Vaughan Williams: Oboe Concerto

Includes accompaniments for:

1. Rondo Pastorale

2. Minuet and Musette

3. Finale

3. Finale (practice)

Ralph Vaughan Williams composed his Oboe Concerto in 1944, and it is one of the most popular concertos in the oboe repertoire.

These high-quality piano accompaniment tracks help make practising more effective and enjoyable! They are recorded by a professional accompanist and can help you keep in tune and in time, as you play along to the piano part for this work.

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Bars 9-10 (Cadenza): 14 seconds of silence in the piano part, followed by 2 click-beats to signal the re-entry of the piano

Bar 106 (Cadenza - Figure H): 4 click-beats help keep pulse through this mini cadenza

Bars 114-115 (Cadenza - Figure K): 4 click-beats in each of these bars help keep pulse

Bars 116-119: 23 seconds of silence in the piano part is followed by 2 click-beats to indicate the entry of the piano chord in bar 119

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2 click-beats at beginning to set pulse

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2 click-beats at beginning to set pulse

Figure M (before Doppio piu lento): 13 seconds of silence in piano part to allow for this oboe solo

Figures O-P (Doppio piu lento section): click-beats are used to indicate the start of bars where piano is silent

Figure R (before Doppio piu mosso): click-beats are used to indicate the start of bars where piano is silent

Figure W (Presto): In this Presto section, click-beats are used to indicate the start of each bar where piano is silent before piano re-enters at Figure X

This practice version slows down the quicker sections of the 'performance' track above, by around 15-20%. It is included for free with that version if selected.