Oboes

Use the navigation bar above to explore the oboe pages.

The icon will launch a movie of Chris or Huw explaining a relevant point of oboe or cor anglais technique.

The icon will give an audio clip, which will either play automatically or open a new window.

The icon will play an illustrative music example from the Philharmonia's recorded archive.

Be sure to visit the 'player's tips and tricks' section for some very useful advice about aspects of oboe writing.

Here is a cor anglais solo from Igor Stravinsky's Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring):

As well as oboe and cor anglais, there are some rarer double reeds in the same family:

The oboe d'amore is pitched in A, sounding a minor 3rd lower than written:
The bass oboe is pitched in C, sounding an octave lower than written:
The Heckelphone is pitched in C, sounding an octave lower than written: