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Oboe concerto in D major
Composer: Richard Strauss
Performers: ±«Óãtv Philharmonic Orchestra
Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk (Oboe)
Conductor: Andris Nelsons
Date of broadcast: 07 October 2005
In 1945, a corporal in the U.S. army (and oboist) visited Richard Strauss at his home and asked him if he had ever considered writing an oboe concerto. The old man declined. Six months later - aged 81 - Strauss gave the soldier this. A work that has come to be regarded as postmodern.
Composer: Richard Strauss
Performers: ±«Óãtv Philharmonic Orchestra
Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk (Oboe)
Conductor: Andris Nelsons
Date of broadcast: 07 October 2005
