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.
Symphonie Fantastique
January 23rd 2025 at 19:30 – 21:00
GIEDRĖ ŠLEKYTĖ conducts
ERIN HANNIGAN oboe
HANNAH EISENDLE Heliosis
R. STRAUSS Oboe Concerto
BERLIOZ Symphonie Fantastique
A work of opulent orchestral colors and effects that tells a “fantastic” story, starring Hector Berlioz himself, besotted with a Shakespearian actress. His passion-propelled Symphonie Fantastique follows the love-sick hero’s drug-induced visions to a glittering ball, the march to the scaffold and a demonic Witches’ Sabbath with the Dies irae pounding out a hair-raising theme amid tumult. Giedrė Šlekytė “the embodiment of youthful energy, enthusiasm, and determination“(La scena musicale) makes her DSO premiere leading Strauss’s tuneful Oboe Concerto, with Principal Oboe Erin Hannigan in the spotlight.
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Symphonie Fantastique and Strauss Oboe Concerto
24/01/2025 7:30 pm
Morton H Meyerson Symphony Centre, 2301 Flora St., Dallas, Texas 75201, USA
Symphonie Fantastique
January 24th 2025 at 19:30 – 21:00
GIEDRĖ ŠLEKYTĖ conducts
ERIN HANNIGAN oboe
HANNAH EISENDLE Heliosis
R. STRAUSS Oboe Concerto
BERLIOZ Symphonie Fantastique
A work of opulent orchestral colors and effects that tells a “fantastic” story, starring Hector Berlioz himself, besotted with a Shakespearian actress. His passion-propelled Symphonie Fantastique follows the love-sick hero’s drug-induced visions to a glittering ball, the march to the scaffold and a demonic Witches’ Sabbath with the Dies irae pounding out a hair-raising theme amid tumult. Giedrė Šlekytė “the embodiment of youthful energy, enthusiasm, and determination“(La scena musicale) makes her DSO premiere leading Strauss’s tuneful Oboe Concerto, with Principal Oboe Erin Hannigan in the spotlight.
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Symphonie Fantastique and Strauss Oboe Concerto
25/01/2025 7:30 pm
Morton H Meyerson Symphony Centre, 2301 Flora St., Dallas, Texas 75201, USA
Symphonie Fantastique
January 25th 2025 at 19:30 – 21:00
GIEDRĖ ŠLEKYTĖ conducts
ERIN HANNIGAN oboe
HANNAH EISENDLE Heliosis
R. STRAUSS Oboe Concerto
BERLIOZ Symphonie Fantastique
A work of opulent orchestral colors and effects that tells a “fantastic” story, starring Hector Berlioz himself, besotted with a Shakespearian actress. His passion-propelled Symphonie Fantastique follows the love-sick hero’s drug-induced visions to a glittering ball, the march to the scaffold and a demonic Witches’ Sabbath with the Dies irae pounding out a hair-raising theme amid tumult. Giedrė Šlekytė “the embodiment of youthful energy, enthusiasm, and determination“(La scena musicale) makes her DSO premiere leading Strauss’s tuneful Oboe Concerto, with Principal Oboe Erin Hannigan in the spotlight.
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Symphonie Fantastique and Strauss Oboe Concerto
26/01/2025 3:00 pm
Morton H Meyerson Symphony Centre, 2301 Flora St., Dallas, Texas 75201, USA
Symphonie Fantastique
January 26th 2025 at 15:00 – 16:30
GIEDRĖ ŠLEKYTĖ conducts
ERIN HANNIGAN oboe
HANNAH EISENDLE Heliosis
R. STRAUSS Oboe Concerto
BERLIOZ Symphonie Fantastique
A work of opulent orchestral colors and effects that tells a “fantastic” story, starring Hector Berlioz himself, besotted with a Shakespearian actress. His passion-propelled Symphonie Fantastique follows the love-sick hero’s drug-induced visions to a glittering ball, the march to the scaffold and a demonic Witches’ Sabbath with the Dies irae pounding out a hair-raising theme amid tumult. Giedrė Šlekytė “the embodiment of youthful energy, enthusiasm, and determination“(La scena musicale) makes her DSO premiere leading Strauss’s tuneful Oboe Concerto, with Principal Oboe Erin Hannigan in the spotlight.
