Britten Thematic Catalogue

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BTC1037 SIX METAMORPHOSES AFTER OVID

For oboe solo, op. 49
Composition date: pre 14 Jun 1951
First performance: 14 Jun 1951 >>
Type of performance: Concert performance
Location: the Meare, Thorpeness, Aldeburgh Festival
Performance details:

Joy Boughton ob

Genre: Solo instrumental
Duration: 13'
Dedication: 'For Joy Boughton'

Christina Joyance ('Joy') Boughton (1913-1963), English oboist.

Movements

  • 1 Pan
  • 2 Phaeton
  • 3 Niobe
  • 4 Bacchus
  • 5 Narcissus >>
    notes:

    In October 1968 the notation of this movement was clarified in the published score and a footnote added to explain how the layout of the part was intended as a visual pun on the idea of reflection.

  • 6 Arethusa

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