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Britten: Phantasy Quartet, Op 2
- Sarah Francis (oboe), Galina Solodchin (violin), John Underwood (viola), Jonathan Williams (cello)
Britten: Holiday Diary Op. 5 for solo piano
- Michael Dussek (piano)
I. Early Morning Bath
II. Sailing
III. Fun-Fair
IV. Night
Britten: Six Metamorphoses after Ovid for solo oboe, Op. 49
- Sarah Francis (oboe)
I. Pan, who played upon the reed pipe which was Syrinx, his beloved
II. Phaeton, who made upon the chariot of the sun for one day and was hurled into the river Padus by a thunderbolt
III. Niobe, who, lamenting the death of her fourteen children, was turned into a mountain
IV. Bacchus, at whose feast is heard the noise of gaggling women's tattling tongues and shouting out of boys
V. Narcissus, who fell in love with his own image and became a flower
VI. Arethusa, who, flying from the love of Alpheus the river god, was turned into a fountain
Britten: Temporal Variations for oboe & piano
- Sarah Francis (oboe), Michael Dussek (piano)
I. Theme: Andante rubato
II. Oration: Lento quasi recitativo
III. March: Alla marcia
Britten: Five Waltzes
- Michael Dussek (piano)
I. Rather fast and nervous
II. Quick, with wit
III. Dramatic
IV. Rhythmic, not fast
V. Variations: Quiet and simple; Flowing; Slow and sad
Britten: Two Insect Pieces for Oboe and Piano
- Sarah Francis (oboe), Michael Dussek (piano)
I. The Grasshopper
II. The Wasp
Britten: Night Pieces (Notturno) for piano
- Michael Dussek (piano)