The Dolci Show
A short program of live music played by Dolci, the oboe-piano duo of Viva Knight and Ted Rust, from their home in Los Angeles, California.
Episodes
44 episodes
Dolci Show #42: Bill Douglas' Third Oboe Sonata
Sonata #3 for Oboe and Piano (2021) Bill Douglas (1944-)Cantando&nbs...
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13:36
Dolci Show #41: De Bréville's Sonatine for Oboe and Piano
1. Allègre — 2. Très calme — 3. VitePierre Onfroy de Bréville (1861-1949) was a French composer, teacher and critic and a friend of Franck, Debussy and Ravel. His music was elegantly crafted but has...
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Episode 41
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12:21
Dolci Show #40: Alwyn's Oboe Sonata
William Alwyn's Oboe SonataWilliam Alwyn (1905-1985) was a respected English composer, teacher and conductor. He began his musical career as a virtuoso flutist, attended the Royal Academy of Music, and at the age of nineteen he wa...
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Episode 40
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16:43
Autumn Night, In Memory of Susan Lynn Yoast (1951-2022)
Sue Yoast and Viva Knight became close friends in 2001 when both were newly widowed. Sue was diagnosed with scleroderma, a rare and incurable autoimmune disease, in 2008. She remained valiantly upbeat to the end, a dear friend and a loyal fan o...
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4:37
For Martha Mae Jones with love from Dolci
Felix Mendelssohn, Song Without Words, opus 85 No. 40, arranged for piano and oboe d'amore by David Walter. Fiber art in photo is by Martha Mae Jones.
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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3:03
John Williams Oboe Concerto
Concerto for Oboe (Piano reduction) by John Williams (b. 1932)Prelude: Exuberantly, BroadlyPastorale: Moderato, with NostalgiaCommedia: Playfully, JoyfullyJohn W...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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20:48
Dolci Show #38: Hindemith's Oboe Sonata
Sonata for Oboe and Piano, 1938 Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)Münter (Lively)Sehr langsam-Lebhaft (Very Slow-Fast)
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Season 2
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Episode 38
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14:38
Dolci Show #37: "Suite from an Imaginary Opera" by John Steinmetz
John Steinmetz (b. 1951) grew up in Oakland, California, attended the California Institute of the Arts and was swept into Los Angeles' freelance whirlpool as a bassoonist and composer. He now teaches at UCLA and lives in Altadena. He wrote abou...
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Season 2
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Episode 37
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17:59
Dolci Show #36: Six Studies in English Folk-Song for English Horn and Piano
Six Studies in English Folk-Song by Ralph Vaughan WilliamsI Adagio, "Lovely on the Water" II Andante sostenuto, "Spurn Point"III Larghetto, "Van Diemen's Land"IV Lento, "She Borrowed Some of her Mother's Gold...
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Season 2
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Episode 36
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11:34
Dolci Show #35: Clara's Romances
Three Romances, opus 22 Clara Schumann (1819-1896)
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Season 2
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Episode 35
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11:41
Dolci Show #34: Fratres by Arvo Pärt
Fratres, ("Brothers") by the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt (1935–), is a set of nine variations on a slow, sustained melody that suggests liturgical chants of Estonian Orthodox religion. The composition uses three parallel voices, ...
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Season 2
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Episode 34
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12:26
Dolci Show #31: Songs Without Words, Book 3 by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Each of Felix Mendelssohn’s eight books of Songs Without Words is a cycle of six short, distinctive pieces in song form for solo piano. This arrangement of his Book 3 for oboe and piano is by the eminent French oboist and composer David Walter....
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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19:06
Dolci Show #30: Les folies d’Espagne, Part I
Marin Marais (1656-1728) was a composer and gamba player whose job was to provide bedtime music for King Louis XIV, Les folies d’Espagne was a popular song on which Marais composed a set of 31 variations for this purpose, and published as...
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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16:00
Dolci Show #29: The Hope Oboe Sonata
Sonata for Oboe and Piano (2009) Peter Hope (1930 - )
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Season 1
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Episode 29
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18:03
Dolci Show #28: Robert Schumann's 3 Romances for Oboe and Piano, opus 94
Three Romances, opus 94, by Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Nicht schnell — Einfach, innig — Nicht schnell Three Romances are a set of instrumental love songs Robert Schumann wrote in 1849 as a Chris...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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11:56
Dolci Show #27: The Oboe of Love, Part 2
Today’s compositions have been arranged for oboe d’amore and piano. Most were composed for other instruments, but Debussy designated oboe d’amore (on the top staff of the score!) in his orchestration of “Gigues” for Images for Orchestr...
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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13:36
Dolci Show #26: The Oboe of Love, Part 1
The oboe d’amore is the gentle mezzo-soprano member of the oboe family. It was developed in the 17th century, flourished as a solo instrument in the time of Bach and Handel, and was mostly ignored by the Romantic composers. Debussy and Ravel sp...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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19:12
Dolci Show #25: Schubert’s Pretty Miller-Maid, Part 2
The story continues. The miller-maid asks the young miller for the green ribbon by which his lute hangs, and he gives it to her, still imagining she loves him. Before he can summon the courage to tell her his love, a horn blows, dogs yap in chr...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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19:48
Dolci Show #24: Schubert’s Pretty Miller-Maid, Part 1
Die Schöne Müllerin Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828)(“The Pretty Miller-Maid”) When the Austrian...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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31:41
Dolci Show #23: Dvorak’s Sonatina
Sonatina, opus 100 Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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24:13
Dolci Show #22: Debussy Minuet and Saint-Saëns Oboe Sonata
Minuet from Suite Bergamasque (1890-1905) Claude Debussy (1862-1918) In 1889, Claude Debussy, already an accomplished and innovative composer, hea...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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18:24
Dolci Show #21: Grandval and Andriessen for English Horn and Piano
Prélude et Valse lente (1886) Marie de Grandval (1828-1907)Marie, Vicomptesse de Grandval...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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16:28
Dolci Show #20: Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words, Book 2
Songs Without Words by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Each of Felix Mendelssohn’s eight books of Songs Without Words is a cycle of six short, distinctive pieces in song form for solo piano. This arrangement of...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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20:15