Christopher Tyler Nickel: Concertos for Oboe Mary Lynch & Harrison Linsey

• Christopher Tyler Nickel (b. 1978): Concerto for Oboe:
• 1 Concerto for Oboe (2012): I. Andante 09:59
• 2 Concerto for Oboe (2012): II. Andante 08:10
• 3 Concerto for Oboe (2012): III. Allegro 10:27
• Concerto for Oboe d'amore:
• 4 Concerto for Oboe d'amore (2014): I. Andante 05:57
• 5 Concerto for Oboe d'amore: II. Andante misterioso – Andante agitato – Andante 12:19
• Concerto for Bass Oboe:
• 6 Concerto for Bass Oboe (2016): I. Andante 09:15
• 7 Concerto for Bass Oboe (2016): II. Adagio 05:33
• 8 Concerto for Bass Oboe: III. Allegro agitato 06:49
• Total Runtime 01:08:29

Info for Christopher Tyler Nickel: Concertos for Oboe

Award-winning Canadian composer Christopher Tyler Nickel draws on his experience as an oboist to infuse his exhilarating concertos with the vast expressive range of the instrument and its siblings, the oboe d'amore and bass oboe. Soloists Mary Lynch and Harrison Linsey, ably supported by conductor David Sabee and the Seattle-based Northwest Sinfonia, give dazzling interpretations of these world-premiere recordings.

Christopher Tyler Nickels contemporary classical compositions pack a bracing and emotional punch. His award-winning works for the concert hall, stage and screen have been heard in over 160 countries by audiences in the tens of thousands. His experience as an oboist instills a confidence to compose with an exhilarating freedom to explore the vast expressive range of the instrument, from lyrical and plaintive to acerbic and brittle. The world-premiere recordings of these three concertos for oboe and its lower-pitched siblings the oboe damore and bass oboe receive dazzling performances by Mary Lynch, principal oboe of the Seattle Symphony, and Harrison Linsey, oboist with the Washington D.C.-based National Symphony Orchestra. Grammy Award-winning David Sabee, a tireless advocate of contemporary classical music, conducts the Seattle-based Northwest Sinfonia.

"Nickel's music is full of life: imagination, invention, variation This is composition at its best arresting and masterful." (The Whole Note)

"to say that this is beautiful music would be an understatement" (Screensounds, UK)

Mary Lynch, oboe
Harrison Linsey, bass oboe
Northwest Sinfonia
David Sabee, conductor

Mary Lynch
Hailed as “the star of the evening” by The Philadelphia Inquirer and praised for her “sweet oboe sound” by The Washington Post, Mary Lynch has been Principal Oboist of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra since 2014. She began her career as Second Oboist with The Cleveland Orchestra and has recently performed as Guest Principal with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the Norwegian Radio Orchestra. Since the start of her tenure in Seattle, she has performed frequently as soloist with the Seattle Symphony, including a collaboration with Itzhak Perlman in Bach’s Concerto for Violin and Oboe BWV 1060. Committed to expanding the repertoire for her instrument, in the past year she made world premiere recordings of three concertos: the Oboe Concerto of Marc-André Dalbavie (Seattle Symphony Media) and the Oboe and Oboe d’amore Concerti of Christopher Nickel (Release date TBD).

An avid chamber musician, Ms. Lynch has spent several summers at the Marlboro Music Festival, has toured with Musicians from Marlboro, and performs regularly with the Newport Music Festival (RI) and the Seattle and Philadelphia Chamber Music Societies. One of her great musical joys is performing Bach cantatas every December with the Gamut Bach Ensemble in Philadelphia. Additional summer festival appearances include the Oregon Bach Festival, Weimar Bach Academy, and the Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival. Her chamber music performances have been enthusiastically reviewed and broadcast on radio stations around the US, including on American Public Media’s Performance Today. She can also be heard on the Grammy Award-winning Seattle Symphony label performing Dutilleux's Les Citations for oboe, harpsichord, bass, and percussion.

Ms. Lynch earned her BM and MM degrees at New England Conservatory and The Juilliard School respectively, studying with John Ferrillo, Elaine Douvas, and Nathan Hughes. Upon graduating from Juilliard, she was awarded the prestigious William Schuman Prize for outstanding achievement and leadership in music. She is also a graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy, where she studied with Daniel Stolper. Now a devoted teacher herself, Ms. Lynch serves on the University of Washington faculty and has presented masterclasses at The Juilliard School, San Francisco Conservatory, University of Maryland’s National Orchestral Institute, Interlochen Arts Camp, and the University of British Columbia, among many others.

Harrison Linsey
Twenty-one-year-old oboist Harrison Linsey joins the San Diego Symphony Orchestra in the fall of 2015 as second oboist. He has performed on oboe and English horn in the Metropolitan Opera, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony Orchestra and as guest principal with the Sarasota Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Linsey recently completed his Bachelor's degree at The Juilliard School, studying with Elaine Douvas and receiving additional instruction from Nathan Hughes, Linda Strommen, Richard Dallessio and Pedro Diaz. He has contributed his expertise on both oboe and English horn in the Juilliard orchestras, opera and the school's contemporary ensemble AXIOM. Mr. Linsey has participated in the Marrowstone (Washington) Festival, studying with Rebecca Henderson, and three summers at the Aspen Music Festival and School, where he has been the Oboe Fellow for two years, studying with Richard Woodhams, Ariana Ghez, Frank Rosenwein and Robert Atherholt.

Born and raised in Seattle, Harrison Linsey was principal oboe of the Seattle Youth Symphony for three years and served as principal oboist of the New York Youth Symphony for his first year in New York. In his spare time, Linsey is an avid portrait photographer, specializing in headshots for musicians.

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