The Classical Oboe Quartet

The ambiguity of whether Mozart meant a violoncello or double bass in his scoring of the basso part of the oboe quartet is the starting point for this recital. The oboe had reached virtuosic heights in the classical period with many composers composing for this still evolving instrument.

Mozart’s oboe quartet remains one of the pinnacles of the oboe repertoire with the combination of the timbres of oboe and strings being particularly pleasing to the ear. The preface to the Bärenreiter edition of the Mozart Obioe Quartet mentions the peculiarity of the autograph score providing the bass part with the ambiguous marking of basso - did he mean cello or double bass? Up until now I have always played the Mozart Oboe Quartet with cello, and in this recital I will embrace the ambiguity, and together with Julija Hartig, Emi Ohi Resnick and Wilmar de Visser will perform this gem of a quartet with double bass. The programme will be completed with other beautiful oboe quartets by Mozarts contemporaries, Carl Stamitz and Johann Christian Bach.

Aisling Casey - oboe
Julija Hartig - violin
Emi Ohi Resnick - viola
Wilmar de Visser - double bass

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