Word: oboc
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...concert opened with Cimarosa Oboc Concerto. Robert Freemen played it with a sublety of phrasing and sweetness of tone of the highest order. The Orchestra, whose playing throughout the evening was solid, failed occasionally to match his sensitivity...
...program opened with Beethoven's Quartet in E flat. Originally composed for piano, bassoon, oboc, clarinet, and French horn, the work in its recast piano quartet form still shows signs of woodwind writing. Nevertheless, it is a sprightly, tuneful piece with more than a few melodic and harmonic surprises worthy of the later Beethoven. The performance was fresh, idiomatic and perfect in every way. Balsam's personality seemed to be the dominating one. The group followed his beat, not Gorodzky's, and the piano part was emphasized whenever possible...
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