Ralph Vaughan Williams - Oboe Concerto (1st Movement - Rondo Pastorale)

[linkparko]

I'm using this to try out for NY all state. is there any way i can talk to the person who played this wonderful example? would greatly appreciate it

[saunders2159]

Wonder if VW used any specific folk tunes in this work. He invariably wove something in, such was his fondness for traditional music. It heightened the beauty of his own inspiration

[fatalistbg1]

Adorably idyllic work !!!!

[bluepotterkitty]

who's the oboist playing this? the style, especially phrase ends, are a bit harsh in some spots, but that's just my opinion.

[maschabea]

who is playing this?:) sounds unusual, soft and somber...maybe a french oboe?

[AnthonyJK1982]

Absolutely beautiful

[cuparinos]

Who is the one idiot who disliked this?

[cbcdesign001]

@cuparinos Quite!

[alleballeism]

@cuparinos justin bieber.. EHAHEHAeHEHE M SO FUNNY CUS I MENTIONS jUBIESTENBER

[meisema666]

GOD If I could play the Oboes like this I wouldn't EVER stop! Oboes are just heavenly sounding. THey take years to master,but SO worth the effort <3

[Tubaka01]

@Maino88 Precisely right. To adapt a phrase I've heard spoken of Chopin as a Polish composer, in my opinion Vaughan Williams is the greatest English composer and the most English of great composers. As amazing as Benjamin Britten's music is, it's composers like Vaughan Williams and George Butterworth who truly capture England in sound.

[Maino88]

Quintessentially English. Nothing can quite match the wistful, pastoral elegance of VW. I listen to him and feel like I'm walking across the Surrey Hills in the height of summer, with a warm breeze disturbing the wild grasses. What a man.

[amistrymister]

Is it just me or does this oboe sound very chorusey

[kleineschutter]

@amistrymister what's chorusey?

[kktoess1]

choon!



[SexyNerd4u]

Who's playing in this recording? It's very good!

[TheBabyoboe]

@SexyNerd4u Celia Nicklin performs this piece. This and two other of Vaughan Williams pieces are on the double Cd "Masters of the Oboe."

[wkleung11]

@TheBabyoboe This is 100% Maurice Bourgue, not Celia Nicklin

[SelfRevolution37]

Yo i heard this oboe concerto on the radio two days ago. it was so good i stopped my car and just put the seat back and listened. i'm pretty sure we could bring peace to the world with that oboe concerto.

[JTB1956]

@SelfRevolution37 Shows how timeless RVW's music is. The same thing happened to me the first time I heard this piece on the radio in Atlanta, Georgia 1978...stopped the car, put down the top,and just listened. I have been happily addicted to his music since then.

[scienceisthebesttool]

I can only assume the 1 dislike was an error. Love this for lots of reasons

[xtremegamer515]

Who is the soloist?

[TheAnnafisher]

Maurice Bourgue, very cool, love how all oboes sound uniquely different from one another! The hardest thing as an oboist is to regular reeds to sound the same as yourself each time! : ^ ) Thanks for posting, the European sound is so different from our darker American sound.

[brett1051]

The Brits have had killer oboe and English horn pieces thru history. This is brilliant.Peace

brett

[ADLICD]

dreamy

[lolztillirolz47]

LOVED THIS!!!

[samthman21]

the beginning has a lovely jazz feel to it

[ahaili]

Oh my gosh this is amazing!

[relentless]

Yes, Ralph has found a new fan in me! Gonna play this during love making to see what kind of magic results.

[soeurfee]

Fan du hautbois, j'adore cette oeuvre de RV Williams, c'est un bonheur de se laisser couler dans cette délicate interprétation...au fait ? qui est l'oboïste ?

[photoeditingchicken]

@soeurfee Maurice Bourgue est l'oboiste.

[soeurfee]

@soeurfee à photoditingchicken : Merci pour votre réponse

and also thanks a lot to AllemandeSuite6

[AllemandeSuite6]

Thank you for sharing this music! I love everything Maurice Bourgue performed in this recording. He is a greatest oboist I've ever seen. He has gotten the greatest achivement of the oboe music none of oboist has ever done.

[ALBIBISBIS]

Who's the oboe player?

[clarinete09]

Who is the oboist?

[robhighnam]

This is absolutely amazing. I'm a fan of English culture, in fact , I'm a teacher of English, I also love music, and I'm just beginning to "discover" Vaughan-Williams. What amazes me in this piece is its strange melodies. I am absolutely no expert on music but I am wrong if I say it's something like jazz? Did jazz have any effect on V-W?

[jazzmunky]

@robhighnam I'd say it did but I'd like to read a biography to find out more. Actually my father was friends with his wife, Ursula, back in the 60s. Symphony 4 has this sort of jazz-noir sound, lovely close-voiced horns. And 8 and especially 9 are really jazzy too.

[robhighnam]

@jazzmunky Thank you for the information. In fact, I haven't reached in my discovery as far as his symphonies, but I keep trying. Thanks again very much.

[matejpatek]

This is absolutely gorgeous performance! Thanks very much for posting this!

[fozziebear2009]

@matejpatek No problem :)

[lennic95]

@fozziebear2009 Who's the oboist? thanks

[Nordiero66]

2:01 - 2:26 is the best part of this movement!! :)

[Nordiero66]

This is a great piece!! i have to play it for my A-mas! oh jeez :O

[spabunker21]

Performed by Maurice Bourgue...

[MrLombreeze]

Beautiful, he was such a great composer!. Thank you.

[VanityBlair16]

Ok thanks! I am going to play this for a competition and my private instructor likes me to have good recordings of the pieces I play. So if you could let me know as soon as you find out, that would be wonderful! :)

[fozziebear2009]

No probs glad you enjoyed it! - VanityBlair I will find out for you as I'm not sure what I've done with the CD - its about somewhere!

[TengoUnOboe]

Thanks!

[VanityBlair16]

That's absolutely beautiful! Could you tell me who the symphony and the oboe player are?