January 19 - JANET CRAXTON with the BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, Brian Priestman conducting. Mozart Concerto, K. 314 (Leeds Town Hall)
January 22, 23, and 25 - JOHN WILLIAMS with the Bornemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Montgomery conducting. Strauss Concerto. (Southampton, Weymouth, and Aldershot)
January 24 and 25 - HEINZ HOLLIGER with the Halle Orchestra, Edo de Waart conducting. Mozart Concerto, K. 314. (Manchester and Sheffield)
February 17 - THOMAS STACY with artists of the Soho Ensemble. Telemann Oboe d'Amore Concerto. (Harris Gallery, New York)
February 22 - HEINZ HOLLIGER with the English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard conducting. Mozart Concerto, K. 314, and the CPE Bach Concerto. (Elizabeth Hall, London)
March 15 - TOMOATSU HARADA with the Japanese Philharmonic of Los Angeles. Mozart Concerto, K 314. (Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles)
March 16 - BARBARA WINTERS with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta conducting. Handel G Minor Concerto. (Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles) Miss Winters is co-principal of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
March 20 - NEIL BLACK with the London Mozart Players, Harry Blech conducting. Strauss Concerto. (Fairfield Hall, London)
April 2 - MELVIN BERMAN and LAURA JAEGER with assisting artists. Works of Fasch, JS Bach, Sammartini, and Telemann (University of Western Ontario, London)
April 4 - JOHN CORINA with the University of Georgia Chamber Ensemble directed by Edward Melkus. JS Bach Concerto in F (reconstructed by Hermann Tottcher). (Athens, Georgia)
April 21 - MALCOLM SMITH with Robert Broemel, bassoon, and Stephen Glover, piano. Works of Handel, Willard Elliot, Faure, Wayne Barlow, and Poulenc. (Indianapolis Museum of Art) Mr. Smith and Mr. Broemel are first chair players with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.
April 25 - BASIL REEVE with the Minnesota Orchestra, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski conducting. Hans Werner Henze Double Concerto. (Minneapolis). Mr. Reeve is co-principal of the Minnesota Orchestra.
April 26 - NEIL BLACK with Pinchas Zukerman, violin and the English Chamber Orchestra. Bach Concerto for Oboe and Violin. (Avery Fisher Hall, New York)
May 19 - JEANNE AARONSON with the Mott String Quartet. Mozart Quartet, K. 370. (Flint Institute of Music, Flint, Michigan)
June 2 - LEON GOOSSENS with David Lloyd, piano. Works of Cimarosa, Senaille, Bach, D. S. Smith, Sigtenhorst Meyer, and Pitfield. (The Orangery, Kenwood)
June 10 - PATRICIA GRIGNET with Nadia Koutzen, violin and artists of the Theater Chamber Players in the first performance of John Graziano's Chamber Concerto for violin and English Horn (with trumpet, trombone, horn, and percussion). (Baird Auditorium, Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC)
June 14 - JANET CRAXTON with the London Sinfonietta, Andrew Davis conducting, in the first performance of Elizabeth Lutyens' Plenum II. (London)
July 2 - EVELYN BARBIROLLI with the Bloomsbury String Orchestra, Stephen Goodwin conducting in the world premiere of Paul Merrick's Oboe Concerto. The program also included the Bach Concerto for Oboe and Violin. (Wigmore Hall, London)
We have learned of three recent performances of Mozart's Concertante Quartet featuring these oboists: EARNEST HARRISON (of Louisiana State University) with the Alexandria Symphony under William Kushner, ROBERT PROBASCO (of the University of Idaho) with the Oregon State-Corvallis Orchestra, Bernard Gilmore conducting, and JOHN CORINA (of the University of Georgia) with the Atlanta Symphony under Robert Shaw, during the orchestra's residency on the U of G campus.