Oboe repetoire list

This spring many oboe students will play their graduation recitals. Therefore, I would like to share some suggestions for the recital programs. I have included several solo oboe pieces, since many might not be able to play with a pianist this year. Hopefully this list of pieces can be an inspiration for your recital program.

Solo oboe pieces

G. Ph. Telemann – 12 fantasias (1732-33)

J. S. Bach – Partita in g minor (ca. 1723)

B. Britten – Six Metamorphoses after Ovid (1951)

H. Holliger – Sonata for solo oboe (1956/57)

L. Berio – Sequenza VIIa for solo oboe (1969)

A. Dorati – five pieces for solo oboe (1981)

Oboe and piano

A. Vivaldi – Sonata in c minor (b.1678-d.1741)

C. Ph. E. Bach – Sonata in g minor (1731)

J. S. Bach – Sonata in g minor (ca. 1736)

George Philip Telemann – Sonata in a minor (1728/29)

R. Schumann – 3 Romanzas (1849)

C. Nielsen – Two Fantasy Pieces (1889)

C. Saint-Saens – Sonata (1921)

P. Hindemith – Sonata (1938)

H. Dutillieux – Sonata (1947)

F. Poulenc – Sonata (1962)

A. Dorati – Duo Concertante (1983)

Oboe and string ensemble

W. A. Mozart – Oboe quartet (1781)

B. Crusell – Divertimento for oboe and string quartet (ca. 1823)

B. Britten – Phantasy quartet (1932)

Oboe and orchestra

A. Marcello – Concerto (1717)

J. S. Bach – Concerto in d minor

W. A. Mozart – Concerto (1777)

R. Vaughan Williams – Concerto (1944)

R. Strauss – Concerto (1945)

B. Martinu – Concerto (1955)

J. Francaix – L’Horloge de Flore (1959)

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