ob, 1921-2012 GB
Musician of Classical
English oboist and academic teacher (born 1921). He was best known as the principal oboist of the Melos Ensemble Of London. Peter Graeme studied the oboe with Léon Goossens. Graeme was the oboist of the Melos Ensemble, founded in 1950, and participated with the group in the premiere of the War Requiem by Benjamin Britten, conducted by the composer at the Coventry Cathedral in 1962. Graeme has performed on many recordings with chamber orchestras and chamber groups throughout his career and has worked with Benjamin Britten, Janet Baker, Peter Pears and many others. Graeme was a teacher at the Royal Northern College of Music, among his students is Robin Williams.
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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The Fairy Queen Highlights (Ed. Britten, I. Holst, and Pears) | Jennifer Vyvyan, Mary Wells, Norma Burrowes, Alfreda Hodgson, Peter Pears, James Bowman, Charles Brett, Ian Partridge, Owen Brannigan, John Shirley-Quirk, Kenneth Sillito, Philip Ledger, Kenneth Heath, Martin Gatt, Peter Graeme, The Ambrosian Opera Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten, Henry Purcell | 1973 | Album |
Vocal And Instrumental Music | Gustav Holst - Peter Pears, Norbert Brainin, Richard Adeney, Cecil Aronowitz, Peter Graeme, Viola Tunnard, Purcell Singers, Imogen Holst | 1967 | Album |
Instrumental Music | Phyllis Tate, Don Banks, Richard Rodney Bennett, Iain Hamilton, Barry Tuckwell, Gervase de Peyer, Brenton Langbein, Maureen Jones, William Bennett, William Pleeth, Margaret Kitchin, Peter Graeme | 1966 | Album |
Concertone / Symphony No 84 in E Flat | English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Joseph Haydn, Emanuel Hurwitz, Peter Graeme, Terence Weil | 1961 | Album |
The Curlew - Twelve Songs | Peter Warlock - Alexander Young, Lionel Solomon, Peter Graeme, Gordon Watson, The Sebastian String Quartet | Album |