Heinz Holliger plays the 1st movement of the Mozart oboe concerto with Lausanne Chamber Orchestra in 1993. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Oboe Concerto in C major, K. 314 was originally composed probably around 1777 for oboist Giuseppe Ferlendis, then reworked by the composer as a concerto for flute in D major in 1778. The concerto is a widely-studied piece for both instruments and is one of the more important concerti for the oboe. The piece itself is divided into three movements: I. Allegro aperto II. Adagio non troppo III. Rondo: Allegretto Heinz Holliger (born May 21, 1939) is a Swiss oboist, composer and conductor. He was born in Langenthal, Switzerland and began his musical education at the conservatories of Bern and Basel. He studied composition with Sándor Veress and Pierre Boulez. He took first prize for oboe in the International Competition in Geneva in 1959. He has become one of the world's most celebrated oboists, and numerous works have been written for him. He began teaching at the Musikhochschule in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany in 1966. |
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