If ever there was a classical concerto that can be likened to a marathon run, then hands down it would have to be Richard Strauss’ Oboe Concerto in D major. The task of performing this breathtakingly ...

Richard Strauss’ Oboe Concerto is a mellow flowering of inspiration from the composer in his 81st year. If the music is perhaps not on the same exalted level as his “Four Last Songs” or “Metamorphosen ...

In 1945, a corporal in the U.S. army (and oboist) visited Richard Strauss at his home and asked him if he had ever considered writing an oboe concerto. The old man declined. Six months later - aged 81 ...

I have a friend who, as an adult, decided to take oboe lessons because she fell in love with the instrument’s sound. She won’t become a professional oboist, but she’s having fun. She would have had a ...

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Sherie Aguirre, principal oboist with the Virginia Symphony, will perform the Richard Strauss oboe concerto with the orchestra at 8 p.m. Thursday at St. Bede Catholic Church in Williamsburg and at 8 p ...

The lead oboist of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra collapsed on stage on Saturday night after suffering a brain hemorrhage. William Bennett, 56, was in the middle of a Richard Strauss' Oboe ...