Bohuslav Martinů
Oboe Concerto (Martinů)
Bohuslav Martinů's Concerto for Oboe and Small Orchestra, H. 353, was written in 1955 for the Czech-born Australian oboist Jiří Tancibudek. Tancibudek had been performing oboe recitals in Australia
Editions of the Score#
Tancibudek was given permission from the composer to retain the manuscript of the concerto. Comparing this with the work published after Martinů’s death, he noticed a considerable number of discrepancies. In the 1980s, he and James Brody at Indiana University published a list of corrections with some interpretational suggestions. He and Maurice Bourgue worked together on publication of the critical edition. Maurice Bourgue and Guy Porat produced a revised edition in 2008. This edition restores the second cadenza in the last movement (removed at Tancibudek’s suggestion), and corrects a number of errors in the solo part.
- Composer
- Bohuslav Martinů