ALTHEA TALBOT-HOWARD
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From Leipzig to London


Duo Sonatas

for Oboe, Oboe d'amore, 
Cor anglais & Harpsichord

by 


J.S. Bach, 
Stephen Dodgson, 
Gordon Jacob, 
Michael Head ​
& Elizabeth Maconchy


Althea Talbot-Howard, Oboes​


Katharine May, Harpsichord

Available for Download at Presto Classical


Available to Purchase at Oboe Classics



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More from the Ivan March review - reproduced from the September 2006 issue of Gramophone:

"A cleverly designed programme with three Bach sonata arrangements, one each for oboe, oboe d'amore and cor anglais, interwoven with contemporary works. Althea Ifeka is a superb oboist with a slightly plangent tone which fits well with the harpsichord, as the engaging Gordon Jacob Sonatina shows with its variety of invention, splicing melancholy, wit and geniality. Here the balance seems ideal but in the Bach, beautifully played by both parties, I would prefer the oboe d'amore and cor anglais (both of which have a slightly more robust timbre) to be just a little less forward. But the Andante of BWV 1028 is so beautifully played that I really must not grumble."

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Based in London, England, international prizewinning musician Althea Talbot-Howard is a classical composer who began her professional career in 1992 as a soloist and orchestral guest principal. In 2005, Gramophone Magazine called her “a superb oboist”.  A graduate of Girton College, Cambridge and the Royal Academy of Music; she won Third Prize in the Paris-Ville d'Avray International Oboe Competition in 2007; and was one of twelve equal prizewinners in the Ora Singers Christmas Gift Composition Competition in 2019. 
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Of Afro-British ancestry, she is a 12th-generation direct descendant of King Charles II, who formalized Britain’s involvement in the Atlantic slave trade; and therefore a 14th-generation descendant of King James I & VI, who commissioned the Authorized Version of the Bible.  Both anti-slavery and 
Christian themes feature strongly in her compositional output. 
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      • Fantasia Dodecaphonica
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      • Chanson de l'Eternel II
      • The Church at Errislannan
      • Deep River
      • Prelude The Seafront & Vallum Mare
      • Thata Nabandji
    • Duo Recital Works - Advanced >
      • Byzantion 2 Through Space and Time
      • Deep River Sonata
      • The Door of No Return
      • Ego Flos Campi
      • The New Chevalier Sonata
      • Troparion
    • Duets >
      • On Walmer Beach
      • Three Country Dances
    • Chamber Music (3+ players) >
      • Byzantion Hagia Sophia
      • Rievaulx
      • Seville Cathedral
      • Three-Ply Yarn
      • Trans-Atlantic Triptych
    • LIFT: Solos for Horn by Black Composers
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