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Author: Chris P
Date: 2012-10-08 22:23
Just had my memory jogged while chatting on Facebook about an oboe d'amore solo. Not the usual suspects of Bach, R.Strauss, Mahler or Ravel, but a soap opera theme by Tony Hatch!
If you were a kid in the '70s and '80s (or a fan of the show), then you'll remember 'Crossroads' - most likely for the wobbly sets and Benny whose name became a playground insult in the early '80s.
Here's the closing credits, oboe d'amore played here by George Morgan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENYgSn_kLe0
Anyone else know of any other uses of oboes d'amore in popular culture?
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
Post Edited (2012-10-08 22:28)
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Author: heckelmaniac
Date: 2012-10-08 22:46
Oboe d'amore in "Fried Green Tomatoes" (Jon Clark)
However, I surmise the list of film scores with oboe d'amore instrumentation is
extensive. Hopefully, someday, a doctoral student will publish a thorough going
list of repertoire requiring oboe d'amore instrumentation, including film, musicals, opera, chamber music, orchestral, and solo works. This is a thesis waiting to happen.
Oboes.us
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Author: concertmaster3
Date: 2012-10-22 12:32
That sounds like the perfect research for me if I wasn't doing a theory pedagogy certificate/cognate....My teacher from my masters and bachelors played for a lot of films and TV shows...He could probably get me in touch with the right people for it!
Ron Ford
Woodwind Specialist
Performer/Teacher/Arranger
http://www.RonFordMusic.com
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Author: Old Oboe
Date: 2012-10-23 14:24
I've been trying to figure out the instrumentation for the theme to "Foyles War". It sounds like English Horn plus...?
Linda
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