I am running a series of oboe solo concerts from my living room during the COVID-19 quarantine on Friday nights at 7:30pm EDT. The technology is new for me and the learning curve is steep, but I hope you can join me for my study of some new pieces. I’m doing a survey of the twelve Telemann Fantasias, the Iconic Six Metamorphoses after Ovid by Benjamin Britten, and the ground-breaking Six Etudes by Silvestrini in addition to many newer and lesser-known works. I’m privileged to include a few world premieres in this setting, including by composers Kathryn Potter, Benjamin Stevenson, Sarrah Bushara, and Ben Hausmann.

These are entitled “Lockdown Oboe Solo Concerts” and numbered chronologically. I started with a built-in microphone from an old laptop and have increased my audio technology competence from there (and had a few setbacks, like terrible internet speed the night of LOSC #7 and a bunch of computer crashing during LOSC#9.)

Scroll to the bottom of the page below the archived performance livestreams for complete program information.

Lockdown Oboe Solo Concert #1
March 19, 2020

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Fantasie No. 1 in A Major (1733)
Vivace - Adagio allegro - Allegro

Ruth Gipps (1921-1999)
The Piper of Dreams (1940)

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Telemann Fantasy No. 2 in a minor (1733)
Adagio

Lockdown Oboe Solo Concert #2
March 27, 2020

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Telemann Fantasy No. 2 in a minor (1733)
Grave - Vivace - Adagio - Allegro

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Syrinx (1913)

Vivian Fine (1913-2000)
(First) Solo for Oboe (1929)
I. Allegretto
II. Lento
III. Con spirito

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Fantasie No. 3 in b minor (1733)
Largo - Vivace - Largo - Vivace - Allegro

Alyssa Morris (b. 1984)
Autumn Leaves (Georgia O'Keefe) from
Collision Etudes

Lockdown Oboe Solo Concert #3
April 3, 2020

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Fantasie No. 4 in B-flat Major (1733)
Andante - Allegro - Presto

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Six Metamorphoses after Ovid, Op. 49 (1951)
I. PAN, who played upon the reed pipe which was Syrinx, his beloved.
II. PHAETON, who rode upon the chariot of the sun for one day and was hurled into the river Padus by a thunderbolt.
III. NIOBE, who, lamenting the death of her fourteen children, was turned into a mountain.

Gilles Silvestrini (b. 1961)
Six Études Pour Hautbois (1999)
I. Hôtel des Roches Noires à Trouville (Claude Monet, 1870)
II. Potager et arbres en fleurs; Printemps, Pontoise (Camille Pissaro, 1877)
III. Boulevard des Capucines (Claude Monet, 1873)

Alyssa Morris (b. 1984)
Collision Etudes (2017)
I. Summertime (Mary Cassatt)
II. City Landscape (Joan Mitchell)
III. Jimson Weed (Georgia O'Keeffe)

Lockdown Oboe Solo Concert #4
April 10, 2020

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Fantasie No. 5 in C Major (1733)
Presto - Largo - Presto - Largo - Allegro - Allegro

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Six Metamorphoses after Ovid, Op. 49 (1951)
IV. BACCHUS, at whose feasts is heard the noise of gaggling women’s tattling tongues and shouting of boys.
V. NARCISSUS, who fell in love with his own image and became a flower.
VI. ARETHUSA, who, flying from the love of Alpheus the river god, was turned into a fountain.

Gilles Silvestrini (b. 1961)
Six Études Pour Hautbois (1999)
IV. Sentier dans les bois (Auguste Renoir, 1874)
V. Scène de plage - Ciel d’orage (Eugène Boudin, 1864)
VI. Le ballet espagnol (Edouard Manet, 1862)

Alyssa Morris (b. 1984)
Collision Etudes (2017)
IV. Rainbow (Alma Thomas)
V. Autumn Leaves (Georgia O'Keeffe)
VI. My World Is Not Flat (Margarete Bagshaw)

Hoagy Carmichael (1899-1981)
arr. Jonathan Jensen (b. 1953 )
Stardust for Oboe Solo

Lockdown Oboe Solo Concert #5
April 17, 2020

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Fantasie No. 6 in d minor (1733)
Dolce - Allegro - Spirituoso

Kathryn Potter (b. 1965)
Fantasia No. 1 WORLD PREMIERE
I. Allegro
II. Lento
III. Vivace

Malcolm Arnold
Fantasy for Oboe, Op. 90 (1966)

Benjamin Stevenson (b. 1995)
Three Fantasy Études (2020) WORLD PREMIERE
Based on orchestral excerpts
I. Le Tombeau de Couperin - La Mer
II. Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 - Brahms Violin Concerto
III. Don Juan - La Scala di Seta


