Amici and oboe

Press, 30 July 1986, Page 22

Amici and oboe

The Amici Chamber Orchestra’s concert on Sunday, in the Great Hall, Arts Centre, will feature Catherine Cornish as the soloist in Haydn’s Oboe Concerto in C major. Although bom in Britain, Catherine Cornish grew up in Christchurch and gained a music degree at Victoria University, Wellington. With the help of the Queen Eliza-

beth II Arts Council award she went for further study to Britain where she now enjoys an active career as a freelance player. With her husband, Nicolas, also an oboist, she will also give a lunchtime recital at the University School of Music on Thursday, August 7. The following day, husband and wife team-up as solo-

ists in Albinoni’s Concerto for two oboes with the University of Canterbury String Orchestra in the Great Hall. In 1983 the Amici’s director, John Pattinson visited Canada and met several leading composers and musicians. 1986 is International Year of Canadian Music and each Amici programme this year will contain a Canadian work. Sunday’s concert will open with the overture to Joseph Suesnel’s opera “colas tr Jlinette”, The music of Benjamin Britten will be the other theme of this year’s programme, beginning with the Sinfonietta, Op.l, his first published work. The programme will end with the colourful Serenade, 0p.44 by Dvorak, scored for the unusual combination of wind instruments, cello and double-bass.

Sunday’s concert begins at 7.30 p.m.