Cane & Horsehair Global Odyssey

A winning combination of expressive oboe and resonant strings from Mozart to now.

This colourful program for strings and oboe from Austria, the Netherlands, Australia, Poland, New Zealand and England is played by five musicians from five different countries – music really is the universal language! We bring the oboe into vivid focus in repertoire spanning more than two centuries from Mozart to brilliant Melbourne composer, Lee Bradshaw, with beautiful string interludes by Dutch Romantic composer, Bosman, and celebrated Kiwi, Salina Fisher. We finally all come together in the fabulous quintet by Arnold Bax.

Programme:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Quartet in F Major for Oboe and Strings, K.370

Henriëtte Hilda Bosman – String Quartet

Lee Bradshaw – The Language of Trees: Quartet for Oboe and Strings

[Interval]

Grażyna Bacewicz – Trio for Oboe, Violin and Cello

Salina Fisher – Mata-Au for String Trio

Arnold Bax – Quintet for Oboe and String Quartet

Performers:

Bede Hanley, oboe
James Armstrong, violin
Wilma Smith, violin
Caroline Henbest, viola
Ashley Brown, cello