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CBSO Winds plays Mozart
26/01/2025 3:00 pm
Birmingham Town Hall, Victoria Square, Birmingham, B3 3DQ
CBSO Winds plays Mozart
January 26th 2025 at 15:00 – 16:00
Two pearls of beauty for wind ensemble. Anna Clyne was inspired by Emily Dickinson’s enigmatic poetry for Overflow in which the poet flirts with the mighty power of the sea. The wind ‘dectet’ portrays both the seabed, and the playful, sometimes sinister, creatures and forces within. Mozart’s Gran Partita is simply sublime – in the 1984 film Amadeus, Salieri is overcome with wonder on hearing it: “This was a music I’d never heard. Filled with such longing…”
There will be no interval during this concert.
Anna Clyne, Overflow (10mins)
Mozart, Gran Partita for 13 Winds (43mins)
Oboe – Nicholas Daniel
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Mozart – Concerto pour hautbois
15/02/2025 8:00 pm
Cité de la musique, 221, avenue Jean Jaurès, 75019 Paris
Mozart
February 15th 2025 at 20:00 – 22:00
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto pour hautbois
Quatuor pour piano et cordes n° 1
Oboe – Ilyes Boufadden-Adloff
Symphonie n° 35 “Haffner”
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Mozart Oboe Concerto
19/02/2025 7:30 pm
Easterbrook Hall, The Crichton, Bankend, Road, Dumfries, DG1 4TA
Mozart Oboe Concerto
February 19th 2025 at 19:30 – 21:00
Maxim Emelyanychev Conductor
Ivan Podyomov Oboe
The song-like Oboe Concerto was one of Mozart’s most loved and performed pieces during his own lifetime. Discover why in the hands of internationally recognised soloist Ivan Podyomov, Principal Oboe at Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and an internationally recognised concerto player too.
Maxim Emelyanychev complements Mozart’s charming creation with the first symphonies of two iconic composers: Schubert’s is a remarkably mature, dramatic work for a 16-year-old, while Beethoven’s strains against musical rules from its very first notes. By way of contrast, SCO Associate Composer Jay Capperauld delves into Bruckner’s macabre fascination with those two composers in a brand-new piece.
*Commissioned by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra
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Mozart Oboe Concerto
20/02/2025 7:30 pm
The Queen's Hall, 85-89 Clerk Street, Newington, Edinburgh, EH8 9JG
Mozart Oboe Concerto
February 20th 2025 at 19:30 – 21:00
Maxim Emelyanychev Conductor
Ivan Podyomov Oboe
The song-like Oboe Concerto was one of Mozart’s most loved and performed pieces during his own lifetime. Discover why in the hands of internationally recognised soloist Ivan Podyomov, Principal Oboe at Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and an internationally recognised concerto player too.
Maxim Emelyanychev complements Mozart’s charming creation with the first symphonies of two iconic composers: Schubert’s is a remarkably mature, dramatic work for a 16-year-old, while Beethoven’s strains against musical rules from its very first notes. By way of contrast, SCO Associate Composer Jay Capperauld delves into Bruckner’s macabre fascination with those two composers in a brand-new piece.
*Commissioned by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra
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Mozart Oboe Concerto
February 21st 2025 at 19:30 – 21:00
Maxim Emelyanychev Conductor
Ivan Podyomov Oboe
The song-like Oboe Concerto was one of Mozart’s most loved and performed pieces during his own lifetime. Discover why in the hands of internationally recognised soloist Ivan Podyomov, Principal Oboe at Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and an internationally recognised concerto player too.
Maxim Emelyanychev complements Mozart’s charming creation with the first symphonies of two iconic composers: Schubert’s is a remarkably mature, dramatic work for a 16-year-old, while Beethoven’s strains against musical rules from its very first notes. By way of contrast, SCO Associate Composer Jay Capperauld delves into Bruckner’s macabre fascination with those two composers in a brand-new piece.
