.1.pdf/The%20Oboe%20Music%20of%20William%20Alwyn
- http://www.musicweb.uk.net/alwyn/9197.htm
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