Heinz Holliger
February 25 - ROBIN MILLER with the Nash Ensemble, Mozart Quartet, K. 370 (Elizabeth Hall, London).
May 6 - HEINZ HOLLIGER in two works of Toru Takemitsu - Distance for Oboe (with or without sho - a traditional Japanese mouth organ), and Eucalypts II ( 1970) with Ursula Holliger (harp) and Aurele Nicolet (flute) described by a London critic as "an evocation of Australian flora through the medium of appropriately florid luxuriant music" (These works are in the catalog of Editions Salabert, Paris and New York.) (The Round House, London.)
June 13 - EVELYN BARBIROLLI with the London Mozart Players, Bernard Jacob conducting. Richard Strauss Concerto and Hummel Introduction, Theme, and Variations. (Elizabeth Hall, London.)
June 15 - MAURICE BOURGUE with the Melos
Sinfonia, Gervase de Peyer conducting. Richard Strauss Concerto (Smith
Square, London) Maurice Bourgue is first oboist of the Orchestra de Paris.
June 19 - CATHERINE DUFFORD PAULU with strings
of the Western Arts Music Festival. Sidney Johnson Five Rakish Dances
for Oboe and String Quartet, written for Mrs. Paulu and performed for the first
time. (University of Wyoming - Laramie)
June 22 - RICHARD WEIGALL with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Harold Gray conducting. Richard Strauss Concerto. (Festival Theatre, Malvern, England)
June 25 - JANET CRAXTON (The London Oboe Quartet) in first performances of works of Berkeley, Maconchy, Douglas Young, John Buller, and Alison Bauld. (Jubilee Hall Aldeburgh Festival)
July 5 - RAY STILL with the Chicago Symphony, James Levine conducting. Handel Concerto in G Minor. (Ravinia Festival)
July 9 - HEINZ HOLLIGER with the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner conducting. Penderecki Capriccio and Mozart Concerto. (Cheltenham Festival)
July 15 - RALPH GOMBERG with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa conducting. Haydn Sinfonia Concertante. (Tanglewood, Lenox, Massachusetts)
July 19 - GRAHAM SALTER with Lionel Salter, harpsichord. Works of Arne, Babell, Handel, Loeillet, and Telemann. (Fenton House, Hempstead, England)
July 28 - BERT LUCARELLI with artists of the Newport Festival. Mozart Quartet, K. 370 and the Oboe Quartet of Johann Georg Lickl (1801-1877) (Newport, Rhode Island)
July 31 - MELVIN KAPLAN with the New York Chamber Soloists. Vivaldi Concerto in F. (Ravinia Festival)
August 3 - JANET CRAXTON with the BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, Raymond Leppard conducting. Lennox Berkeley Sinfonia Concertante (World premiere) (Albert Hall, London)
August 9 - SARA WATKINS, EUGENE CHIEFFO, and PATRICIA GRIGNET - oboists of the Grand Teton Music Festival - in a program of chamber music of Peter Schickele, including Gardens for oboe and piano, performed by Mr. Chieffo with William Doppman, pianist. (Jackson, Wyoming)
August 20 - LEONARD ARNER with the "Mostly Mozart" Festival Orchestra, Edo de Waart conducting. Handel Concerto in C Minor. (Philharmonic Hall, New York)
August 24 - DON JAEGER with members of the Stradivari Quartet. Britten Phantasy Op. 2. (Adult Music Conference, National Music Camp, Interlochen, Michigan)
August 26 - HEINZ HOLLIGER with the BBC Symphony, Pierre Boulez conducting. Holliger Siebengesang. (Edinburgh Festival) Other performances by the Holliger Ensemble (including Ursula Holliger, harp, and Jurg Wyttenbach, piano and harpsichord) in Edinburgh included works of Bach, Rossini, Schumann, Spohr, Boulez, Debussy, Huber, and Holliger.
September 20 - DONALD BAKER with the Detroit Symphony Aldo Ceccato conducting. Haydn Sinfonia Concertante. (Ford Auditorium, Detroit)
September 22 - MICHAEL DOBSON with William Bennett, flutist, and the Scottish National Orchestra, Alexander Gibson conducting. The British premiere of Gyorgy Ligeti Concerto for Flute, Oboe, and Orchestra. (City Hall, Glasgow)
September 23 - JAY LIGHT with Drake University faculty artists. Three arias from Bach cantatas; four songs on texts by William Blake of Vaughan Williams, Echoes for oboe, piano, and tape recorders by Gerald Lloyd; and Variations by Pierre Max Dubois. (Drake University, Des Moines)
September 29 - LEON GOOSSENS with the Windsor Sinfonia, Robert Tucker conducting. Elgar Soliloquy for Oboe and Marcello Oboe Concerto. (Slough Parish Church)
September 30 - JOSEPH ROBINSON with the Maryland Ensemble. Mozart Quartet, K. 370. (University of Maryland College Park)
October 1 - EVELYN BARBIROLLI with the Manchester Camerata, Frank Cliff conducting. Mozart Oboe Concerto. (Octagon Theatre, Bolton Festival)
October 1 - PATRICIA GRIGNET with artists of the Theater Chamber Players. Heinz Holliger Schwarzgewobene Trauer (1961-62; revised 1966) for soprano, oboe, violoncello, and harpsichord. First performance in the US. (Washington Theater Club, Washington, D.C.)
October 7 - NORA POST, Stefan Wolpe Suite in Hexachord, with Jack Kreiselman, clarinetist and Isaac Nemiroff Atomyriades for solo oboe. (Carnegie Recital Hall, New York)
October 14 - HENRY SCHUMAN with assisting artists. Mozart Quartet, K. 370 and Loeffler Two Rhapsodies. (Shimmel Center for the Arts, Pace University, New York)
October 16 - ROBERT PROBASCO with Landon Bilyeu, pianist. Gunther Schuller Sonata for Oboe and Piano (1948) and Gordon Jacob Rhapsody for English Horn and Piano (1948). (University of Idaho, Moscow)
October 16 - JANICE KNIGHT with Kathleen Kennedy, pianist. Loeillet Sonata in C; Nielsen Fantasy Pieces, Op. 2; Hindemith Sonata; Britten Metamorphoses, Op. 49; and Szalowski Sonatine. (Wigmore Hall, London)
October 24 - FRANK VAN KOTEN with Jan Gruithuyzen, pianist. Works of CPE Bach, Mozart, Schumann, Poulenc, DeLeeuw, Dutilleux, and Shinohara. (Purcell Room, London)
October 25 - RONALD ROSEMAN and THOMAS STACY with Leonard Hindell and Bert Bial, bassoons, and Gerard Schwarz, trumpet. Johann W. Hertel Concerto Cinque (sometimes called Concerto in D). (Paula Cooper Gallery, New York)
October 28 - THOMAS STACY with Irving Nussbaum, violin, J. S. Bach Concerto in C Minor. (St. Catherine of Siena Church, Riverside Connecticut)
November 18 - RHETA SMITH with assisting artists. Burrill Phillips Quartet for Oboe and Strings and George Rochberg La Bacca della Verita (for oboe and piano) with Susan Duer, pianist. (Main Line Unitarian Church, Devon, Pennsylvania)
November 19 - HAROLD SMOLIAR with the Philadelphia Orchestra, William Smith conducting. Mozart Sinfonia Concertante, K. 492. Mr. Smoliar is 16 and a student of Louis Rosenblatt. (Academy of Music, Philadelphia)