Oboe

Devil's Gate (Pirunportti) is a mountain pass in Finnish Lapland, a beautifully picturesque spot accessible only by a two- to three-day hike. A deep cleft between two nearly symmetrical fells, the approach to it can be seen from quite some distance, beginning...

Seven inventions and postlude for oboe and cello by Kalevi Aho (b. 1949) was composed in two phases: inventions 1986 and the postlude in 1998. Inventions took origin in the idea of the instruments being like two protagonists of a opera: short scenes with...

Kalevi Aho (b. 1949) composed Lied for oboe and piano (2017) as an 80th-birthday gift for Jouko Teikari, former solo oboist in the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. The oboe is by nature a very singing instrument and Lied brings out precisely this aspect...

Kalevi Aho's Quintet for oboe and string quartet (1973) opens his prominent oeuvre for oboe. Consisting of two virtuosic movements the duration of the quintet is 30 minutes. This product includes a study score (sized A5) and a set of parts (sized B4)...

All of Heininen's sonatas have different characters that are informed by the force fields created by classic solos and melodies in orchestral repertoire. There is also a certain encyclopaedic nature to the sonata cycle; many have been composed to various instruments...

The work is a kind of garden of the mind, through which the oboe charts its wayward, introspective course. Giverny is divided into two roughly equal parts, visitable in either order, with neither accorded any special structural emphasis or dramatic weight...

Kalevi Aho's (b. 1949) ever-expanding series of solo pieces includes Solo IX for oboe. Composed in 2010 it is dedicated to Piet Van Bockstal, who has also recorded the piece. Duration: 10'30''

Rautavaara moved to dodecaphony in the orchestral works Praevariata and Modificata. In chamber music the first work in this period is the Oboe Quartet (1957/1964). It includes material that Rautavaara intended for a string trio he was working on during...

Kalevi Aho (b. 1949) composed Five mythical images for solo oboe (2015) for 60th birthday of his brother Keijo Aho, who also premiered the work. The five movement work (c. 10 minutes) is a concert piece and suitable also for advanced students...