*Commissioned by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra
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Zelenka & Fasch | Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
09/03/2025 11:00 am
Conservatoire de Musique de Geneve, Pl. de Neuve 5, 1204 Geneve, Switzerland
Zelenka & Fasch | Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
March 9th 2025 at 11:00 – 12:00
Nora Cismondi, Alexandre Emard – oboe
Vincent Godel – bassoon
Gergana Kusheva – double bass
Xavier Dami – harpsichord
Jan Dismas Zelenka – Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, ZWV 181.2
Johann Friedrich Fasch – Quartet in G minor for two oboes, bassoon and basso continuo FWV N:g1
Jan Dismas Zelenka – Sonata No. 5 in F major ZWV 181.5
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Ensemble Double Sens – Bach
01/04/2025 8:00 pm
Theatre des Champs-Elysees, 15 Avenue Montaigne, 75008 Paris, France
Ensemble Double Sens – Bach
April 1st 2025 at 20:00 – 21:30
Nemanja Radulović | violon
Sébastien Giot | hautbois
Ensemble Double Sens
Violin virtuoso Nemanja Radulović and his Double Sens ensemble this time embark on a program entirely dedicated to Bach. The four works in this program follow the classic structure of baroque concertos, with different contrasting movements highlighting both the soloists and the orchestra. Each piece in this repertoire offers technical and artistic challenges for musicians, while revealing the musical depth and melodic richness characteristic of Bach’s unique style. An exceptional musical moment in perspective, combining the passion and virtuosity of these renowned artists in the interpretation of the timeless masterpieces of the great baroque master.
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SCO – Mozart & Strauss
03/04/2025 2:00 pm
The Queen's Hall, 85-89 Clerk Street, Newington, Edinburgh, EH8 9JG
SCO – Mozart & Strauss
April 3rd 2025 at 14:00 – 15:30
Francois Leleux conductor / oboe
Cerys Ambrose-Evans Bassoon
Zedginidze Symphony No. 1 (Scottish Premiere)
Mozart Bassoon Concerto
R Strauss Serenade for Winds, Op 7
R Strauss Symphony No. 1 in D minor
Unfailingly charming and breathtakingly expressive, Francois Leleux delivers profound musical insights and high drama as both oboist and conductor. His matinee programme with the SCO is one of discoveries, written by teenage composers.
SCO Principal Bassoon Cerys Ambrose-Evans is the soloist in the expressive, cheeky concerto that Mozart composed aged 18, while Richard Struass blends influences from Mozart and Medelssohn in the richly lyrical Serenade for 13 wind instruments he wrote as a 17-year-old. His passionate, poewrful Symphony comes from a year earlier, but Georgian teenager Tsotne Zedginidze – born as recently as 2009 – has already been celebrated as a major musical prodigy.
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SCO – Mozart & Strauss
April 4th 2025 at 14:00 – 15:30
Francois Leleux conductor / oboe
Cerys Ambrose-Evans Bassoon
Zedginidze Symphony No. 1 (Scottish Premiere)
Mozart Bassoon Concerto
R Strauss Serenade for Winds, Op 7
R Strauss Symphony No. 1 in D minor
Unfailingly charming and breathtakingly expressive, Francois Leleux delivers profound musical insights and high drama as both oboist and conductor. His matinee programme with the SCO is one of discoveries, written by teenage composers.
SCO Principal Bassoon Cerys Ambrose-Evans is the soloist in the expressive, cheeky concerto that Mozart composed aged 18, while Richard Struass blends influences from Mozart and Medelssohn in the richly lyrical Serenade for 13 wind instruments he wrote as a 17-year-old. His passionate, poewrful Symphony comes from a year earlier, but Georgian teenager Tsotne Zedginidze – born as recently as 2009 – has already been celebrated as a major musical prodigy.
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SCO – Mozart & Strauss
05/04/2025 2:00 pm
Aberdeen Music Hall, Union Street, Aberdeen, AB10 1QS
SCO – Mozart & Strauss
April 5th 2025 at 14:00 – 15:30
Francois Leleux conductor / oboe
Cerys Ambrose-Evans Bassoon
Zedginidze Symphony No. 1 (Scottish Premiere)
Mozart Bassoon Concerto
R Strauss Serenade for Winds, Op 7
R Strauss Symphony No. 1 in D minor
Unfailingly charming and breathtakingly expressive, Francois Leleux delivers profound musical insights and high drama as both oboist and conductor. His matinee programme with the SCO is one of discoveries, written by teenage composers.
