From the Royal Albert Hall ,
London. In John Woolrich 's new concerto, the voice of the oboe is imagined as "a fragile thing in a dark, cold world". Music re-imagined is the theme of the rest of the programme. Vaughan Williams pays homage to
Tudor music, Schoenberg to Brahms, and Stokowski to Bach.
Nicholas Daniel (oboe)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Matthias Bamert
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
John Woolrich Oboe Concerto (BBC commission; world premiere)
Bach, orch Stokowski Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor
8.25 Ivan Hewett chairs a discussion on John Woolrich 's new oboe concerto, with oboist Melinda Maxwell , conductor Richard Bernas and writer
Gabriel Josipovici.
8.45 Brahms, orch Schoenberg Piano Quartet No 1 in G minor