Lockdown Oboe Solo Concert #6
April 24, 2020

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Fantasie No. 7 in D Major (1733)
Alla francese - Presto

Thea Musgrave (b. 1928)
Dawn (2012)

Thea Musgrave
Whirlwind (2018)

Viet Cuong (b. 1990)
Six Canadian Scenes (2009)
I. Mountains
II. In Jasper Park
III. Guardian of the Gorge
IV. Mirror Lake
V. Pine Island
VI. Mount Robson from the Northeast

Jeffrey Agrell (b. 1948)
Blues for D.D. (1993)

Lockdown Oboe Solo Concert #7
May 1, 2020

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Fantasie No. 8 in e minor (1733)
Largo - Spirituoso - Allegro

WORLD PREMIERE
Sarrah Bushara (b. 1998 )
x (2020)

C.P.E. Bach (1714-1788)
Solo Sonata in g minor, Wq. 132 (1747)
Poco adagio
Allegro
Allegro

Look for the Silver Lining/April Showers
Jerome Kern/Louis Silvers
Arr. Jonathan Jensen

Lockdown Oboe Solo Concert #8
May 8, 2020

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)

Fantasie No. 9 in E Major (1733)
Affettuoso - Allegro - Grave - Vivace

Alejandra Odgers (b. 1967)
Semelíami (1996)
Tema y variaciones para oboe solo

Phil Popham (b. 1979)
Three Lonesome Places
I. Three's a Crowd
II. In the Darkness
III. In My Mind

Lockdown Oboe Solo Concert #9
May 15, 2020

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Fantasie No. 10 in f sharp minor (1733)
A Tempo Giusto - Presto - Moderato

Ernst Krenek (1900-1991)
Sonatina for Oboe Solo (1956)
I. Allegro
II. Adagietto
III. Vivace
IV. Andante - Allegretto - Allegro con grazia

Henri Tomasi (1901-1971)
Evocations (1967)
I. Peruvienne
II. Nigerienne
III. Cambodgienne (Apsaras)
IV. Ecossaise

Alyssa Morris (b. 1984)
Collision Etudes (2017)
I. Summertime- Mary Cassatt
II. City Landscapes- Joan Mitchell
III. Jimson Weed- Georgia O'Keeffe
IV. Rainbow- Alma Thomas
V. Autumn Leaves- Georgia O'Keeffe
VI. My World is Not Flat- Margarete Bagshaw

Lockdown Oboe Solo Concert #10
May 22, 2020

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Fantasie No. 11 in G Major (1733)
Allegro - Adagio - Vivace - Allegro

Jenni Brandon (b. 1977 )
Wood Song (2019)

Gilles Silvestrini (b. 1961)
Six Études Pour Hautbois (1999)
I. Hôtel des Roches Noires à Trouville (Claude Monet, 1870)
II. Potager et arbres en fleurs; Printemps, Pontoise (Camille Pissaro, 1877)
III. Boulevard des Capucines (Claude Monet, 1873)
IV. Sentier dans les bois (Auguste Renoir, 1874)
V. Scène de plage - Ciel d’orage (Eugène Boudin, 1864)
VI. Le ballet espagnol (Edouard Manet, 1862)

Anonymous
A Small Bastardization for Oboe Solo (2016)

Lockdown Oboe Solo Concert #11
May 29, 2020

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)

Fantasie No. 12 in g minor (1733)
Grave - Allegro - Grave - Allegro - Dolce - Allegro - Presto

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Syrinx (1913)

Thea Musgrave (b. 1928)
Niobe (1987)
for solo oboe and pre-recorded sound track

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Six Metamorphoses after Ovid, Op. 49 (1951)
I. PAN, who played upon the reed pipe which was Syrinx, his beloved.
II. PHAETON, who rode upon the chariot of the sun for one day and was hurled into the river Padus by a thunderbolt.
III. NIOBE, who, lamenting the death of her fourteen children, was turned into a mountain.
IV. BACCHUS, at whose feasts is heard the noise of gaggling women’s tattling tongues and shouting of boys.
V. NARCISSUS, who fell in love with his own image and became a flower.
VI. ARETHUSA, who, flying from the love of Alpheus the river god, was turned into a fountain.

Ben Hausmann (b. 1977)
Six Words for Love WORLD PREMIERE
I. Eros
Sonnet A
II. Ludus
Sonnet B
III. Storge
Sonnet C
IV. Philia
Sonnet D
V. Pragma
Sonnet E
VI. Philautia

Abel Meeropol/Lewis Allan (1903-1986)
Strange Fruit (1937)