Heckelphone / Bass Oboe Repertoire

by Peter Hurd; reorganized and amended by Holger Hoos, editor-in-chief since 2020

version 1.1 (1 February 2021)

New entries in version 1.1

This collection is based on the catalogue of musical works requiring heckelphone or bass oboe instrumentation assembled by Peter Hurd beginning in 1998. For this new edition, the original version of the repertoire list has been edited for accuracy, completeness and consistency, and it has been extended with a number of newly discovered pieces.

Some entries could not (yet) be rigorously verified for accuracy; these were included nonetheless, to provide leads for future investigation, but are marked clearly. Pieces were selected for inclusion based solely on the use of heckelphone, bass oboe or lupophone, without any attempt at assessing their artistic merit. Arrangements of pieces not originally intended for these instruments were included when there was clear evidence that they had found a significant audience.

The authors gratefully acknowledge contributions by Michael Finkelman, Alain Girard, Thomas Hiniker, Robert Howe, Georg Otto Klapproth, Mark Perchanok, Andrew Shreeves and Michael Sluman.

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Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Wohl mir, daß ich Jesum habe / Jesus bleibet meine Freude (arrangement by Albrecht Bode and Iris Rieg), 2012

Remarks: arrangement for heckelphone and organ; the original version is part of the cantata "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben", written in 1723, for four-part choir, strings, oboe and trumpet; it is widely known under the English title "Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring", and numerous arrangements exist

Duration: 4min

Tags: heckelphone; keyboard instrument, arrangement

Additional information can be found here; a recording is available here.

C

Carturan, Carlo (1858 - 1936): Ascendit Deus (arrangement), 2017

Remarks: arrangement for 3 heckephones recorded in 2017 by Chris Bleth, William May and Lara Wickes; original version for 3 equal voices (TTB or SSA) in Secunda anthologia vocalis, op.66

Duration: 1min

Tags: heckelphone; chamber music, arrangement, multiple

Additional information can be found here; a recording is available here.

Choi, Kyong Mee: A Deep Light, 2021

Remarks: part 4 of the exquisite corpse composition "Resilience"; premiere on 13 March 2021 by Alex Klein via live stream at HotHouse Global

Duration: 1min

Tags: bass oboe; solo

A recording is available here.

F

Filas, Juraj (1955-): Klavierquintett, 2003

Publisher: Editions Bim (MCX33)

Remarks: for oboe, cor anglais, tenor oboe (or 2nd cor anglais), bassoon and piano; dedicated to Henri und Carla Leuzinger; commissioned by Henri Leuzinger; premiered on 8 April 2004 at Český Krumlov Castle; the tenor oboe played by Miriam Moser of the Aulos Quartet in the 2009 recording is a variant of the bass oboe

Duration: 26min

Tags: bass oboe; chamber music

Additional information can be found here; a recording is available here.

H

Hana, Ester (1949-): Piece for oboe, 2021

Remarks: part 2 of the exquisite corpse composition "Resilience"; premiere on 13 March 2021 by Alex Klein via live stream at HotHouse Global

Duration: 2min

Tags: bass oboe; solo

A recording is available here.

Harris Baiocchi, Regina (1956-): Ancestral Refrain, 2021

Remarks: part 5 of the exquisite corpse composition "Resilience"; premiere on 13 March 2021 by Alex Klein via live stream at HotHouse Global; dedicated to Alex Klein

Duration: 3min

Tags: bass oboe; solo

A recording is available here.

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Ingenhoven, Jan (1876-1951): Drei Sätze, 1920

Publisher: ms: Nederlands Muziek Instituut Den Haag

Remarks: for nine wind instruments and piano; original 1908 version for string quartet

Duration: 20min

Tags: bass oboe; chamber music

Irving, Ernest (1878-1953): The Circle of Chalk, 1929

Remarks: incidental music for a theatre play by Klabund; use of bass oboe, according to Finkelman (2021), could not be confirmed

Tags: heckelphone; chamber music

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Lewin, Frank (1925-2008): The Nurses (TV series): Episode 68, 1961-1963

Remarks: for 2 oboes, cor anglais, bass oboe, bass clarinette and percussion; aired first on 25 June 1964

Tags: bass oboe; chamber music

Lewin, Frank (1925-2008): The Nurses (TV series): Episode 94, "Kathleen Fionn", 1961-1963

Remarks: for flute, bass oboe, basset horn, harp and violoncello; aired first on 6 April 1965

Duration: 2min

Tags: bass oboe; chamber music

A recording is available here.

M

Misurell-Mitchell, Janice (1946-): Resilience, 2021

Remarks: part 3 of the exquisite corpse composition "Resilience"; premiere on 13 March 2021 by Alex Klein via live stream at HotHouse Global

Duration: 2min

Tags: bass oboe; solo

A recording is available here.

Morehead, Patricia (1940-): Angry, 2021

Remarks: part 1 of the exquisite corpse composition "Resilience"; premiere on 13 March 2021 by Alex Klein via live stream

Duration: 3min

Tags: bass oboe; solo

A recording is available here.

R

Rheinberger, Josef Gabriel (1839-1901): Abendlied (arrangement by Albrecht Bode and Iris Rieg), op. 69/3, 2012

Remarks: arrangement for heckelphone and organ; original 1855 version for six-part mixed choir

Duration: 6min

Tags: heckelphone; keyboard instrument, arrangement

Additional information can be found here; a recording is available here.

S

Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921): Bassoon Sonata in G major (arrangement by Scott Hostetler), op. 168, 1921

Publisher: Editions Durand & Cie, Paris

Remarks: original version for bassoon and piano; dedicated to Clément-Léon Letellier

Duration: 13min

Tags: bass oboe; keyboard instrument, arrangement

Additional information can be found here; a recording is available here.

Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Klavierquintett in Es-Dur (arrangement by the Aulos Quartet), op. 44, 2009

Remarks: arrangement for oboe, violin, bass oboe, violoncello and piano; original 1842 version for two violins, viola, violoncello and piano

Duration: 30min

Tags: heckelphone; chamber music, arrangement

Additional information can be found here; a recording is available here.

Slater, Angela Elizabeth (1989-): Fractal Light, 2017

Remarks: for oboe, oboe d'amore, cor anglais and bass oboe; written for the London Oboe Quartet

Duration: 10min

Tags: bass oboe; chamber music

Additional information can be found here.

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Tansman, Alexandre (1897-1987): Sonatine (arrangement by Albrecht Bode and Iris Rieg), 2012

Remarks: arrangement for heckelphone and organ; original 1957 version for bassoon and piano; dedicated to Gustave Dherin

Duration: 12min

Tags: heckelphone; keyboard instrument, arrangement

Additional information can be found here; a recording is available here.

To suggest additions or corrections to the repertoire list, please contact heckelphone@gmx.net.
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