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Gunning - Symphonies, Oboe Concerto | Chandos CHAN10525

Gunning - Symphonies, Oboe Concerto

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Label: Chandos

Cat No: CHAN10525

Barcode: 0095115152522

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 27th April 2009

Contents

Artists

Verity Gunning (oboe)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

Christopher Gunning

Works

Gunning, Christopher

Oboe Concerto
Symphony no.3
Symphony no.4

Artists

Verity Gunning (oboe)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

Christopher Gunning

About

Christopher Gunning is best known for his film and television work, for which he has won four BAFTA awards (for La Vie en rose, Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Middlemarch and Porterhouse Blue) and three Ivor Novello awards (for Rebecca, Under Suspicion and Firelight).  

Born in 1944 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Gunning attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where his tutors included Brian Trowell, James Gibb, Edmund Rubbra and Richard Rodney Bennett. His compositions for the concert hall include four symphonies and a number of concertos.  

Here the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra performs the premiere recording of Symphonies No.3 and No.4, coupled with the Concerto for Oboe and String Orchestra.

Symphony No.3 was composed in the aftermath of a turbulent 2005. The work is an expression of this anxiety and the result is a chaotic, colourful musical landscape inspired by the Welsh countryside to which he escaped. While Symphony No. 3 is predominantly turbulent, Symphony No.4 offers a different view of Gunning’s world. Here the listener is treated to a sense of triumph over adversity, and herein the work is more direct and tonal. 

Concerto for Oboe and String Orchestra was composed as a Christmas present for his daughter Verity Gunning, who here performs her Concerto. Middle Eastern influences are evident in the central movement for it was composed on the day on which Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat died and reflects Gunning’s sense of sorrow for the region.  

The works are conducted by the composer, and thus can be considered definitive performances.

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