I have over 30 years of professional performing experience both in the classical world and in contemporary music. Whilst studying in Germany I was guest principal oboe of the Thüringer Symphonica, and in the UK I freelanced with Opera North, Manchester Camerata, Northern Sinfonia and the Welsh Chamber Orchestra. In contemporary music I have been a touring musician for bands and artists including The Hidden Camera (oboe & flute), Patrick Wolf (oboe) and The Irrepressibles (oboe & cor anglais); I’ve toured extensively throughout the UK, Europe and North America. I currently play principal oboe in London City Orchestra and Brighton Early Music Festival’s 415 orchestra.
Red Crow was the first release from Paul Mosely’s album A Chattering of Birds ( 2013). I play cor and flute on this track (and also oboe on some of the others). The whole album is a beautiful piece of work with some gorgeous and arresting arrangements.
This track was chosen by Tom Robinson for the first 2013 edition of his influential BBC 6 Music programme Introducing… I triple tracked oboe, oboe d’amore and cor for this recording – a combination I’m pretty sure never usually hits the airwaves!
This was an amazing show. The response from the crowd was thunderous right from the off – not at all what I expected from the usually hard-to-please Berliners. The footage isn’t great, but we’re on form and responding to the anticipation of the crowd – it’s magic when that happens. Columbiahalle, Berlin (May 2010).
We recored a version of this for the Sundark Riverlight album, scored for cor, clarinet, bass clarinet & bassoon. Sadly it didn’t make it on to the final track listing, but it’s one we’ve played several times live in this arrangement. The light’s pretty bad here, but the sound’s surprisingly detailed.
Café de la Danse, Paris (Nov 2012).
FM4 were kind enough to let us rehearse in one of their studios in the heart of Vienna. The trade-off was that we performed a few tracks for them. They chose this for their Christmas campaign.
Red Crow was the first release from Paul Mosely’s album A Chattering of Birds ( 2013). I play cor and flute on this track (and also oboe on some of the others). The whole album is a beautiful piece of work with some gorgeous and arresting arrangements.
This track was chosen by Tom Robinson for the first 2013 edition of his influential BBC 6 Music programme Introducing… I triple tracked oboe, oboe d’amore and cor for this recording – a combination I’m pretty sure never usually hits the airwaves!
This was an amazing show. The response from the crowd was thunderous right from the off – not at all what I expected from the usually hard-to-please Berliners. The footage isn’t great, but we’re on form and responding to the anticipation of the crowd – it’s magic when that happens. Columbiahalle, Berlin (May 2010).
We recored a version of this for the Sundark Riverlight album, scored for cor, clarinet, bass clarinet & bassoon. Sadly it didn’t make it on to the final track listing, but it’s one we’ve played several times live in this arrangement. The light’s pretty bad here, but the sound’s surprisingly detailed.
Café de la Danse, Paris (Nov 2012).
FM4 were kind enough to let us rehearse in one of their studios in the heart of Vienna. The trade off-was that we performed a few tracks for them. They chose this for their Christmas campaign.