CAPRICCELLO est une pièce concertante pour bande de hautbois et violoncelle soliste, Elle est constituée de quatre mouvements : GRAVE, VIVACE, ADAGIO et VIVACE,Les deux premières parties constituent une ouverture à la Française - après une introduction puissante à l'écriture verticale, le violoncelle entame une fugue au tempo vif, Le mode dorien, le ton de ré mineur et la gamme par ton s'y bousculent puis s'y entremêlent,Ce début est fortement marqué par une influence du répertoire renaissance et surtout baroque, Le troisième mouvement, adagio, est plus introspectif, L'utilisation du violoncelle dans son registre aigu apporte une tension palpable et nous amène davantage vers des couleurs romantiques teintées de mélancolie, Enfin, le vivace final reprend -pour l'essentiel- les éléments précédemment entendus et clôt la pièce avec brio,Commandée par Jacques Bernaert pour le 2ème festival ' week-end à la campagne ', cette oeuvre a été jouée pour la première fois le 25 juin 2010 en l'église de Saint-Arnoult de l'Oise grâce à l'heureuse rencontre du violoncelliste Jacques Bernaert et de La Bande des Hautbois dirigée par Claude Villevieille,Collection Les bandes de hautbois / Hautbois

Version 2010-“Books talk to each other” - Umberto Eco’s statement could just as easily apply to music as Les Citations for Oboe Harpsichord Double Bass and Percussion by Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013) brilliantly proves. Written in 1991 the score was reworked by the composer for the Festival d’Auvers-sur-Oise where the new version premiered in June 2010. The origin of this work goes back to For Aldeburgh 85. Written for the 75th birthday of singer Peter Pears the piece takes up a fragment of Peter Grimes whose leading role had been written by Britten for the beloved tenor. Dutilleux adds a page titled FromJanequin to Jehan Alain in which appears a song from the Renaissance composer “L’espoir que j’ay d’acquerir vostre grace” used by J. Alain in his Variations for Organ on a theme by Clément Janequin. The junction between the two parties is made through an Interlude that introduces the “wolf’s moan” theme from the ballet Le Loup (The Wolf) composed by Dutilleux in 1953 for the troupe of Roland Petit. This subtle tangle of quotations forms a shimmering and sensual work where the uniqueness of an authentic artist powerfully asserts itself.

Five North-Eastern Scenes for oboe and piano was commissioned by the Kunstförderverein Kreis Düren e. V. for the 2016 Spannungen chamber music festival in Heimbach Germany. 'The piece is in five shortmovements. The first third and fifth explore space and melancholy while the 2nd and 4th are fleeting and at times more violent. This is the third work in which I have used the paintings of the Scottish artistJoan Eardley as a starting point. Her vast emotive snow scenes painted outside in the brief periods of calm between snow storms capture the striking yet bleak beauty of North East Scotland an area where I grew up but have notvisited for many years.' - Helen Grime.

Sadie Harrison's Three Jennys for solo Oboe. Performing score. Three Jennys was written especially for Jenny Porcas who gave the work its first performance on 7 June 2014 at the Purbeck Arts Week Festival in St. Mary s Church Swanage. The three miniature movements are entitled Spinning Jenny (based on the Lancashire folksong Poverty Knock associated with the textile industry of the nineteenth century) Creeping Jenny (Lysimachia nummelaria) which twists andturns like the plant itself and Jenny Wren heard here in virtuoso voice. Three Jennys is dedicated to Jenny with affection.

Arranged to be playable by any combination of band instruments these duets cover a wide range of styles from the Baroque Period to the 20th Century. Difficulty ranges from grades II through IV providing a great deal of flexibility for the needs of young musicians. In addition to the mallet duet lines the percussion book provides an optional percussion line that can be used in place of or in addition to a duet line. Perfect for smaller ensembles with unusual instrumentation and for solo and ensemble festivals.