Malcolm Messiter

Oboe Recital Programs

Malcolm Messiter Oboe

John Lenehan Piano

Here are a few example programmes. Of course, we can also make up a programme of your favourite pieces, selected from almost the entire repertoire for both instruments, and indeed others! If you've a favourite piece for, say, violin or flute, why not challenge me to arrange and play it for oboe!

Programme 1

J. S. Bach Sonata in G minor for oboe & piano

allegro, adagio, allegro

Debussy (arr. Messiter) Reverie

Scarlatti (arr. Messiter) Sonata in C

Kreisler (arr. Messiter) Caprice Viennois

Saint-Saens Sonata opus 166 for oboe & piano

andantino, allegretto, molto allegro

*** Interval ***

Schumann Three Romances for oboe & piano

nicht schnell, einfach, innig, nicht schnell

Chopin andante spianato and grand polonaise for solo piano

Bizet/Borne (arr. Messiter) Carmen Fantaisie Brillante pour hautbois & piano

Programme 2 (Lunch time)

Vivaldi Sonata in C Minor

adagio, allegro, larghetto, presto

Malcolm Arnold Sonatina for oboe and piano

allegretto, andantino, allegro giocoso

Richard Rodney Bennett After Syrinx (specially written for Malcolm Messiter)

Pasculli Gran Concerto sopra del opera di Verdi "I Vespri Siciliani"

Programme 3

Handel Sonata in G minor

larghetto, allegro, adagio, allegro

Britten Metamorphoses after Ovid for solo oboe

York Bowen Sonata opus 85 for oboe & piano

allegretto grazioso, andantino espressivo, allegro giocoso

*** Interval ***

Poulenc Sonata for oboe & piano

élégie, scherzo, déploration

Lizst Spanish Rhapsody for solo piano

Pasculli Gran Concerto sopra motivi del opera "La Favorita" di Donizetti