Dave has been getting into the Oboe lately, so we thought we would go along to an Oboe recital we found. It was actually to celebrate the launch of a CD (of the same name). It was held in the Royal Overseas House, which is an organisation working on international friendship through the arts. Kind of strange, though their patron is the Queen, so I guess it is fairly establishment. It's in a great location, backing on to Green Park.
The actual recital was in the Princess Alexandra Hall, though calling this lady a Princess is a bit of a stretch, she is 42nd in line to the throne and is the Queen's cousin. If Kate is only the Duchess of Cambridge, I'm not sure how this person is a Princess.
But anyway, it was a bit of a stretch calling the room a Hall, it was a room, at best. But the recital was interesting, I didn't know any of the pieces, all British composers. Some of them were better than others, I find the really modern stuff is probably more interesting to play than to listen to. But the oboist was obviously quite good, and even better was before each piece he would give a little background, on who the composer was, who it was written for, what it's about, that sort of thing, which really added to the enjoyment.
Would I recommend the CD, hmmm, if you really, really like oboe and already own all the other, more melodic, oboe pieces, or if you just like a challenge, then go right ahead.
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