Description

Performed by the Redcliffe Ensemble

Robin Canter   oboe

Nicholas Ward   violin

Pauline Lowbury  violin

Edward Vanderspar   viola

Gillian Thoday   cello

Alan Rawsthorne

Oboe Quartet (1970)

Andante – Allegretto

Poco Lento

Allegro

Theme and variations for two violins (1937)

Francis Routh

Oboe Quartet Op 34 (1977)

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Allegro moderato – Vivace (var. 1-5)

Lento liberamente ( var. 6-8)

Vivace   ( var. 9 – 12)

A tempo moderato (coda)  (10 mins)

Tragic Interludes Op 43 (1983) for solo oboe

Warfare

Divine refuge

Human suffering

Doubt

Decision

Pity and sorrow

Elizabeth Lutyens

Oboe Quartet: Driving out the Death Op 81 (1971)