Commissions and First Performances
Simon Bainbridge (comm.) Music for Mel and Nora Purcell Room PLG Recital 1980
Sir Harrison Birtwistle (comm.) Pulse Sampler Huddersfield Festival 1981 and QEH 1983
John Casken Oboe Concerto Masques for oboe and ensemble Polish Institute London 1983
Nicholas Maw Little Concert composed “as a tribute to the playing of Melinda Maxwell” 1987 St John’s Smith Square, linked to European tour with OSJ & BBC Radio 3 recording.
Howard Skempton (comm.) Three Pieces for Solo Oboe Warwick Festival 1993
Simon Holt (comm.) Banshee (1994) for oboe and percussion BBC Radio 3 Live Lunchtime Concert 1994.
Julian Butcher Oboe Concerto BBC Radio 3 studio recording 1996
David Knotts Where the Sun is Silent for oboe and wind ensemble live BBC Radio 3 1997
Philip Cashian Tales from the Sea for oboe and ensemble Cheltenham Festival 1998
Anthony Gilbert (comm.) Os for oboe and vibraphone, RNCM 2000
Jo Kondo (comm.) Dartington Airs Dartington 2000
Jonathan Cole (comm.) Totem for solo oboe, RNCM 2000
Simon Holt Sphinx (2004) for cor anglais and tuned gongs Cheltenham Festival 2004
Sir Harrison Birtwistle 26 Orpheus Elegies Cheltenham Festival 2003 and South Bank, Purcell Room 2004
Edwin Roxburgh An Elegy for Ur Oboe Concerto with RNCM Wind Orchestra 2006 and Cincinnati USA 2009
Larry Goves (comm.)The Tentacles of Memory recorded 2007
Edward Gregson (comm.) Shadow of Paradise for oboe and percussion RNCM 2008
Simon Holt Disparate for solo oboe opening of Kings Place London 2008
Simon Holt Disparate for solo oboe (second performance) and Disparate Dos for oboe and ensemble Kings Place London 2009
Adam Gorb (comm.) Freedom for oboe and harp RNCM 2009
Matthew Sergeant the temples at Ogden and Provo for oboe and ensemble and listening to a small voice for improvising oboe and small ensemble BCMG 2009
Howard Skempton Field Notes (2014) for oboe and string trio BCMG Field Notes Tour and CBSO Centre March 2014
Olivier Messiaen L’Amour de Piroutcha (1945) for oboe and piano with Mark Pringle, piano world première Oboeclassics CC2033 2016
Simon Holt (comm.) Llanto (2017) for Oboe d’Amore and string trio Clio Gould, violin Jane Atkins, viola Kate Gould, cello Aldeburgh Festival 2018
Simon Holt Raw Air (2019) for solo oboe and ad lib piano
London Sinfonietta Live Introduction to Contemporary Instruments YouTube May 2020