Events
Please find below a selection of concerts around the country, and sometimes beyond, featuring woodwind instruments. If you have a concert that you think might be relevant for listing on our page, please ‘Get in Touch’ with the details and a link to the booking page.
Orchestre de Paris – Strauss Oboe Concerto
April 30th 2025 at 20:00 – 21:30
Orchestre de Paris
Holly Hyun Choe – conductor
Alexandre Gattet – oboe
Stéphanie Huang – cello
Between the limpid classicism of Strauss, the bounding energy of a more Broadway-esque than ever Bernstein, the serenity of Saariaho, and the most cheerful of Shostakovich’s symphonies, this program offers us four faces of joy.
How can one resist the neoclassical charm of Strauss’s Oboe Concerto? The spirit of Mozart lives on in these melodic and humorous passages, whose sustained singing nevertheless remains a formidable test for the soloist.
Linked to the ballet Fancy Free, the three dances from On the Town embody all of Bernstein’s hedonism: in the last, the frenzied sailors converge on Times Square for an unforgettable night of fun.
More peaceful, almost mystical in their quest for the suspended moment and the ephemeral, are the Seven Butterflies by Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, whose cello, which she uses in innovative ways, is her preferred instrument.
To conclude, this is the most elliptical of Shostakovich’s symphonies, and one of the most surprising in that it lacks—except in the Largo—the power and dark drama of the others. It is said that Stalin, expecting more grandeur, flew into a rage at such frivolity!
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Orchestre de Paris – Bach and Escaich Concertos for Violin and Oboe
14/05/2025 8:00 pm
Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie, 221 Av. Jean Jaurès, 75019 Paris, France
Orchestre de Paris – Bach and Escaich Concertos for Violin and Oboe
May 14th 2025 at 20:00 – 22:00
Orchestre de Paris
Roberto González-Monjas – conductor
Lisa Batiashvili – violin
François Leleux – oboe
Thierry Escaich – organ
For two exceptional evenings, guest composer Thierry Escaich in person performs on the organ. A tribute to Bach, the God of Music, this program also takes us to Shakespeare and the Eternal City.
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Orchestre de Paris – Bach and Escaich Concertos for Violin and Oboe
15/05/2025 8:00 pm
Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie, 221 Av. Jean Jaurès, 75019 Paris, France
Orchestre de Paris – Bach and Escaich Concertos for Violin and Oboe
May 15th 2025 at 20:00 – 22:00
Orchestre de Paris
Roberto González-Monjas – conductor
Lisa Batiashvili – violin
François Leleux – oboe
Thierry Escaich – organ
For two exceptional evenings, guest composer Thierry Escaich in person performs on the organ. A tribute to Bach, the God of Music, this program also takes us to Shakespeare and the Eternal City.
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ESO Chamber Orchestra – Summer Sunset Soirée: Salons, Serenades and Songs
29/05/2025 7:00 pm
Worcester Guildhall Assembly Room, High Street, Worcester WR1 2EY
ESO Chamber Orchestra – Summer Sunset Soirée:
Salons, Serenades and Songs
May 29th 2025 at 19:00 – 20:30
Join us for an enchanting evening celebrating music for wooing. From the ancient days of the romantic guitarist serenading the object of their affections from below the garden window, music has long been one of our favourite nocturnal pastimes. Join the musicians of the English Symphony Orchestra for an evening of more than just a little night music, with romances and serenades by Elgar, Mozart and Coleridge-Taylor
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Mozart Oboe Concerto in C Major at Schleißheim Palace
28/06/2025 7:30 pm
Schleissheim Palace, Max-Emanuel-Platz 1, 85764 Oberschleißheim, Germany
Mozart Oboe Concerto in C Major
June 28th 2025 at 19:30 – 21:30
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Open Air Concert – Bellini Oboe Concerto at Schleißheim Palace
01/08/2025 7:30 pm
The Arcades, Schleissheim Palace, Max-Emanuel-Platz 1, 85764 Oberschleißheim, Germany
Bellini Oboe Concerto
August 1st 2025 at 19:30 – 21:30
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