Description

Performed by the Redcliffe Ensemble

Robin Canter   oboe

Nicholas Ward   violin

Pauline Lowbury  violin

Edward Vanderspar   viola

Gillian Thoday   cello

Alan Rawsthorne

Oboe Quartet (1970)

Andante – Allegretto

Poco Lento

Allegro

Theme and variations for two violins (1937)

Francis Routh

Oboe Quartet Op 34 (1977)

Tragic Interludes Op 43 (1983) for solo oboe

Warfare

Divine refuge

Human suffering

Doubt

Decision

Pity and sorrow

Elizabeth Lutyens

Oboe Quartet: Driving out the Death Op 81 (1971)