Heinz Holliger is now 72, and rumour has it that this could be his last disc as an oboist. There's certainly a sense of coming full circle about it, too, since the main works here – the Concertos for ...

Famously Handel and Bach never met, despite being born in the same year in the same country. So it was fun to see the ...

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 ...

Conductor and composer Bruno Maderna, who died in 1973, was one of the most respected figures in the avant garde of the 1950s and 1960s. He was an outstanding interpreter of the most complex scores ...

From principal oboist Mary Lynch’s reedy mastery to the politely timed coughing of its die-hard patrons (a mini-explosion between movements), the Seattle Symphony holds an eternal soft spot in my ...

The oboe is one of classical music’s quirkiest instruments. And an oboe trio? — Now, that’s even quirkier. “People always thought we were a little crazy, but having fun has always been our main goal,” ...

This new album of concertos is by the British composer David Matthews — not to be confused with the American jam band sensation Dave Matthews. The 68-year-old's symphonies, string quartets and ...

Last year it was the tuba that got all the attention during a concert featuring Ralph Vaughan Williams’ “Tuba Concerto.” Now the Long Beach Symphony is giving another instrument that doesn’t always ...