Two Insect Pieces: (Oboe and Piano) (Faber Edition): The Grasshopper/The Wasp (1935) for oboe and piano

 
9780571505920: Two Insect Pieces: (Oboe and Piano) (Faber Edition): The Grasshopper/The Wasp (1935) for oboe and piano

Synopsis

Written for, and dedicated to, Sylvia Spencer, Two Insect Pieces comprise of 'The Grasshopper' and 'The Wasp' and last 5 minutes in total. The Two Insect Pieces were composed in the Spring of 1935 but only 'The Grasshopper' movement was performed at the Leith Hill Musical Festival in May 1935 by Sylvia Spencer and Millicent Silver. The first performance of both movements took place in 1979 at a memorial concert to Sylvia Spencer with Janet Craxton on Oboe and Margot Wright on piano.

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Product Description

These two pieces were written by Britten in 1935 for the oboist Sylvia Spencer, who had played in early performances of his Phantasy Quartet, Op. 2. The first performances of The Grasshopper and The Wasp did not take place until 1979, when they were performed by Janet Craxton and Margot Wright as part of a memorial concert for Sylvia Spencer at the Royal College Of Music, Manchester, England.

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