Ralph Vaughan Williams wrote his Concerto in A minor for Oboe and Strings for soloist Léon Goossens in 1944. This pastoral piece is divided into three movements:
Rondo Pastorale (Allegro moderato)
Minuet and Musette (Allegro moderato)
Scherzo (Presto - Doppio più lento - Lento - Presto)
The concerto was intended to premiere at a Proms concert, but due to the threat of V1 rocket raids on London the piece was first played in Liverpool instead, on 30 September 1944 in a concert by the Liverpool Philharmonic that also included the Oboe Concerto by the soloist's brother, Eugène Goossens
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VIDEO: International Fund for cultural development ART NOUVELLE presents:
ALEX KLEIN in ST. PETERSBURG STATE CAPELLA
12th of April 2013
The Symphony Orchestra
The conductor - ALEX KLEIN
The soloist -- ALEX KLEIN (oboe)
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