SCO Principal Bassoon Cerys Ambrose-Evans is the soloist in the expressive, cheeky concerto that Mozart composed aged 18, while Richard Struass blends influences from Mozart and Medelssohn in the richly lyrical Serenade for 13 wind instruments he wrote as a 17-year-old. His passionate, poewrful Symphony comes from a year earlier, but Georgian teenager Tsotne Zedginidze – born as recently as 2009 – has already been celebrated as a major musical prodigy.
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Klaus Mäkelä conducts Ravel, Bartók and Connesson Oboe and Flute Concertos
16/04/2025 8:15 pm
Het Concertgebouw, Concertgebouwplein 10, 1071 LN Amsterdam, Netherlands
Klaus Mäkelä conducts Ravel, Bartók and Connesson Oboe and Flute Concertos
April 16th 2025 at 20:15 – 21:45
Klaus Mäkelä – chief conductor designate
Emily Beynon – principal flute
Ivan Podyomov – principal oboe
The Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Klaus Mäkelä and two of the orchestra’s soloists transport you to distant worlds. Fairy tales by Ravel and Bartók and two works by the contemporary sound wizard Guillaume Connesson: four pieces of music to take in visually.
Klaus Mäkelä invites listeners to use their ears and eyes. Maurice Ravel, a master of ‘visual’ composition, could depict exotic settings and fairy-tale atmospheres with razor-sharp precision. In the rarely performed orchestral miniature Shéhérazade, we are transported to the world of The Thousand and One Nights. Ravel’s compatriot Guillaume Connesson is a contemporary sound wizard. His works sound almost cinematic, not least because of their highly refined orchestration. In addition to his recent oboe concerto, entitled Les belles heures, with Ivan Podyomov as soloist, the programme features the brand-new flute concerto he composed especially for the Concertgebouw Orchestra and its principal flautist Emily Beynon. It’s the perfect opportunity to discover for yourself why Connesson’s exciting music appeals to such a wide audience.
The programme contrasts French sophistication with Hungarian horror by Béla Bartók. In The Miraculous Mandarin, Bartók managed to express in music the more primitive side of modern civilisation. This grim fairy tale sounds just as exciting – and alarming – as it did 100 years ago.
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Klaus Mäkelä conducts Ravel, Bartók and Connesson Oboe and Flute Concertos
17/04/2025 8:15 pm
Het Concertgebouw, Concertgebouwplein 10, 1071 LN Amsterdam, Netherlands
Klaus Mäkelä conducts Ravel, Bartók and Connesson Oboe and Flute Concertos
April 17th 2025 at 20:15 – 21:45
Klaus Mäkelä – chief conductor designate
Emily Beynon – principal flute
Ivan Podyomov – principal oboe
The Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Klaus Mäkelä and two of the orchestra’s soloists transport you to distant worlds. Fairy tales by Ravel and Bartók and two works by the contemporary sound wizard Guillaume Connesson: four pieces of music to take in visually.
Klaus Mäkelä invites listeners to use their ears and eyes. Maurice Ravel, a master of ‘visual’ composition, could depict exotic settings and fairy-tale atmospheres with razor-sharp precision. In the rarely performed orchestral miniature Shéhérazade, we are transported to the world of The Thousand and One Nights. Ravel’s compatriot Guillaume Connesson is a contemporary sound wizard. His works sound almost cinematic, not least because of their highly refined orchestration. In addition to his recent oboe concerto, entitled Les belles heures, with Ivan Podyomov as soloist, the programme features the brand-new flute concerto he composed especially for the Concertgebouw Orchestra and its principal flautist Emily Beynon. It’s the perfect opportunity to discover for yourself why Connesson’s exciting music appeals to such a wide audience.
The programme contrasts French sophistication with Hungarian horror by Béla Bartók. In The Miraculous Mandarin, Bartók managed to express in music the more primitive side of modern civilisation. This grim fairy tale sounds just as exciting – and alarming – as it did 100 years ago.
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