Dodgson: Music for Oboe, Vol. 3

Featuring

James Turnbull
Libby Burgess
Eleanor Turner
Robyn Allegra Parton
Stephen Dodgson

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Composer Biography

Dodgson was also well-known to the wider public as a familiar voice on BBC's Third Programme/Radio 3, particularly on Record Review.

Composer Biography

Dodgson's career included extensive teaching at the Royal College of Music, where he became a professor of composition and theory.

Performer Biography

James Turnbull, the oboist on this recording, is a "worthy champion" of contemporary oboe music, dedicated to promoting and extending the oboe repertoire.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Dodgson maintained a constant output of new music, often commissioned with a specific artist in mind, and had an interest in 17th and 18th-century music.

Composer Biography

Dodgson had a long and productive musical life, marrying harpsichordist Jane Clark in 1959 and amassing a substantial catalogue over his sixty-year career.

Composer Biography

Stephen Dodgson, the composer, came from an artistic family; his father, John Dodgson, was a painter and art-teacher.

Performer Biography

Eleanor Turner, the harpist, has performed internationally since 2008 and made her concerto debut at age fifteen with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.