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Welcome to my Contemporary Oboe web pages! |
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Latest News... |
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Two new Cds have been released in the last few months - full details can be found by clicking the CD link above.
Edwin Roxburgh: Oboe Music
Chamber Music of Brian Ferneyhough including his monumental work for oboe and strings: Allgebrah.
Both CDs have received critical press acclaim for the quality of the music recorded, the performances and for the quality of the recordings themselves.
I am still in the process of developing this site and so some of the pages are not yet very informative! I will be writing and developing the pages during the next few months - so watch this space!
- The site offers information about my professional performing career and many of the buttons above are quite obvious.
- News in brief can be found to the right of this page and is expanded in the 'News and Events' page (click the button above).
- I am continuing to develop and research many issues surrounding the performance of contemporary oboe music and I would welcome any questions, comments or bits of information you may wish to offer on these subjects.
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- Above is a button entitled 'Research Pages'. I receive a large number of emails asking questions about the oboe today from both performers and composers. The idea of these pages is that they will supply a range of information on topics of interest to composers, oboists and to students learning music or writing dissertations on aspects of contemporary oboe performance.
They will also, eventually, contain a great deal of my own research.
 "...the result of a quarter-century’s dedicated research and graft: one man’s love affair with the contemporary oboe. Redgate is one of a tiny band of oboists across the world who have made a life’s work of taking the instrument into the farthest reaches of technical virtuosity and physical capability, and in doing so inspired a generation of composers to create a virtuoso repertoire characterised by blazing compositional audacity and extremity." James Weeks – Tempo Magazine 
The site was last updated on the 24th March 2009
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An overview of the site |
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- I am still in the process of developing this site and so some of the pages are not yet very informative! I will be writing and developing the pages during the next few months - so watch this space!
The site offers information about my professional performing career and many of the buttons above are quite obvious.
News in brief can be found to the right of this page and is expanded in the 'News and Events' page (click the button above).
I am continuing to develop and research many issues surrounding the performance of contemporary oboe music and I would welcome any questions, comments or bits of information you may wish to offer on these subjects. |
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- Above is a button entitled 'Research Pages'. I receive a large number of emails asking questions about the oboe today from both performers and composers. The idea of these pages is that they will supply a range of information on topics of interest to composers, oboists and to students learning music or writing dissertations on aspects of contemporary oboe performance.
They will also, eventually, contain a great deal of my own research.
"...the result of a quarter-century’s dedicated research and graft: one man’s love affair with the contemporary oboe. Redgate is one of a tiny band of oboists across the world who have made a life’s work of taking the instrument into the farthest reaches of technical virtuosity and physical capability, and in doing so inspired a generation of composers to create a virtuoso repertoire characterised by blazing compositional audacity and extremity." James Weeks – Tempo Magazine
The site was last updated on the 30th September 2008
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News in Brief |
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The Roxburgh CD is now available - see the CD pages for further details. |
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The long awaited recording of works by Ferneyhough is now available - see the CD pages for details. |
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The RedArchDuo performance from the BMIC Cutting Edge series was broadcast on Radio 3's Hear and Now programme a couple of weeks ago. The broadcast included an improvisation and works by Harvey, Fox, Roxburgh and the premiere of James Weeks' Burnham Air for solo oboe d'amore.
Soon to be released will be a web-based multiphonics study rescource which Paul Archbold and I have recorded. More details soon.
I am currently editing my latest CD of works for oboe and chamber ensemble - the CCD will include James Clarke's Quintet, Roger Redgate's Quintet, Christopher Fox's Quintet, Howard Skempton's Garland for oboe and string trio, Roger Redgate's Eperons for oboe and percussion and two works by Michael Finnissy: Ceci and Greatest Hits of all time - both for oboe and ensemble.
There are a number of interesting concerts in the comming months these include being Guest Artist at the Dartmouth New Music Festival, USA (1st - 5th May). The programme includes the Premiere of Headlong by Christopher Fox for Musette and 'square waves'.
Performing at a Performance as Research seminar at Kingston University with Red Arch Duo (19th May)
A solo Recital at the International Double Reed Society conference in Birmingham, England. This programme includes two premieres of works by Roger Redgate and Joe Cutler.
Later in the year I will be premiereing new works by Archbold, Gorton and Redgate at the Huddersfield Festival and the BMIC Cutting Edge series. These three works are concertante style works for solo oboe and ensemble. |
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