Sean Shepherd’s Quadruple Concerto—featuring flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon—proved at once clever and substantial in its ...

Chamber music is basically house music – music played in private chambers as opposed to in a concert hall. The performance by ...

They’re sometimes generative forces, as when opening flute flourishes prompt oboe and bassoon to spin out flourishes of their own. Much of the time they’re more participants in complex ...

Use the tabs below to find out about each section of the orchestra, watch video clips, and read interviews with musicians. The oboe is made of wood (or plastic) with metal keys, and played by ...

Piano quintets were composed less frequently, but Mozart and Beethoven both wrote piano quintets for piano, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon. The first wind quintets (flute, oboe, clarinet ...

These included orchestra mainstays like the bassoon, oboe and flugel horn as well as Scotland's beloved bagpipes. But, the prize for the least purchased instrument belongs to the kazoo which was ...