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Bohuslav Martinů's Concerto for Oboe and Small Orchestra, H. 353, was written in 1955 for the Czech-born Australian oboist Jiří Tancibudek. Tancibudek had been performing oboe recitals in Australia following his emigration there, and had been often asked to play more Czech music. Although he had never met Martinů, they had both played in the Czech Philharmonic (albeit 30 years apart). When Tancibudek wrote to the composer in the early 1950s asking for such a piece, he was initially rebuffed. But Martinů wrote again in 1954, saying he would write the work and asked Tancibudek to introduce it to the world.〔''ABC Radio 24 Hours'', July 2001. p. 18〕 It was sponsored by the Sydney ''Daily Telegraph'' newspaper in celebration of the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne.〔(My Occasional Thought for the Day )〕〔(Stanton's Sheet Music )〕〔(Oboe puppy.com )〕 Tancibudek gave the world premiere in August 1956 in Sydney, with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt.〔(jstor )〕〔(Music Web International )〕〔(Nadace Bohuslava Martinu )〕 Tancibudek also gave European premieres in London (27 February 1958 in the BBC Studio in Maida Vale), Hamburg (March 1958),〔(Le concerto pour hautbois et petit orchestre de Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1959) )〕 and Vienna, and the North American premiere in Vancouver, Canada.〔(The Adelaide Review, Obituary: "Prince of the oboe" )〕 He was due to play the public British premiere at the Proms but time constraints prevented this; instead it was performed at the Proms on 24 August 1959, four days after the composer's death, by Tancibudek's friend Evelyn Rothwell, with her husband Sir John Barbirolli conducting.〔(Presto Classical )〕〔(MDT )〕 The Czech premiere took place in 1960, with František Hanták as the soloist.〔(Supraphon )〕 The three movements are marked: * ''Moderato'' * ''Poco andante'' * ''Poco allegro''.〔 The score reveals the influence of Igor Stravinsky, including a quotation of a motif from ''Petrushka'' in the second movement.〔(Music Web International )〕 The score contains a prominent part for an orchestral piano.〔〔(Arkiv Musik )〕 It takes about 16 minutes to play.〔(Arkiv Musik )〕 ==Editions of the Score== Tancibudek was given permission from the composer to retain the manuscript of the concerto. Comparing this with the work published after Martinů's death, he noticed a considerable number of discrepancies. In the 1980s, he and James Brody at Indiana University published a list of corrections with some interpretational suggestions.〔(Classical Archives )〕 He and Maurice Bourgue worked together on publication of the critical edition.〔( Prague Spring, 19 March 2010 )〕 Maurice Bourgue and Guy Porat produced a revised edition in 2008.〔(IDRS Forum )〕 This edition restores the second cadenza in the last movement (removed at Tancibudek’s suggestion), and corrects a number of errors in the solo part.〔(IMSLP )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Concerto for Oboe and Small Orchestra (Martinů)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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