Concerto No.1 for Oboe
For oboe and string orchestra
| DATE WRITTEN | 1933 for oboe and string quartet |
| FIRST PERFORMANCE | Oboe and string quartet version: February 1934, Evelyn Rothwell Oboe and string orchestra version: 28 February 1935, Queen's Hall, London Leon Goossens with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Sir Thomas Beecham |
COMMENTS BY EVELYN ROTHWELL
I used to go over to Ewell (where Jacob then lived) very often, to try over parts of the work, and he used to ask me all sorts of questions as to why a certain passage was difficult (or not) and he often rewrote his first sketches. One of the things I most admired about him was his eagerness to learn about instruments and their likes and dislikes. For a man of his skill and eminence as a composer, this was such a basically modest and endearing quality.
To return to the 1st oboe concerto: I used to take parts of it to my lessons with Leon Goossens, who immediately realised what an excellent addition to the oboe repertoire this concerto would be.
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