Title: Gipps: Piper of Dreams – Chamber Music Artist: Michael McHale Label: Chandos Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 095115229026 Genre: Classical Artists Release Date: 2024-08-30 Number of Discs: 1
Ruth Gipps made her musical talents apparent from an early age, and they were encouraged by her very supportive mother. She entered the Royal College of Music in 1937, aged 16, studying oboe and piano, in addition to composition (with Ralph Vaughan Williams and Gordon Jacob). Whilst at college, she performed Brahms's Second Piano Concerto, and her tone poem Knight in Armour (CHAN 20078) was presented by Sir Henry Wood at the Last Night of the Proms in 1942. As the war continued, Gipps left London to become principal oboe with the City of Birmingham Orchestra, where she also performed as pianist and had several of her works programmed. Returning to London after the war, Gipps found fewer opportunities as a performer, and less interest in her orchestral scores. She concentrated on composing more chamber music, alongside a successful teaching career. This album of her chamber music for oboe (and cor anglais) features works composed from 1938 to 1990, representing Gipps's entire compositional life. In demand as a soloist all over Europe, Juliana Koch was appointed Professor of Oboe at the Royal College of Music, London, in 2018 and is Principal Oboe of the London Symphony Orchestra.
Tracks: 1.1 Sonata No. 2, Op. 66 for Oboe and Piano~Andante doloroso - Allegro - Andante doloroso - 1.2 Sonata No. 2, Op. 66 for Oboe and Piano~Adagio - 1.3 Sonata No. 2, Op. 66 for Oboe and Piano~Allegro moderato - Doloroso - Tempo I - Meno mosso - Andante doloros - Adagio 1.4 Kensington Gardens Suite, Op. 2 for Oboe and Piano~1. Elfin Oak. Allegro vivace - Allegretto - Allegro vivace - L'istesso tempo - Allegretto - Allegro vivace 1.5 Kensington Gardens Suite, Op. 2 for Oboe and Piano~2. Fat Pigeon. Unhurried 1.6 Kensington Gardens Suite, Op. 2 for Oboe and Piano~3. Chestnut Trees. Lento - Più mosso - Tempo I 1.7 Sea-weed Song, Op. 12c for Cor anglais and Piano 1.8 Sea-shore Suite, Op. 3b for Oboe and Piano~1. Gulls. Lento 1.9 Sea-shore Suite, Op. 3b for Oboe and Piano~2. Sea Anemone. Andante 1.10 Sea-shore Suite, Op. 3b for Oboe and Piano~3. Stormy Beach. Agitato 1.11 Sonata No. 1, Op. 5a in G minor for Oboe and Piano~I. Allegro moderato - Presto - Tempo I - Presto 1.12 Sonata No. 1, Op. 5a in G minor for Oboe and Piano~II. Adagio - Poco agitato - Tempo I 1.13 Sonata No. 1, Op. 5a in G minor for Oboe and Piano~III. Finale. Quarter note = 116 - Tempo di Bolero - Cadenza - [Tempo di Bolero] 1.14 The Piper of Dreams, Op. 12b for Unaccompanied Oboe 1.15 Trio, Op. 10 for Oboe, Clarinet, and Piano~1. Moderato - Allegro moderato - Moderato - Allegro moderato 1.16 Trio, Op. 10 for Oboe, Clarinet, and Piano~2. Adagio - [ ] - Tempo I 1.17 Trio, Op. 10 for Oboe, Clarinet, and Piano~3. Allegro ritmico, quasi rumba 1.18 Threnody, Op. 74 for Cor anglais and Piano or Organ
